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00:00 – Introduction
00:25 – bet365
05:00 – Tony Finau
08:39 – Xander Schauffele
10:06 – Austin Eckroat
11:22 – Joesph Bramlett
13:13 – Keegan Bradley
14:56 – Ludvig Aberg
17:41 – Thomas Detry
18:25 – Luke List
19:51 – Sahith Theegala
22:18 – Sunjae Im
23:40 – Min Woo Lee
24:55 – J.J. Spaun
25:43 – Longshot Winners
29:02 – Jason Day
32:24 – Xander Schauffele
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What’s going on everybody and welcome to another edition of the links and locks Best Bets podcast presented by bet 365 I’m Jason soble from the Action Network he is Ben everal from golf bet we’re here to play 18 o make 18 bets for this week’s Farmers Insurance open before we
Get to all those great picks we made from last week because uh I we’ve actually nailed all the winners this year it’s been pretty easy naing all these triple digit winners on the PGA tour before we get there though uh one reminder that we are indeed presented by
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Call 1800 Gambler or 1 1800 bets off in Iowa terms conditions restrictions apply Benny as mentioned Chris Kirk Grayson Murray Nick Dunlap H betting golf is easy you guys know any hard games what about Nick Dunlap honestly well done to the kid and I’m going out their first time since 91 to win
Honestly if people had have been asked asking me Saturday night whether or not he was going to get it done and to back him or not I would have said no even with that lead and even with that talent I would have been like nah there’s two
Big guns right there behind him they’re going to sneak up on him the nerves are going to come and not only did he handle that because he did make the mistake he made the double bogey on the front nine let Burns in front of him but then was
Able to chase him down and make Burns make the mistake on 17 and 18 getting up and down to win twoo I know looks pretty straightforward chip people saying lots of green to work with h not easy at all when all that’s on the line so good on
You Nikki dlap bad luck to everyone else how they were it there was apparently a few betters out there who did get on Nick dun well done to his dad most likely or cousin or sister or whoever it was that is sneaking in a a bet there at
The 300 or 500 to1 in some places uh to have the big collects uh I do know there were a couple of people that came in my DMs telling me that one of my long shots in Christian bazat who I said top 20 probably good you know good long shot uh
Someone was riding a $25 bet on him at 125 to1 was death riding Nick Dunlap but the kid got it done yeah Benny uh it’s it’s been a wild season betting wise um I will say this much this this is going to be wrong of
Me I think that those of us in the industry if you’re not going to win you should root on everybody else so that everyone else is making money I can tell you right now look if I ain’t winning I hope all y’all are losing not not the listeners I’m saying like the other
Betting experts it’s like hey yeah there’s nothing worse than there’s a fairly obvious play everybody’s on that guy you’re not because you want to get a little contrarian and the entire world wins on so and so it’s happened a bunch of times over the last few years well no
One’s been on anybody so far for the most part we said year I think we mentioned at the start of the year and I said we did the math didn’t we and it was like if you bet the favorites every week last season you came out well and
Truly on top well you ain’t anywhere near on top this week this year sorry you’re struggling big time on not just the favorites but anyone that’s not triple digits so will that continue this week that’s the question right SS is that gonna carry on so so I I know you
Saw my tweet on Sunday evening um I preface this tweet by saying this is ridiculous it didn’t happen it wouldn’t happen it probably couldn’t happen based on the books not wanting to take out the liability but if you had taken $1 and put it on Chris Kirk at 200 to one you’d
Be up $200 you take that 200 roll it over on Grayson Murray in the Sony you’d now be up $80,000 take that 880,000 you throw it on Nick Dunlap at 350 to1 and you’d have yourself a cool 28 million all in the span of two and a half weeks
Would have been a nice play oh sorry we forgot to give the one that one out on the Pod um I don’t know maybe we should tell you if you have an extra 28 million sitting around roll it over to your favorite long shot this week and see
What you can do with that uh we will get to plenty of long shots we’ll even get to a couple of the favorites because I actually I kind of like one of the favorites and I never like favorites but as mentioned playing 18 holes making 18
Bets as we do every single week Benny everil you’re on the tea at Tory Pines even now Swing Away all right mate well I’m going to go to a guy that I was on last week who didn’t quite get it done I’m going to go back
