Like Stewart Cink Tony - very solid player who never seems to miss a cut or play a bad tourney. Just like you say he struggles turn top 10's into wins...30/1 is some price though and I may have to take that up myself.
Europeans have a shocking record in this tourney - just one winner since the event was introduced in the late 70's - Sandy Lyle in 1987. Players very rarely win more than one TPC - only Nicklaus, Hal Sutton, Davis Love and Freddy Couples have ever won more than one TPC - these would count very much against Garcia, Stenson and Ames.
Verplank looks big at 100/1 - let alone 220/1 - in name alone, but he is in a dire run of form this season (3 missed cuts and no top 25 place finishes in the 3 tourneys he did make the cut) suggesting he is floundering somewhat. Still, Trevor Immelman had no form to point to (and has done squat since also) until he ran away with the Masters (though i still maintain that all his contenders made it very easy for him in Round 4) and we know that golf is very much an "on the day" thing, so this could yet turn out to be a great selection.
All gets underway later....cant wait. Good luck all!!!
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