PGA TOUR BUICK INVITATIONAL

These are head to head matchup wagers that I placed Wed AM at Olympic. I bet these early before the lines got out of whack.

My record on this site for head to head matchups for the 2003 season is 14-9-2.

Feb 12 6:27am Golf - Pending
1. Golf - Buick Invitational February 13 - 16, 2003
Match Ups
Jeff Sluman vs Shigeki Maruyama
Shigeki Maruyama (-115) [pending]

Feb 12 6:28am Golf - Pending
1. Golf - Buick Invitational February 13 - 16, 2003
Match Ups
Charles Howell III vs David Toms
David Toms (-155) [pending]

Feb 12 6:28am Golf - Pending
1. Golf - Buick Invitational February 13 - 16, 2003
Match Ups
Fred Funk vs Tom Lehman
Tom Lehman (-115) [pending]

Feb 12 6:30am Golf - Pending
1. Golf - Buick Invitational February 13 - 16, 2003
Match Ups
Tiger Woods vs Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson (+220) [pending]

Feb 12 6:31am Golf - Pending
1. Golf - Buick Invitational February 13 - 16, 2003
Match Ups
Chris Riley vs Kevin Sutherland
Kevin Sutherland (+130) [pending]

Feb 12 6:32am Golf - Pending
1. Golf - Buick Invitational February 13 - 16, 2003
Match Ups
Rocco Mediate vs Stuart Appleby
Rocco Mediate (-125) [pending]

This tournament is played at the 2 courses at Torrey Pines in San Diego. The players will be playing both courses on Thurs and Fri ,and those who make the cut will play just the South course on the weekend. It should be noted that the South course has been redesigned and lengthened to get the 2008 US Open bid. In a word, BRUTAL. At over 7600 yds this is the longest and one of the toughest courses the players will face all season. And with rain in the forecast it will play even longer.

I must go to work now. A little later I will post some thoughts as to why I played each match.

1. Maruyama plays well on West coast and has cashed twice for me this year. This course might be a bit too long for Jeff. Maruyama also in the running for 500,000 dollar bonus for the West coast Swing.

2. Perfect spot to take Toms although a bit pricey. He is known for playing tough courses well and par will be a good score here. Toms also has played well here in the past.

3. Funk although very straight is also very short off the tee. Lehman has a history of playing well on US Open type courses. He is also a great long iron player and there will be a lot of 2 and 3 irons hit to these long par 4's. He also almost won at Pebble last week.

4.Betting against Tiger is not something that is usually profitable. I'm still a little worried about Phil off the tee, but he is playing on the course he grew up on, near where henow lives.and he is a 3 time winner here, and is a real value at +220. Remember also that Tiger has to beat him with that crappy Nike equipment.

5. Sutherland should be motivated to play well here. He needs a good performance to qualify for the World Match Play tournament in 2 weeks where he is the defending champ. Riley is a strong young player who will makle us some cash this year and will win some tournaments. I just hope he doesn't pick this week to wake up.

6. Rocco has been my cash cow so far this season and is poised to have a really big year. I will take him every week in a matchup until he loses. He is up against a fine player this week in Stuart.

There you have it . Good luck to any who decide to bet any or all of these.