To the well I’m going to give you a first outride pick I’m going to get a bit of a Tory Pine specialist and uh just to tease it I like a few Tory Pine Specialists this week in certain spots but Tony fenale for me um I was hoping
He’d be a little closer to the top last week but I think he’s done enough to sort of warm himself up get ready to hit the Tory Pines Juggernaut and look I was speaking this to someone who I’ll get to later in the PO earlier this morning
Talking about how it’s such a difference going from the shoot out in the desert to now we’re going to survival at Tory Pines uh the North Course yeah you can get some birdies there but you got to play at least three rounds you obviously to win on the south course it’s
Absolutely teaming with rain down there today course is closed flood warnings Etc long luscious rough long golf course you need to be able to survive and I think that Tony fenale fits that mold he’s had quite a few good finishes what is it eight of his nine inside the top
24 at Tory including a couple of big weeks in contention uh 15th strikes game total last year 23rd total driving which means accuracy and length those things are going to be important I think Tony fale is an option uh there at about 28 to1 you get him okay so I love that play
I will skip over I usually start with a long shot play for the second Hall I will go to my favorite top five play Benny for the last 10 years I mean literally 10 years now I have bet Tony feno he’s been my favorite outright play at Tory Pines I’ve said every single
Year he’s going to win this thing I play him in one and duns I bet him I put him in every DFS lineup and for the most part he’s come really close he’s had a bunch of top five finishes already a couple top fives bunch of top 10 uh and
So so yeah let’s see uh two top fives five top 10 including three of the past four years I probably should be on Tony Fina once again because I do it every year I’m just playing him for a top five as far as this is concerned our podcast I
Will probably have a couple shares of him outright as well and I’m telling the people now that if I’m getting off him outright even just a little bit you should probably Hammer them I do like that market but I’ll be just a little bit conservative on Tony and take him
For a top five at plus 550 something you said in there Rings very true it’s been raining both courses closed on Monday we’re taping this podcast on Monday afternoon it the weather’s going to get better the sun’s going to come out but this is going to be a long at the South
Course I’m playing three times 7765 and that’s when it’s nice out that’s without a little bit of a slog and long thick rough this is going to be an absolute Beast give me a guy who’s strong and long Tony fenale fits the bill yeah and and also we don’t forget I
Don’t know if we mentioned at the top we got the anomally we’re starting Wednesday this week everyone we’re starting early get your bets in early yes uh it’s Wednesday to Saturday this week so that wet is going to be in play quicker than normal uh and yeah look
It’s a beast like I said you got to survive it you got to be able to handle it got to be a to if you do get in that rough you’ve got to be strong enough to hack it out so uh it’s funny you’re saying that about Tony you’re slipping
Down because you’ve on him a lot and whatever else I got a player like that as well the people listening I’ll actually jump way ahead now I’m going to tell you who I would look at in the firstr leader Market at the South course this is where they’re starting and that is the
Outright favorite this week Xander shl because he’s basically almost dead to me after doing backdoor top 10 the first week when I picked him to win and backdoor top five last week when I picked him to win he is a San Diego kid the stats ring true for him there I
Probably should stay with him and stick to him but I’m almost trying to help the rest of you out and saying get a get they’re not up yet as far as I could tell but get on him for a South course lead you’ll get a little bit juicier
Odds than the nine to1 around that what you’re getting for him in the outright Market uh and if he starts hot great you’re on him and you might have got that cash if not you can decide whether you’re going to get him get on him outright after that first round CU
Generally the north is where the really hot starters are uh you might find him a couple back four back or something from the overall lead and be able to get a little bit juicier than that 9 to1 but uh Xander I looked down the barrel at
You last week and said step up I know that says you were T3 but you know you weren’t really in it get back in it help everyone else out but I’ll jump off so you can win so I’m going to tell you about Xander shley later in the podcast here
