Apparently many of the Tour players are as unfamiliar with Valero as I am, as the field for this week's event outside of San Antonio is the worst I've seen since the youth hockey fundraiser scramble I played in at Deer Run last August. Combine that with the fact that a new course is in play this year, and we really are just throwing darts this week trying to find a winner.
The only big name who's in Texas this week and has played well in 2010 is Ernie Els, which probably makes him the favorite. The new course is over 7500 yards, so Ernie's length should help. He just hasn't found a groove since the Palmer though, and I don't really see him holding the trophy this week.
After Ernie, the highest ranked player in the field is Sergio Garcia (who apparently helped Greg Norman design the track), buit Sergio has been uninspiring for months.
Where does that leave us? With no course histroy, I'm looking at guys who can drive the ball and are playing well. That brings us directly to two names...Bo Van Pelt and JB Holmes. Van Pelt is coming off three straight top fives, Holmes has three top tens and three more top 20 finishes on the year. Both are long and both should be at the top of your list this week.
Zach Johnson has won this event two years in a row, and he played well last week, but the course is different, so I can't really count the two wins. Adam Scott is here and has been playing better, but, Adam Scott has been a letdown for two straight years.
Sleeper picks include the entire field, as they're all sleepers after Ernie.
Most Talent
Els
Garcia
V. Singh
Scott
Duval?
Course History
N/A
Who's Hot?
Van Pelt
Els
Holmes
Hoffman
Jacobsen
Who's Not?
Garcia
Singh
Mediate
Leonard
Duval
My Picks
Holmes
Van Pelt
Els
Jacobsen
Merritt
Cheers,
TFAM
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