Masters Plays (Tourney, 1st Rd, Top 20)

[thewiscokid]

I haven't finalized who I am taking to win - I usually take 5 golfers... from different groups (small fav, med fav, large fav).

Tournament Matchups - 50 per play
Crane (-115) ov Haas
Watney (-110) ov Woods

1st Rd Matchups - 20 per play
Crane (-145) ov DA Points
A. Kim (-120) ov S. Marino

Ricky Barnes will make the cut (-135) for 50

Top 20 - 20 per play
Kaymer Top 20 -110
Watson Top 20 +152

BOL to everyone. I'll be back tomorrow with my final picks.

 

[take2amphittoright]

I like the Kaymer bet.

 

[johnboland]

BOL Wisconsin Kid. I am on the Ricky Barnes and Ben Crane Band Wagon as well. Hoping both of these youngsters have great tournaments.

 

[thewiscokid]

Yeah thanks, you sold me on Barnes. Great value with him as well.

Here is my list of possible winners - my most solid opinions are towards top (top 5 in no particular order). I have bet Cink every major since he won the Open Championship when I took him at 100/1. So that play is just a given for me every major.

Barnes 190/1
Furyk 90/1
Goosen 75/1
Donald 26/1
B. Watson 35/1

Fowler 61/1
Cink 125/1
B. Crane 154/1
Z. Johnson 139/1

 

[thewiscokid]

Just a note - nobody has won The Masters east of Spain/North Africa - Basically east of Europe.... So I am ruling out people including Choi, Ishakawa, etc...

 

[thewiscokid]

I decided screw it, I'm taking them all. $ values are off to the right - range from 2 to 10 dollars.

Barnes 195/1 for 5
Furyk 92/1 for 10
Goosen 77/1 for 5
Donald 27/1 for 10
B. Watson 35/1 for 10

Fowler 63/1 for 4
Cink 127/1 for 2
B. Crane 154/1 for 2
Z. Johnson 140/1 for 2

 

[johnboland]

I saw Ernie Els once at The Masters. He is a rather tall man who has that the "bang for you buck" iron game which will be extremly advantageous playing the par fives. Els has the potential to be a factor, but you never know which year he will either make or break. Ian Poulter had a good performance last year. He rarely made mistakes and I think he might duplicate his performance or even improve upon it. A flashy dresser, he is a solid golfer at Augusta nevertheless. Just two names nobody has really mentioned.

 

[DetectiveMcNulty]

Doing a Masters pool where I pick 2 golfers from 1-24, 2 from 25-50 and 2 from 50+ in World Rankings. I know nothing about golf, any input would be appreciated.

 

[DetectiveMcNulty]

Thinking Watney + Phil from top 25.


25 (24) <27> Miguel A Jimenez Spain 3.610 202.155 56 -42.615 42.760
26 (23) <25> Tim Clark South Africa 3.603 172.946 48 -43.244 28.130
27 (30) <21> Robert Allenby Australia 3.500 196.009 56 -53.299 39.103
28 (27) <18> Edoardo Molinari Italy 3.455 193.449 56 -48.728 18.445
29 (29) <34> Charl Schwartzel South Africa 3.431 192.139 56 -40.362 50.963
30 (28) <24> Adam Scott Australia 3.399 169.969 50 -35.252 19.238
31 (32) <26> Geoff Ogilvy Australia 3.153 157.645 50 -44.404 21.379
32 (31) <28> Rickie Fowler United States 3.141 144.504 46 -27.035 33.103
33 (33) <42> Y.E. Yang Korea 3.056 171.123 56 -46.883 58.156
34 (36) <23> Padraig Harrington Ireland 3.014 168.809 56 -51.465 19.413
35 (34) <22> Zach Johnson United States 3.011 156.595 52 -50.542 15.988
36 (39) <39> Ben Crane United States 2.946 147.277 50 -35.779 22.856
37 (40) <45> Ryan Moore United States 2.927 149.261 51 -36.008 40.815
38 (35) <29> Kim Kyung-Tae Korea 2.923 154.914 53 -30.638 3.788
39 (37) <40> Peter Hanson Sweden 2.898 142.022 49 -31.033 34.338
40 (41) <31> Anthony Kim United States 2.869 137.690 48 -41.197 23.958
41 (38) <38> Jason Day Australia 2.830 121.699 43 -27.885 22.045
42 (42) <70> Anders Hansen Denmark 2.743 142.627 52 -23.926 60.319
43 (44) <47> K.J. Choi Korea 2.700 140.375 52 -31.080 31.889
44 (43) <33> Ross Fisher England 2.628 136.637 52 -43.683 13.951
45 (45) <36> Ryo Ishikawa Japan 2.564 143.566 56 -38.264 4.414
46 (46) <61> Bill Haas United States 2.554 140.475 55 -26.501 43.489
47 (53) <591> Gary Woodland United States 2.496 99.843 40 -1.700 92.935
48 (47) <230> Mark Wilson United States 2.494 139.681 56 -15.346 112.281
49 (48) <44> Bo Van Pelt United States 2.430 136.087 56 -35.220 13.311
50 (52) <91> Vijay Sing