There you go maybe I’m helping you and I’ve got reasons and I’ve got strategies and we’ll get into all that so uh let’s get to whole number four I will now get to my long shot and I’ve got a few more later in the Pod stay tuned do not just
Hear my long shot go oh cool I like long shots they win every week and just blindly click this player and then turn off the podcast and not get back to it with the 16th all I’m telling you right now I’m going to give you four other
Long shots in addition to this player that I like all of them I I mean if you’re just playing lottery tickets I like all five but I like this one probably just a little bit more than the others and this one I’m going at 150 to
One outright Austin EO young kid hits it a long way leads the tour right now through three events and total driving which is pretty interesting that he didn’t play at caloa where you’re driving it long and straight for the most part on every single hole and yet
He’s still leading total driving I just want l said guys that that can flush it guys that can hit it a long way e root fits the bill and I will give you four more players for Long Shots let’s see between 80 to1 and 300 to1 later in the
Podcast so now you guys stick around everybody I’ll give him a I’ll give him a 300 to one long shot right now how about that okay I’m gonna go look the long shots are out there I don’t know if it’s going to be the triple digits um as
It has been the last three weeks but obviously we didn’t think it was going to be like that either first three weeks because you can get guys like uh what Nikolai hoard for about 50 to1 who you’re just going on reputation there because he hasn’t obviously been uh at
Tori before and generally speaking uh you’ve needed a little bit of experience at Tori to win there for the most part um and then there’s a guy who has won not that long ago there Luke list at 75 to one or roundabout but a 300 to1 shot that I Thro statistically again because
He was 15th in driving distance last season 27th in Greens and rean 23rd in bounce back birdies when he did make mistakes here’s a name for you two top 20s in the past at Tory points Joseph bramlet 300 to1 uh again am I putting the house on on this dude no but if
They’re going to keep the trend going he’s a guy that sort of Pops in a few stats at that 300 to1 mark uh and he starts on the North so chance he can get off hot early bring that 300 number way and we’ll see if and when I’m playing
Joseph bramlet it’s going to be on the west coast where uh he’s more accustomed to playing his better golf the only thing with him Manny he was out for a while I’m not sure exactly what the injury was but I believe he just came back yeah he came back Sony a few weeks
Ago after missing yeah he he was out since the Scottish open in the middle of last summer uh just came back at the Sony 52 there miss cut last week but again weird stuff’s happening at top the leaderboard every week so I’m not going
To sit here and tell you not to take a 301 player okay then moving on to the sixth hole I’ve got a guy who look Benny we like that intersection of recent form and course history how’s this for an intersection Keegan Bradley the last time he played got into a playoff at the
Sony finished in the share of second place Keegan Bradley the last time you played at this venue Tory Pines finished in second place to maxom at some point it’s almost like a putt that you stand over and you read from the other side it’s a 10-footer and you’re like I don’t
Know I think it’s dead straight and sometimes a putt can be dead straight and you can just overread it for basically trying too hard sometimes in golf betting we might try too hard we go well I’m gonna go with this guy because I saw this stat and that gets me I
Keegan Bradley’s playing well right now he played well here last year he’s played well here in the past that’s enough for me I’m not going to overthink it too much yeah I I’m pretty sure the uh the PJ talk Guru numbers man rob Bolton’s got him second in his power
Ranking so that’ll tell you something he’s generally on the money with guys who are playing well and going to the right courses he molds all of that in so um you’re probably on the money there I don’t know why Keegan Bradley is one of those guys that for a long time I
Haven’t always thrown up in the betting options and I I I I think that’s just because he hasn’t resonated with me personally more so than other guys I remember like I’m now on Tony feno a lot when before I would just not even touch him because he couldn’t win in the
Clutch now he’s been able to do that I jump on him more often so um you’re right like Keegan was second right last year now that I remember like absolutely had a crack at it so fair enough uh let’s see seven W okay I know I said
