Sheesh. Tough day at the office at Camp Pregame. Capping my baseball and turned in a goose egg. Capping The Players for two days, talking to folks on the scene in Ponte Vedra, making a plethora of tee times for visitors to Las Vegas because it 'tis the season, and all the while trying to rush out of town midweek for my 20th wedding anniversary with my wife in my ear, telling me to hurry the heck up! First world problems without a shadow of a doubt but here I sit, roughly 7-hours prior to the beginning of The Players Championship, settling in to give you what it is that I have come up with, and believe me, I am going to save the pomp and circumstance and get right to the nuts and bolts.
Great tournament. 5th Major. Probably the best field of any event in the world all year. Greens are in crappy shape due to the very cold and wet winter back east this year. Three holes; 4, 11, and 12, were not even available to play during practice rounds as they tried to salvage as much as possible with each and every putting surface on the golf course. Ball striking. Greens In Regulation. Driving accuracy. Scrambling. This is not a Bubba Watson paradise, this is more of a water and bunker laden Florida test of small Pete Dye greens, island greens even as we all so well know about the famous 17th hole. Look for players that did well at another coastal Pete Dye design with small greens, a.k.a. Harbour Town just a few weeks back, to also do well at this semi-coastal Dye masterpiece.. and with the greens being pretty shabby, I am not leaning as much on putting as I am on experience and knowing what these greens are supposed to do. So here are my plays and I while I do consider these top plays, I am not putting up a Premium Package for this because my time has been stretched and I also put up a goose egg on the diamonds today. I owe y'all some winners. Here we go..
Head to Head Match Ups for the whole tournament..
Jordan Spieth (-115) over Bubba Watson
Luke Donald (-105) over Justin Rose
Sergio Garcia (-140) over Phil Mickelson
Jim Furyk (-130) over Phil Mickelson
Henrik Stenson (+100) over Justin Rose
I also considered Kevin Na over Jason Dufner and JB Holmes over Patrick Reed but I am staying away from both of these.
If I had to make a future play, I would take a shot with Jim Furyk and roughly 30-1.
Thank you and have fun, Gang.
Brady Kannon
@lasvegasgolfer
www.LVTeeTimes.com