Round 1 play (2pts):
Ryan Moore to beat Hunter Mahan -110 @ 5Dimes [also available @ SkyBet, Stan James, Bet365 and Boyle Sports]
Backing Moore to repeat on a course where he has played well in the past - 11th and 2nd in the last two years here. However, it is his confidence in his game in interview that is striking - he was pleased that he finished 2nd last week, but he pointed out that he had only missed one cut all year and had been consistently getting himself into good positions each week, but falling back over the weekend. A look at his last 16 strokeplay events does show that he has finished the 1st round in the top-15 on nine occasions (a 56% success rate) and he is 15/16 in finishing the 1st round in the top-50 and 15/16 in finishing the 2nd round in the top-50. He clearly has every reason to be confident that his form will continue this week. Just for comparison, Mahan has finished 11 of his last 16 strokeplay events in the top-50 after round 1 and just 4 of 16 in the top-15.
[unofficial rd1 system plays: Rose tb Scott -110; Van Pelt tb Simpson -105; O'Hair tb Kim -102; Furyk tb Choi +115; Holmes tb Woodland -105; Furyk tb Simpson +125]