That we need need experience at this joint to do well generally speaking uh was only a certain young European in the last however many maybe eight winners that hadn’t played at least six times at Tory before they won uh and another young European I might throw out there
Who doesn’t maybe not need that many times to win because of what he’s got in his in his kit bag is ludig O I think a top five at plus 450 is potentially an option I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he came out this was one of the weeks
He gapped him because he just had his driver on a string and and went from there with it with him being able to smash the ball if he keeps it in play uh he is going to be at a significant advantage on this joint um the greens
Yeah like the last four years I think Strokes game putting has been important but they’re a little softer this this year they’re going to be a bit more susceptible to Footprints and bumps and whatever else I I think that he could overpower the South course if if he’s
Got his accuracy in check so uh top five is the play for me for the youngster Benny we talked about there being a lot of long iron shots into these greens I went and found last year lvic Oar on shots from 200 yards or more out he made birdie or better
45.9 three% of the time that’s a ridiculous number five percentage points better than Rory mroy who was second on the list look this is a tailor made Golf Course for ludvig and if anything first of all maybe those first couple of starts this year kind of threw people
Off the scent they’re like ah this kid’s really not that good secondly I don’t know if he’s the type that’s gonna get motivated by everyone going nuts over Nick Dunlap and going oh he’s the next big thing in golf Nick dunlap’s coming watch out everybody look nothing against Dunlap
And I’m certainly not GNA bring him down 24 hours after the greatest moment of his life but lvic Oar might be five times 10 times the player that Nick Dunlap is by the time things are said and done sorry I just nothing against Dunlap oar is that good yeah oar is that
Good and and I’m neglected to mention third last season in bogey avoidance again what do you got to do at Tory South not make many mistakes this is a guy who’s Adept at not making many mistakes and if he can do that it’s going to like the others
Are going to be trying to play catch up and you can imagine too if he’s in form and you end up with him on Saturday and you’re in that one of those last groups and he’s got the tea and he’s smashing it way out there and it’s hitting split
In the middle that pressure ratchets up for everyone else such a good golf course for him okay when you said you were going to take a young European I should have thought Oar I thought it might have been Nikolai hoard I thought it could have been Adrien [ __ ] I’ve
Actually got another European here for a top 20 guy that’s been playing the PGA tour now for a year or two he’s a floor guy for me the ceiling isn’t quite there he’s got nine top three finishes on the DP world tour one on the PGA tour but no
Wins on either of them I still think Thomas dietry has a tremendous amount of talent I think we might see the ceiling at some point but for now he’s a floor play so I’m going to take him for a top 20 and I like him I just don’t know like
Does he have what it takes to go win I think so but I will play him for more conservative props right now plus 330 for a top 20 play on Thomas dietry another guy who should fit this golf course yeah fair enough I saw him win a World
Cup in Australia with his mate for Belgium uh who am I what am I blanking on the ex rer cup Thomas Peters or Nicholas Thomas Peters Thomas Peters uh the two of them won the World Cup in the Melbourne sand Bel quite a few years back but uh he he
Held his own when Peters was supposedly the man in that team it was actually dietry who helped carry that that team to a very good victory um all right I’ll give you a top 20 play it’s only plus 280 a little less uh but it’s it’s a guy
I’ve mentioned a m little while ago former Champion Luke list I think that’s value at 280 he’s had two top 20s in recent times including that win uh again it’s going to play long he hits it long it’s going to be uh set up for him he
Loves playing there he clearly has Good Vibes and uh the board is sort of not really giving him that much love because of some of the other players in it and I know look he might not necessarily um be playing his best golf right at this
Minute but last time he won he was playing terrible golf when he won at Tory pwns and then after he played terrible for ages and then should have won and then did win again in the fall uh at what was it uh Sanderson Farms or wasn’t it coming off like no form so
He’s the type of guy that can get hot one week out of out of whatever and I think that there’s value there for a top 20 for a guy who plays well here often yeah I like that all right nine holes down nine holes left to go before we
