Sony Open Golf Tips

We don’t self congratulate ourselves as a habit but last week’s performance was top notch.  Firstly congratulations to our Euro Tour peer, Paul Williams who bagged a superb double win and a 31.7 point return!  You’re a lovely bloke and a great tipster (I’m looking forward to that beer you promised me this Saturday for saying that!).  Our SBS and Africa Open predictors also bagged both tournament winners……who were our No1 Predictor Picks.  You never know there could be something worth following at Golf Betting System.

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The PGA Tour moves onto the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Hawaii.   It’s the first full field event and I’ll keep the analysis succinct.  The course is a tight Par 70, where accuracy and GIR% are key.  Plodders will prosper!  The tournament is ALWAYS won by an experienced PGA Tour winner, who is accurate off the tee and who is a shot shaper/maker. Interestingly every Sony Open also uncovers a PGA Tour ‘rookie’ who performs superbly at the opening event and this year will be no different. So this is the player resume we need for Sony Open success this week:

1) PGA Tour Winner   2) Preferable a winner in 2009 3) Previous Sony Open Waialee course experience 4) Plays traditional/tight courses well 5) Sub 290 yard driver 6) Played successfully at Kapalua last week.  7) In decent nick – in Fall Series or over the winter. 

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Pat Perez 1pt EW @ 50/1  RESULT: T46

1) Check – won the Bob Hope Classic last year 2) Check 3) Check – 8 consecutive appearances with 3 Top 20s and 2 Top 10s 4) Check – resume includes decent performances at Copperhead, Colonial and La Cantera 5) Check – averaged 289 yards in 2009 6) Check – played well for a ‘stress free’ Top 10 finish 7) Check – played solidly across latter 2009 and finished a creditable 10^th at HSBC Champions in Shanghai in November. 

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Chad Campbell 1pt EW @ 55/1 RESULT: T8

1) Check – 4 PGA Tour wins 2) No – but a pair of 2^nd places at The Masters and Timberlake’s tournament in October.  Check 3) Check – 7 appearances with 2 Top 10s 4) Check – 2^nd at the Masters! Says everything as does 2^nd here at the Sony in 2006 5) Checkish – averaged 291 yards in 2009 6) No 7) Check – 2^nd in October followed by 2^nd in December’s Shark Shoot Out in partnership with Tim Clark. 

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Stuart Appleby 1pt EW @ 66/1 RESULT: Missed Cut

1) Check –8 PGA Tour wins 2) Check – a poor PGA Tour in 2009 was turned around by victory in this December’s Australian Masters.  3) Check – 10 appearances with 4 Top 10s 4) Check – Appleby’s only PGA Top 10 was unsurprisingly at the tight and tough Copperhead.  Victory at Honda Classic at wind swept PGA National   5) Check – averaged 290 yards in 2009 6) No 7) Check – 8^th, 7^th and 1^st over the winter in Australia. 

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Y.E. Yang 1pt EW @ 75/1 RESULT: T46

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1) Check –2 PGA Tour wins 2) Check – Honda Classic and PGA Championship wins in 2009  3) Check – 1 appearance culminating in 20th 4) Check – victory on the tough Nicklaus’s PGA National says all you need to know   5) Checkish – averaged 291 yards in 2009 6) Finished a creditable 16^th last week at the SBS with a 3^rd round 66 (-7) showing that Yang is in-form 7) Look at Yang’s Autumn and Winter results and his consistency is amazing.  He will contend very soon. 

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Cameron Percy 2pts Top 20 @ 9/2 - RESULT: Missed Cut

Never heard of him?  Well Percy qualified for the PGA Tour after a successful Nationwide campaign last year.  He finished with 8 Top 10s and finished 8^th on the Money List with a couple of great ‘seaside’ performances.  Allied to a great 2009 in America Percy also had an amazing ‘summer down-under.’ 6^th behind Tiger in the Australian Masters, was backed up with 22^nd in the Australian PGA Championship.  Tellingly though Percy also finished a creditable 7^th at the windswept coastal challenge of NSW Golf Club, in the Australian Open behind Adam Scott and Appleby.  Percy could easily be the rookie that grabs the attention this week.