Crowne Plaza Invitational  - Double Your Money!

Steve Bamford's Crowne Plaza Invitational Double Your Money Special

Here's the drill:

Step 1, have an Extrabet account ready to use - this is important for these bets. If you haven't got an Extrabet account then you can open a new one here: going via this link will qualify you for a £100 basket of free fixed-odds bets and £100 casino bonus.

Step 2, pick 3 players in the Extrabet top-20 market with odds of 5/1 or longer. The reason that you place these with Extrabet is that there's no reduction for ties in their rules - so if your player ties with any other players for 20th spot then you still get full returns at the quoted price. This happens more regularly than you might expect! Place a level stake on each, ie £10, or whatever suits you.

Step 3, use the predictor to work out those players who are most likely to finish well at a long price. Typically you need to be looking at outright odds of 150/1 or longer to get a 5/1 top-20 price although there's no hard and fast rule here, you'll need to check the price with Extrabet via this link.

Step 4, if any one of your 3 players finishes in the top 20 or a tie for 20th then you'll at least double your money!

On that basis, here's my 3 picks. If you have a different 3 why not share them with us on Twitter or Facebook via the links at the top of this page?

Corey Pavin 11/2 US Ryder Cup captain Pavin has been playing superb golf over the past 6 weeks on both the Champions and PGA Tours. Can be categorised as Texas specialist and has won 3 of the 4 tournaments hosted traditionally in the Lone Star state including here at Colonial in 1996. OK, things have moved on since then BUT 23rd last week at the Byron Nelson shows he is more than capable of competing. 11/2 on a player who has finished in the T20 10 times out of 20 visits seems incredibly generous. I’d open that Extrabet account right now before they recognise their error and slash the price! RESULT: T7

Cameron Beckman 9/1 Would this be the Cameron Beckman who won the Mayakoba Classic in March and who shot 61 on his way to 5th place last week at TPC Four Seasons? I think it is you know……do I need to say anymore? One final word he finished 19th here on debut in 2002 so can play Colonial just fine. RESULT: T22

Alex Prugh 6/1 Whilst McIlroy and Fowler take all the ‘rookie’ plaudits Alex Prugh continues to play brilliantly in his PGA Tour debut. Currently 44th in the FEDEX standings with 5 Top 25 finishes to his name. Many draw comparison between Colonial and Riviera in Los Angeles in terms of key player attributes needed to play well at these most classical of courses. Well Prugh finished 10th in LA in February and interestingly hails from Washington state as does Ben Crane who plays brilliantly at Colonial. Should suit. RESULT: T67

Odds and offers correct 21:15BST 25.5.10 but naturally subject to fluctuation.

Good Luck!!