Friday, February 22, 2008

WGC ACCENTURE MATCHPLAY GOLF .........


We are down to 16 players in the first WGC event of the year, here is the line up, in draw order, with today's tee off times alongside....


19.54 cet WOODS - BADDELEY

20.08 CASEY - CHOI

19.00 BYRD - STENSON

19.14 AUSTIN- WEEKLEY

20.21 APPLEBY - LEONARD

20.35 PAMPLING - SINGH

19.27 STRICKER - CABRERA

19.41 MONTGOMERIE - CINK


Tiger Woods is a very worthy favourite , but has a tough draw and is , as ever, priced at very low odds. He plays Baddeley today, which is not a given and then either Choi or Casey, two of the few players in the world, that will not fear facing the best player on the planet, actually they will probably both fancy it, lack of confidence is certainly not a problem for Casey and it takes a lot to fluster Choi.

So, we can look at the bottom of that side of the draw and I am happy with Stenson, who if he wins today, will then face Austin or Weekly.

Stenson is a fierce competitor,fantastically gifted and ideally suited to matchplay. He is defending champion in this event and sunk the winning put in the Ryder Cup.The Swede is in great form on the European tour and should comfortably see off Byrd, who is not the most consistent of performers.

2 points Stenson 14.0 exchanges.


Good Luck.

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