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First round leader play that’s a guy that I traditionally like for four rounds but I’ll take them just for one this week sah thala started out with a 66 on the North Course last year the the scores were a little higher on the south course yes the books will split them up
Between the two so it’s not like your southc course guy has to beat my North Course guy they will split them up but theala obviously took a liking to the North Course is a West Coast guy I will take him for first round leader on the North Course on Wednesday
Morning on the 11th hole all takes a hit the gala for a top 10 this week at plus 320 I think I don’t know if it’s going to be this year uh but he strikes me as a guy that will win here at some point like we talked about fenale you said
Should probably win here at some point theala is another that I will be looking at every year until he until he has a couple of bad years in a row here I think that again he smacks it he likes it he’s a California kid he knows the
Nuances of of the short game and and the greens uh I think that it’s just purpose built for his game uh and the fact that he’s been 25th and fourth in his two starts back that up that he obviously enjoys coming to play there I’m going to
Say a top 10 and a potential Contender for the title uh I think you get around 33 35 to one don’t be afraid to look at that I’ll go conservative on the Pod here 320 for a top 10 all right uh yeah I like that look I like theala every
Single week for the most part especially when we’re out on the west coast at the beginning of the year so I think this makes a lot of sense as well 12th o all look this is easy I’m not even going to talk about this one for very long sunj M
Finished fourth last year sixth the year before he’s playing some good golf in the player finishing position Market he’s 27 better minus 120 Benny you’re laughing you might have the same play like I said too easy yeah that’s it I got that play I thought I thought I read 29th or better
But 27th is fine as well uh like he’s just he’s that good and he’s that consistent and I I remember last week you had him and I’d forgotten about him after him being what was my original uh pick and I jumped off him because he wasn’t on the course Rotation by the way
Nick Dunlap who are you ruining my course rotation scenario last week as well every other player in contention was on the rotation that I suggested they needed to be on and this upstart kid comes from nowhere and ruins it so next year what am I going to do I
Don’t know I have to come up with a whole another a whole another thing to deal with at the American Express but yeah uh sunjay um I honestly I’ll be I’ll be stunned if he doesn’t win at some point this year and I it just feels like a
Like he just doesn’t finish wor does he finished worse than 30th I don’t know like I should check but it’s very rare so yeah look we’ve wasted two holes there to have the same bet but let’s go on it yeah uh 14th all there weren’t a whole lot of matchups that I really
Liked at bet 365 I I usually like taking something at around even money or even plus money couldn’t find it there so I was go the favorite and minw Lee at minus 125 over Eric Cole nothing against Cole I love his game love love his work
Ethic love how much he uh gets after it but Mino was just in another class and on this golf course where’re like I said you gotta flush it you gotta hit it I think minw makes a whole lot of sense who over call Aussies love Tory points simple as that like obviously Jason’s
Won twice Mark lman won recently they always contend they had it’s funny like they had had millions of millions is obviously an exaggeration but a bunch of top twos threes fours before day eventually one and 15 it had been essentially the greatest course for Australian to place but not win and then
He he broke that mold and and got the winds going um so they just there’s a lot of eucalyptus trees I know that sounds dumb but they all feel at home generally at this time of year they’ve come off playing in the Australian summer minwu has been playing
Brilliantly around the world winning in Asia winning in Australia uh I probably should have paid closer attention to his odds this week he might be a sneaky chance to to win as well so good choice there uh all right I got a top I looked
For a to top 40 play with plus money he’s not the biggest here in the world so I am a little little worried but he’s had two top 40s in the last three years uh he was seventh last season on bogey avoidance that’s an important stat here
Uh I’ve loved him ever since he ate Vite and other things for me down there during Australia Day in the past JJ spawn he he I remember him after he had his Vite he said that’s why they sent convi there to eat this is that right he
