Round 1 plays (1pt):
Kevin Sutherland to beat Joe Ogilvie and Ryan Palmer +130 @ Stan James, William Hill, BlueSq and Boyle Sports [available generally]
Couldn't find any 2-ball matchups that I liked, so will add some 3-ball plays instead. Sutherland has by far the best course form of these three - 6th and 8th in the last two years vs. 57th and 50th for Ogilvie and mc and mc for Palmer - and has dominated this 3-ball matchup over the last 12 months: the h2h record is 9-3-0. No wonder Five Dimes make Sutherland -105 in this matchup.
Ken Duke to beat Matt Bettencourt and Mathias Gronberg +180 @ Unibet [also available @ Boyle Sports]
Rather more speculative play on Duke. He has been struggling for form, but when he has played well, it has been in the 1st round. He led the Byron Nelson Championship after 18 holes in May and opened with a 66 in the Travelers Championship last time out. He was also the first round leader last year, so he may be encouraged by his return to this course. Bettencourt is the main danger as he is playing very well at the moment, but this will be his course debut, while Gronberg's record here over the last five years reads: mc, mc, 75th, mc, mc.