So, last week at the Farmer's, you may recall I had a difficult time choosing a golfer I actually felt good about other than Mickelson. I have the opposite problem this week, there are a whole bunch of golfers with good history at Riviera, and the field is the strongest of the year to date on tour, by far. Let's get right to it.
Fred Couples has a fantastic history here, with multiple wins, multiple seconds, and as host of top 10 finishes. He even finished thrid last year at 49 years old. Adam Scott is slowly resuscitating his career, and he has a win, a second, and a 14th in four outings over the last five years here. KJ Choi played very well at the Farmers and has top 10s each of the past two years at the NTO. Robert Allenby may be off to the best start of anyone in 2010, and he has three top 10s in the last five years. Now if he could just keep it in play on Sunday...
If you want star power, Paddy Harrington is teeing it up for the first time all year and he has two top 10s in three years here. He's a threat to win whenever he tees it up and holds the number two spot in the world in my book (sorry Phil). Speaking of Lefty, he's the two time defending champ. If there was ever a week to pick him in a non major, non-WGC, non-Fed Ex playoff event, this is it. Big Ern is playing well and is a threat here too. He also has a win on this course. Furyk, Stricker and Vijay are in the field this week too along with Mike Weir, who won this event twice in a row earlier in the decade.
So, there are decisions to be made. My gut tells me Choi, Allenby, Els, Harrington and Mickelson are the best plays this week.
Cheers,
TFAM
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