Was pretty funny but then he then he snuck and ate about 55 meat pies he loved so I like him and he’s plus 105 for a top 40 I think he can do it as said he’s on a it’s like top 40 miscut top 40 miscut this back to Top 40 this year
He’ll get it done for me 105 really good dude by the way I he is one of my favorites just guys I’ve gotten to know the last year or two had him on the radio show a couple times and like don’t really know him very well
Comes on the radio show 10 minutes later we’re best buddies I’m like man laughing having having fun talking with him so really good guy uh 16th ho I mentioned earlier hey stick around because I’ve got a bunch of Longshot outrights for you and here they are I’m going to start at 80
To one with Taylor pendrith Taylor pendrith finished 10th at the Sony a couple weeks ago this golf course fits his game way better than Wy does so I think Taylor bendri and again DFS lineups props all those things but he’s a guy I’ve been waiting on for a few
Years to win something he can certainly win if Luke Liss can win this this golf course Taylor pendrith can I will go to 110 to one and it feels like I’m chasing a little bit here but I’ve been waiting for Kevin Yu to play his best golf we
Talked about last year this guy is a statistical sensation Tia green you look at his numbers you do like the blind taste test and you just go oh whose numbers are these and you’re like I don’t know is that morawa is that mroy like JT no it’s it’s Kevin Yu he’s a
Fantastic ball Striker he’s coming off a third place finish in the desert this past week this is a golf course that should suit his game if he is playing as well as it looked like he was this past week he is worth a shot out right I go
200 to one again another one just I I want a young kid a flusher got a good number Sam Stevens makes some sense yeah and then I’ll go to my last one here 300 to one I’m telling you guys this dude is cool he’s fun to watch he’s got a ton of
Experience he’s a but he’s 33 years old he’s played 12 major championships already Chan Kim is a stud I’m telling you I remember watching this guy six seven years ago actually it was seven years ago the 2017 Us open at Aaron Hills he’s on the range right next to Cameron and champ
And I’m watching the two of these guys and yeah we know what champ has become and we know he’s got all the Firepower but I was watching Chan Kim just as much and I’m like that dude can go as well so Chan Kim is a guy that I’ve been waiting
To be able to bet on on the PGA tour for a while and now that he’s here I love the 300 to1 number played well last week too Benny yeah man I could say I was I was having a giggle watching the leaderboard on the weekend when Kevin
You popped up I said all the data boys out there have got a half chub right now they’re juming up because he’s finally he’s finally actually on a Leaderboard on a final day um it was it is look it was a little skewed last year because he missed a
Chunk of injury but he still played enough to obviously ranked and he was as you said up there in everything just about um and his results didn’t necessarily bear what his game uh was showing and then you know in other words it’s going to eventually all come together because if
He keeps hitting it that well the numbers eventually can’t lie anymore they’re gonna they’re going to have him with some big finishes so it it’s almost like if you can do the dollar units you know like it’s each week just Chuck your Dollar on given you until and see what
Happens because eventually you might just pop up and and do something big based on the stats alone so I can see that um in saying that though mate I’ll go to my 17th o this will be a huge huge shock to everyone out there that I’m
Going to go with my number one pick here huge shock but it’s going to be my Tory pin specialist mate Jason day Jason day there is no there is I I argue there’s not many better players at Tory pins than Jason D just he’s he’s been winning
There since he was at the junior worlds way back when uh he it was the biggest tragedy that he was in a lull in his career when the US Open went went back there and he he was not not necessarily playing at his best because of all the
Issues that were going on with his mother at the time Etc um because he would have been a massive Contender that week too but it’s one twice uh multiple top t let me see what it is at I mean he’s third seconds seven top 10 in 14
Starts yeah like and and two of those starts were when he was very young in the very beginning that were like 35th and 40 he seven the last two years yeah seventh and third the last two years there you go he he also is let me see here uh this
Won’t surprise you but he was let’s see last year 15th on tour in total driving 16th in bogey avoidance 20th in scrambling 10th in three putut avoidance I mean I can just keep going on this is his course it’s the place where he loves I spoke to him this morning I mentioned
