The Memorial Tournament 2013 Betting Preview and Tips

The Memorial Tournament,

Muirfield Village GC  ∙   Dublin,  Ohio, Purse: $6,200,000, Winning Share: $1,116,000, FedExCup Points: 500

Early odds on the exchanges

Tiger Woods 3/1

Prince-and-Tiger-Woods-on-003There’s absolutely no fun betting on Tiger at miserly odds of 3/1 but it would be remiss of me not to mention him. He’s a five time champ at Muirfield Village stretching from 1999 to 2012. And in case you’ve been orbiting Earth all year and missed it, Tiger has already won four times in 2013. Nicklaus courses are that bit more generous off the tee, and get tougher at the greens, hence Tiger’s dominance.

 

Kevin Streelman 90/1

streelerMissed the cut last week at Colonial and has slipped out in the betting exchanges, but with three consecutive top 10’s at The Players, Wells Fargo and RBC Heritage in his previous three outings, I wouldn’t write Kevin Streelman off this week. He has a recent best of tied seventh here in 2011.

 

Matt Kuchar 30/1

kucharAnother runner up spot at Colonial brings Kuch’s haul of top 10’s for the season to four and he also has that WGC World Matchplay trophy on the mantlepiece. Kuchar will be brimming with confidence heading to Dublin Ohio in the knowledge that he has four top 10’s in the last five stagings of this prestigious tournament, including a recent best of tied second in 2011 when Steve Stricker won.

 

Henrik Stenson 55/1

henrikWhen I look at Muirfield Village and the statistics in their totality it would appear that players who can combine good driving accuracy with greens in regulation stats prosper here (as opposed to putting wizards). So with Power Rankings in mind, I’m plumping for Swede Henrik Stenson. He’s sixth in driving accuracy on the PGA Tour stats after Colonial (he was top until last Sunday night) and he’s also first in greens in regulation with a clip of 72.22%. Hole a few putts Henrik and Jesper’s your uncle!

 

Best Of The Rest

everyI’ve been tipping Bo Van Pelt for a few weeks without success so at 55/1 this is his last chance! He’s been in the top 13 here in the last three years with a best of tied third when Rose won in 2010. Long odds glory hunters may see some value in Jonathan Byrd at 150/1. He has missed five cuts in his last seven events but loves this track. Byrd has been in the top seven in three out of the last four years (T6 2012, T7 2011, T3 2009). Matt Every is also there at long odds of 130/1. He was very impressive in tying fourth last week at Colonial and played very well at Jack’s place tying sixth last year.

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