Crown Plaza Invitational

What a weekend of golf we just had.The Players started off badly with Tiger Woods pulling out after after nine holes ahem...ahem!!But well done to his good friend KJ Choi in what surely is his finest moment in golf.We did'ent do to badly ourselves with a fourth place finish for Luke Donald and some nice trades with Jason Dufner and Chris Stroud making us a nice profit!
Onwards and upwards and on to this weeks tournament-The Crown Plaza Invitational at The Colonial CC,Fort Worth,Texas.The course is a par 70 with two par 5's and measures in at 7204 yards long.One of the easiest courses on tour(41st out of 52 in difficulty last year)Zach Johnson won this last year with a record score of -21.Forcast for the week is thunderstorms and high winds so maybe wont play as easy as it did last year.All prices are taken from Bet365 and Betfair as these have some of the best prices around.You can set up an online account with both firms by clicking the links above right and collect your FREE GOLF BETS.....Why not take them??
And so who's on the tee this week-

STEWART CINK(42 Betfair)
I'm really liking the chances of  the golfing king of twitter Stewart Cink this week.A great wind player(open champ 09)who has a great record here.Out of 13 appearances he has never missed the cut,this includes finishes of 2nd and 4th.Came 22nd here last year when his game was out of sync(excuse me!!)but since The Masters his swing changes have started to come to fruition with a 9th at Quail Hollow and 19th last week at The Players.Great putter,great wind player,great record = Great chance...Top tip!!

ZACH JOHNSON(21 Bet365)
Have to tip up last years champ Zach Johnson.5 appearances here read 1-9-30-26-14 what a great record.The course is a perfect match for Zach-short course with narrow tree lined fairways which puts driving accuracy to the fore(6th on tour)T6th at Quail Hollow two weeks back and T12th at The Players last week with a closing round of 66 show that Zach is brimming with confidence right now.Can he retain his title...Why not?

BO VAN PELT(80 Betfair)
Bit of a risky tip here as this guy is hard to catch right,but has been showing signs lately that a big tournament is not far away.An 8th place finish at The Masters was the first signs of life from BVP and he then followed that with a top 30 at Quail Hollow.It's his record here though that catches my eye.Out of 7 starts here he has 2 top tens also a 12th and 17th place finish with no missed cuts.For a guy coming into form and playing on a course that he obviously has a good feeling for gets me excited about a big payday...watch this space!

JASON DAY(20 Betfair)
I don't like backing favourites but Jason might just be the most inform golfer on the planet.2nd on his Masters debut was some feat and he would have been forgiven for reasting on his laurels but the week after he tied for 9th at The Heritage.T6th last week at The Players shows that Jason means business this year.Won his first PGA Tour event just up the road at the Byron Nelson in Texas last year.A tie for 4th here at Colonial 2 years ago show that he has a liking for both Texas and this course.Oh and have I forgot to mention that he's actually a member here...enough said!

Other players to go well this week:
Ben Crane(26 Bet365):Two top 5's in three years here,seven top 25's already in 2011.
Martin Laird(44 Betfair):Having a great year so far with 5 top 10's including a win.Tied 10th here last year.

Players for trading purposes:
Greg Chalmers(170 Betfair)
Hunter Hass(360 Betfair)
Kenny Perry(180 Betfair)
Jarrod Lyle(710 Betfair)


                                                     BEST OF LUCK!!