I was speaking to someone we had a good long chat as he was on his drive out to from from Palm Springs to Tory pins he is ready to rumble he said Benny you know me it’s the next two weeks for me I’m head to the head in ready to grind
Uh he he knows that he can effectively he said he said he knows that even if he start slow on the south he he shot one over the two times on the south in the opening round and then went on to win he said both of those times he could see
Other guys around him at the same score even one or two shots better moping and carrying on because the lead was eight under or whatever over on the North and he knew that he had those guys beat he knew he could he could grind it back and
He’s ready to do that again he’s uh he’s excited just put it that way he’s trying to he trying to throw me off the center a little bit he’s like N Stop backing me every time you do that you put the Jinx on me I said mate you you’re the man and
Uh I yeah I can’t help it I’ve always gone with an Aussie pretty much at Tory pins and when Jason’s in form it’s him for me I would I’d love it I would have loved if he was sneakily not playing as good and was still at the 40 to1 that I
Think he might have been two years ago or something but 24 left to do yeah so this week and next week Tori and then Pebble I’ll never forget years ago I six seven years ago I was at Pebble and caught up with Jason day during I think the proam or practice
Round and I said hey said Jay what why you why’d you decide to play here this year he looked at me he said well I play every year I said oh seems like a good decision then okay cool he he just laughed at me he’s like you idiot what
Are you doing look not all questions are going to like win me a Pulitzer what do you want from me he just he loves Tori he loves Tori and he loves Pebble um whereas it’s funny um because I was like oh and then we’ve got La coming up mate you’ll be
Back at Riv he loves Tiger Woods he doesn’t love Riv as much it just doesn’t suit his game as much he’s like hopefully I win the next two weeks and maybe I can decide to not turn up the G so that’s he’s he’s I said he’s locked
In for these two weeks he knows this is his opport Unity wakes and he’s pumped for them so I’ll just say I’ll leave it at that all right 18th all I’ll go back to a player you mentioned earlier a player that you often mention here on the podcast Xander sofle is the favorite
In this week’s field I get it after the last three weeks if you’re betting a favorite you’re probably an idiot well call me an idiot nine to one though is a little too short for me what I’m hoping is that Xander starts out he will play the South course on Wednesday in the
Opening round I’m looking for maybe a little 73 like you just mentioned Jason day started overp par on the south course and each of his two wins at Tory Pines love a little 73 out of Xander Schley on Wednesday maybe those odds go to 15 to one 18 to one depending on some
Of the other scores and then I will certainly pick him up going into Thursday or Friday if he’s within five six seven shots of the lead uh this is a tournament where he really struggled earlier in his career missed the cut in four of his first five starts this is
His proverbial quote unquote fifth major he loves this event grew up right around there I think he was probably trying too hard he’s now moved away lives in Las Vegas that might help a little kind of takes away some of the attention from the locals but I think he’s figured it
Out a little bit now he’s playing much better over the last couple years I don’t like playing favorites but I like Xander schofl here I’m gonna have some investment in him even if I have to wait a day or two to get it in the outright
Marketplace so those are the 18 HS those are the 18 bets Benny yeah I’m just going to throw in there as I said I do like Xander obviously this week but I’m jumping off just for all of your benefit just trying to give you guys a chance I
Looked him in the bar I I really wish I was down there today or tomorrow so I could look him in the eye and straight up tell him tell me why you shouldn’t be dead to me in the betting scenario right now you’re killing me but I like I
Think I think me jumping off as probably the green light for everyone else to jump on he’s perfect he’s clearly that good he’s got a win soon and uh we’ll see but hopefully Jason takes him down well I I’m just hoping that Xander doesn’t go shoot 65 in the first round
Of the South course go from nine to one to three to one and then we can never jump on them I want that opportunity to pick them up later so uh this has been the lyxen locks Best Bets podcast presented by bet 365 remember you can
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