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Kyle Porter will give his best shot at pegging the winner and seeing what other golfers will have a good week. The picks are based on a combination of homework, guesswork and just plain instinct.
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Firestone Country Club -- Akron, Ohio
Purse: $8.8 million
Defending Champion: Keegan Bradley
FedEx Cup Points: 550
TV Schedule
Thursday: GOLF -- 2-6 p.m.
Friday: GOLF -- 2-6 p.m.
Saturday: GOLF -- 12-1:30 p.m., CBS -- 2-6 p.m.
Sunday: GOLF -- 12-1:30 p.m., CBS -- 2-6 p.m.
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Odds: 50 to 1
World Ranking: 24
I have a good feeling about Dufner this week (plus I'm playing with free money after nailing the Snedeker win last week!). He finished seventh here last year while his buddy Keegan Bradley took home the title. Dufner has only played three times since May which I think is good for him -- he doesn't strike me as somebody who wants to grind in the heat all summer. He finished T4 at Merion and T26 at Muirfield. I expect better than this week at Firestone. |
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Odds: 9 to 2
World Ranking: 1
I guess the only stat you need is that he's played this tournament 13 times and 11 of those times he's finished inside the top 10. You could point out that his two non-top 10s were recent (2010 and 2011) but he finished T8 last year and probably has a better chance to win this thing than he does of finishing lower than 10th. All in on Tiger this week. |
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| Sleeper |
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Odds: 100 to 1
World Ranking: 49
Laird hasn't been great this year but he does have a win and a top five finish at the Players Championship. He's also only missed one cut since the Masters in April. He's only played this tournament three times but has been successful in all three posting T29, T11, and T16 finishes in his outings at Firestone. Love him at 100-1 given that he's coming off a British Open where he was right in the mix until an 81 in the third round. |
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| Bet I love |
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Jason Day to finish in top 10
Odds: (+250)
World Ranking: 20
Day is best in the big boy tournaments and this week 48 of the top 50 in the world will be teeing it up. His last three finishes here were T29, T4, and T22 but the T4 came the year he played really well at the Masters and US Open. Guess where he's played really well so far this year? Yeah, Masters and US Open. I expect him to be in one of the last five groups on Sunday. |
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