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Golf: Stanford St Jude Classic – Singh and Toms amongst the favourites

GOLF – TENNESSEE STANFORD ST. JUDE CHAMPIONSHIP – June 5th

KEY PLAYERS / NEWS

The major consideration for the Stanford St Jude Classic in Memphis, Tennessee is which players are warming up for the US Open and which have their game in A1 condition for this tournament. Furthermore this is a physically demanding event, with temperatures likely to be in the mid-90s.

Heath Slocum boasts outstanding course form, with 2 finishes in the top 12 from his last 3 outings. He did little wrong in his closing 73 at the Wachovia Championship and seemed to just have one of those days when nothing really happened for him on the golf course. His good play has carried on with a T8 at the AT&T Classic and T26 at Colonial where he bounced back very well from an opening 74. His past record shows he is capable of stringing three or four good tournaments together and his prospects look good once more.

David Toms is a legend in this event but I don’t think he is operating at the level he was a couple of years ago after bouts of illness and injury, while the likes of Vijay Singh, Sergio Garcia and Padraig Harrington are surely hoping to play themselves to a peak for the US Open.

BETTING

Outright

16/1 Vijay Singh, David Toms (both William Hill), 18/1 Sergio Garcia (Paddy Power), 22/1 Ernie Els (Stan James), Retief Goosen (sportingbet), 25/1 Stephen Ames, Kenny Perry (both William Hill), Padraig Harrington (totesport), 28/1 Ben Crane, Heath Slocum, 33/1 Robert Allenby, Justin Leonard ( all Stan James), 35/1 Stuart Appleby (totesport) Bo Weekley (vcbet), B. Gay (Paddy Power), 40/1 Camilo Villegas, Tim Clark (both William Hill), Trevor Immelman (Ladbrokes), 50/1 Carl Petterssen (Stan James), Bart Bryant (William Hill), 55/1 BAR.

Place Betting

Top 10
8/5 David Toms, Vijay Singh, 9/5 Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, 2/1 Kenny Perry, Padraig Harrington, Stephen Ames, 5/2 Robert Allenby, Heath Slocum, 11/4 Justin Leonard, 3/1 Brian Gay, Stuart Appleby, Camilo Villegas, Bo Weekley, Trevor Immelman, S. Sterling, 7/2 BAR.

Top 5
11/2 Ben Crane, 10/1 Carl Petterssen, B. Quigley, JB Holmes (all sportingbet), 11/1 David Toms, Vijay Singh (both Paddy Power), 12/1 Mathew Goggin, Nick Watney (both sportingbet), 12/1 Sergio Garcia, 14/1 Retief Goosen, Stephen Ames, 16/1 Padraig Harrington (all Paddy Power), 20/1 Steve Marino (sportingbet) Kenny Perry, Heath Slocum, 22/1 Justin Leonard, Robert Allenby (all Paddy Power), 25/1 BAR.

Top Australasian
5/2 Robert Allenby (Stan James), 3/1 Stuart Appleby (totesport), 11/2 Mathew Goggin (Boylesports), 7/1 Nathan Green (totesport), 16/1 Gavin Coles (Boylesports) Mark Hensby (Stan James), Stuart Leaney, 20/1 Andrew Buckle (both Boylesports), 22/1 T. Wilkinson (totesport), 25/1 D. Lutterus, 28/1 S. Allan, 33/1 M. Jones, 40/1 Brett Rumford (all totesport)

Top European
2/1 Sergio Garcia, 11/4 Padraig Harrington (both Boylesports) 7/1 Carl Petterssen (Stan James), 9/1 F. Jacobson (Boylesports), 10/1 B. Davis (Paddy Power), 12/1 Jesper Parnevik (Boylesports), 20/1 Alex Cejka (totesport), 25/1 RS Johnson (bet365), 33/1 Richard Johnson (Stan James) M. Gronberg (totesport), 50/1 M. Laird (bet365.

Playoff

1/3 No (Boylesports), 5/2 Yes (William Hill)

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