Hard to believe there is really a town named after Tarzan...oh well!
The question this week is whether to take on the favs, esp Annika. My theory is that she has been preparinghard for Colonial and concentrated on long iron play rather than short irons and this may have cost her a couple of strokes per event, enough to turn her from invincible to merely great! Will pass her over at 13/8. Pak is a little more tempting at the 9/1 at Stan James, but deep religious convictions mean that I cannot back golfers at single figures in full field events.
Three for me this week;
Laura Diaz has been disappointing so far this year, but her 5th last week was a good sign, and she was the only player here last year to compete with Pak and Annika..33/1 Stan James
Sports Illustrated golf writer Alan Shipnuck recently waxed lyrical on just why the LPGA is the hottest tour on the planet at the moment, he remarked; "unlike the PGA Tour's best player, the LPGA's top gun faces fierce, fearless competition when leading on Sunday" - sentiments strongly echoed here. Amazingly, there are some who still seem to think that a 50/1 winner on the LPGA tour is somehow less worthy than a 50/1 winner on the PGA Tour! In the current climate of young, fearless big hitters, it's easy to overlook the claims of the more senior players...who would have thought that quotes of 40/1 Inkster and incredibly 100/1 Pepper would be available at this stage of the season? Whilst Inkster and Pepper have not been in their usual form this year, Beth Daniel has been quietly going about putting together a decent run of form , following up her 7th place first time out with a 5th place last week - an ok showing here last year gives us a chance of a weekend in contention...66/1 Stan James
Christina Kim finished 2nd behind Ochoa on Futures Tour last year, and spent the off-season touring LPGA venues...this one is fairly close to her home, so it's safe to suggest she visited here too...she already has a 4th place finish to her name and the 80/1 at Skybet is decent enough.
Of the others, Ochoa and Davies are obvious threats, and at larger prices I like Grace Park, Cristie Kerr and Catriona Matthew as savers...and a big one for the pot, Jennifer Rosales at 125/1
The question this week is whether to take on the favs, esp Annika. My theory is that she has been preparinghard for Colonial and concentrated on long iron play rather than short irons and this may have cost her a couple of strokes per event, enough to turn her from invincible to merely great! Will pass her over at 13/8. Pak is a little more tempting at the 9/1 at Stan James, but deep religious convictions mean that I cannot back golfers at single figures in full field events.
Three for me this week;
Laura Diaz has been disappointing so far this year, but her 5th last week was a good sign, and she was the only player here last year to compete with Pak and Annika..33/1 Stan James
Sports Illustrated golf writer Alan Shipnuck recently waxed lyrical on just why the LPGA is the hottest tour on the planet at the moment, he remarked; "unlike the PGA Tour's best player, the LPGA's top gun faces fierce, fearless competition when leading on Sunday" - sentiments strongly echoed here. Amazingly, there are some who still seem to think that a 50/1 winner on the LPGA tour is somehow less worthy than a 50/1 winner on the PGA Tour! In the current climate of young, fearless big hitters, it's easy to overlook the claims of the more senior players...who would have thought that quotes of 40/1 Inkster and incredibly 100/1 Pepper would be available at this stage of the season? Whilst Inkster and Pepper have not been in their usual form this year, Beth Daniel has been quietly going about putting together a decent run of form , following up her 7th place first time out with a 5th place last week - an ok showing here last year gives us a chance of a weekend in contention...66/1 Stan James
Christina Kim finished 2nd behind Ochoa on Futures Tour last year, and spent the off-season touring LPGA venues...this one is fairly close to her home, so it's safe to suggest she visited here too...she already has a 4th place finish to her name and the 80/1 at Skybet is decent enough.
Of the others, Ochoa and Davies are obvious threats, and at larger prices I like Grace Park, Cristie Kerr and Catriona Matthew as savers...and a big one for the pot, Jennifer Rosales at 125/1