No idea on this group.

 

[johnboland]

Zach Johnson and Anthony Kim stick out for the USA with Padraig Harrington and Tim Clark sticking out for "Players From Across The Pond."

 

[ZipLock]

Clark is hurt, otherwise I'd LOVE him in this spot.

I'm not sold on Kim either.

I like Justin Rose @ 35-1

 

[johnboland]

Roger that. Scratching Clark and maybe a KJ Choi who played rather error free last year until the bad bunker shot on Sunday. Hard to narrow down to just two. Good luck with your pool.

 

[thewiscokid]

I saw Ernie Els once at The Masters. He is a rather tall man who has that the "bang for you buck" iron game which will be extremly advantageous playing the par fives. Els has the potential to be a factor, but you never know which year he will either make or break. Ian Poulter had a good performance last year. He rarely made mistakes and I think he might duplicate his performance or even improve upon it. A flashy dresser, he is a solid golfer at Augusta nevertheless. Just two names nobody has really mentioned.

yeah i looked at Els but just don't know which golfer will show up. i definitely agree with your sentiment on Poulter, will surely play him in a round matchup when the odds/opponent look right

 

[thewiscokid]

Thinking Watney + Phil from top 25.

I agree with Watney and Phil. You could also go Kuchar. On that list, I like R. Fowler, A. Scott, and Z. Johnson (in that order). BOL in your pool.

 

[thewiscokid]

Luke Donald won Par 3 - no good for my tourney winner. Winner of Par 3 has never won Masters

 

[thewiscokid]

I like the Kaymer bet.

Thanks T2 - BOL on your plays.

 

[abcs]

Tim Clark shouldn't be at the Masters. Or at least he wouldn't be at the Masters if it wasn't, well, the Masters. Prior to Tuesday, the 36-year-old Clark hadn't hit a ball in three months. When he extended his right hand to greet someone on the practice green on Wednesday, the South African was quick to recoil in discomfort.

Clark hasn't played a tournament since the Sony Open in January. Photo by Getty Images

All of this suggests that Clark isn't quite ready to return from a right elbow injury that has had him inactive since the second tournament of the season, especially when considering his wife, Candace, gave birth to the couple's first child on Friday.

And yet, as Clark figured, this isn't any other week. If he withdrew from the Masters, it's not like someone would slip into his spot, so he figured he might as well wait until the last minute to see if he could play.

"I'm not going to be 100 percent, but if you're going to play hurt somewhere, you do it here," said Clark, who is coming off a 2010 season in which he had a breakthrough win at the Players.

So Clark's plan is to at least see how he feels on Thursday morning, when he's scheduled to tee off at 8:51 alongside Vijay Singh and Aaron Baddeley. After hitting balls on Tuesday, he played in the Par 3 Contest on Wednesday, and hasn't been deterred.

"The key is how I feel later. It's a little stiff, but it's not painful," Clark said. "There's a chance I could play."

 

[abcs]

So stenson +100 over Clark (only at the greek)

 

[thewiscokid]

good info abcs - i'm taking Marino -145 ov T. Clark for tournament matchup

thanks for the heads up

 

[abcs]

What book has that line?