Was out of town last weekend for the kickoff of the 2010 PGA Tour.
Hopefully I can come by every week from here on out to provide some insight to one pf my favorite sports.
This week the Tour is @ Waialee CC in Honolulu for the Sony Open. Zach Johnson is the defending champion and will have to contend with a full field this week with all but 20 players making their 2010 PGA debut. 2005 Sony Open champ Vijay Singh will be playing for the first time since off-season knee surgery and several other past champions are in the field as well. Last week’s winner Geoff Ogilvy will not be playing this week.
Here are the odds at my book: I will underline the players I am betting on this week.
<TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1px solid; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: gray 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1px solid" class=InitialTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap> 5101</TD><TD noWrap>Steve Stricker</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;1;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;1;ML@@>+900 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>Golf - Odds To Win The Sony Open In Hawaii</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5102</TD><TD noWrap>Zach Johnson</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;2;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;2;ML@@>+1500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5103</TD><TD noWrap>Sean OHair</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;3;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;3;ML@@>+1500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5104</TD><TD noWrap>Robert Allenby</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;4;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;4;ML@@>+1600 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5105</TD><TD noWrap>Retief Goosen</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;5;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;5;ML@@>+1800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5106</TD><TD noWrap>Rory Sabbatini</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;6;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;6;ML@@>+1800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5107</TD><TD noWrap>Ernie Els</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;7;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;7;ML@@>+2200 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5108</TD><TD noWrap>Matt Kuchar</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;8;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;8;ML@@>+2500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5109</TD><TD noWrap>David Toms</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;9;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;9;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5110</TD><TD noWrap>Justin Leonard</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;10;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;10;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5111</TD><TD noWrap>Stewart Cink</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;11;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;11;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5112</TD><TD noWrap>Tim Clark</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;12;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;12;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5113</TD><TD noWrap>Stephen Ames</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;13;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;13;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5114</TD><TD noWrap>Brian Gay</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;14;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;14;ML@@>+3000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5115</TD><TD noWrap>Lucas Glover</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;15;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;15;ML@@>+3000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5116</TD><TD noWrap>Dustin Johnson</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;16;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;16;ML@@>+3200 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5117</TD><TD noWrap>Angel Cabrera</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;17;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;17;ML@@>+3200 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5118</TD><TD noWrap>Vijay Singh</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;18;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;18;ML@@>+3500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5119</TD><TD noWrap>Pat Perez</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;19;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;19;ML@@>+4000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5120</TD><TD noWrap>Kevin Na</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;20;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;20;ML@@>+3500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5121</TD><TD noWrap>Luke Donald</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;21;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;21;ML@@>+4000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5122</TD><TD noWrap>Rickie Fowler</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;22;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;22;ML@@>+4000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5123</TD><TD noWrap>Chad Campbell</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;23;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;23;ML@@>+4000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5124</TD><TD noWrap>Justin Rose</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;24;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;24;ML@@>+4500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5125</TD><TD noWrap>Field (Any Other Player)</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;25;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;25;ML@@>+150 </TD><TD noWrap> </TD><TD noWrap> </TD><TD noWrap> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
One player who is not on the board at my book is Jerry Kelly. He should be in the +6000 range. He's worth a small bet, especially if he gets his putter grooving. This course is set up perfectly for Zach Johnson, who I think has the best shot to win other than Stricker. Lots of pub on Els this week as he's playing a shorter schedule this year as compared to last year. It seems these grizzled tour vets play better early in the year, so I will put some on him along with VJ.
Other leans are Toms, Glover and Luke Donald who is my biggest longshot of the tournament.
BOL to all this weekend!
Hopefully I can come by every week from here on out to provide some insight to one pf my favorite sports.
This week the Tour is @ Waialee CC in Honolulu for the Sony Open. Zach Johnson is the defending champion and will have to contend with a full field this week with all but 20 players making their 2010 PGA debut. 2005 Sony Open champ Vijay Singh will be playing for the first time since off-season knee surgery and several other past champions are in the field as well. Last week’s winner Geoff Ogilvy will not be playing this week.
Here are the odds at my book: I will underline the players I am betting on this week.
<TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: gray 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: gray 1px solid; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: gray 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: gray 1px solid" class=InitialTable border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap> 5101</TD><TD noWrap>Steve Stricker</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;1;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;1;ML@@>+900 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>Golf - Odds To Win The Sony Open In Hawaii</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5102</TD><TD noWrap>Zach Johnson</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;2;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;2;ML@@>+1500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5103</TD><TD noWrap>Sean OHair</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;3;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;3;ML@@>+1500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5104</TD><TD noWrap>Robert Allenby</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;4;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;4;ML@@>+1600 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5105</TD><TD noWrap>Retief Goosen</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;5;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;5;ML@@>+1800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5106</TD><TD noWrap>Rory Sabbatini</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;6;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;6;ML@@>+1800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5107</TD><TD noWrap>Ernie Els</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;7;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;7;ML@@>+2200 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5108</TD><TD noWrap>Matt Kuchar</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;8;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;8;ML@@>+2500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5109</TD><TD noWrap>David Toms</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;9;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;9;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5110</TD><TD noWrap>Justin Leonard</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;10;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;10;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5111</TD><TD noWrap>Stewart Cink</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;11;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;11;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5112</TD><TD noWrap>Tim Clark</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;12;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;12;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5113</TD><TD noWrap>Stephen Ames</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;13;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;13;ML@@>+2800 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5114</TD><TD noWrap>Brian Gay</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;14;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;14;ML@@>+3000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5115</TD><TD noWrap>Lucas Glover</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;15;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;15;ML@@>+3000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5116</TD><TD noWrap>Dustin Johnson</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;16;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;16;ML@@>+3200 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5117</TD><TD noWrap>Angel Cabrera</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;17;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;17;ML@@>+3200 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5118</TD><TD noWrap>Vijay Singh</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;18;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;18;ML@@>+3500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5119</TD><TD noWrap>Pat Perez</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;19;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;19;ML@@>+4000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5120</TD><TD noWrap>Kevin Na</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;20;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;20;ML@@>+3500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5121</TD><TD noWrap>Luke Donald</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;21;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;21;ML@@>+4000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5122</TD><TD noWrap>Rickie Fowler</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;22;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;22;ML@@>+4000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5123</TD><TD noWrap>Chad Campbell</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;23;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;23;ML@@>+4000 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5124</TD><TD noWrap>Justin Rose</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;24;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;24;ML@@>+4500 </TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#c0c0c0><TD noWrap></TD><TD noWrap>5125</TD><TD noWrap>Field (Any Other Player)</TD><TD noWrap><INPUT id=NameX value=167959;25;ML type=checkbox name=NameX @@CHECKED167959;25;ML@@>+150 </TD><TD noWrap> </TD><TD noWrap> </TD><TD noWrap> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
One player who is not on the board at my book is Jerry Kelly. He should be in the +6000 range. He's worth a small bet, especially if he gets his putter grooving. This course is set up perfectly for Zach Johnson, who I think has the best shot to win other than Stricker. Lots of pub on Els this week as he's playing a shorter schedule this year as compared to last year. It seems these grizzled tour vets play better early in the year, so I will put some on him along with VJ.
Other leans are Toms, Glover and Luke Donald who is my biggest longshot of the tournament.
BOL to all this weekend!