Predictions for the 2007 Honda Classic


June 5, 2008 | Posted By Larry Cook

We return to stroke play this weekend for the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida for our 2007 Honda Classic predictions. This comes after last week’s Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona a week ago. The top 5 players in the Fed Ex Cup are missing out on this week’s festivities so that will open the door for many players in this field to make a statement. Charley Hoffman, the winner of the Sony Open in January, will be the highest ranked player in the field. He’s followed by No. 9 ranked Jeff Quinney who has posted top-10 finishes in each of his last four tournaments. After him comes tournament favorite Jim Furyk who has posted top-5 finishes in each of his last three outings.

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Last year’s tournament champion Luke Donald returns to the 2007 showdown on a roll himself. He has earned two top-10 finishes this year including 2 nd at the Mercedes-Benz Championship and 7th at the Sony Open. Donald has been one of the most accurate players this season, hitting 71% of Greens in Regulation and is currently ranked 13 th in the Fed Ex Cup standings. 2nd place finisher from 2006 Jeff Ogilvy will be missing out on the Nissan Open this year probably due to a grueling stretch in the Match Play tournament where he made it all the way to the Finals only to finish 2 nd. That’s ok because we have the 3rd-5th place finishers from a year ago returning to the line-up. These players include third (David Toms), fourth (Billy Mayfair), and fifth (Tom Pernice Jr.). Three of the last five winners besides Donald also make the field including Padraig Harrington, Todd Hamilton, and Matt Kutcher. This makes for an exciting tournament that will be full of great play from some of the best golfers in the world.

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Our 2007 Honda Classic predictions will revolve around the oddsmakers favorite Jim Furyk with 8/1 odds to win this event. Furyk is one of the gutsiest performers on tour and with his unorthodox swing he always finds a way to get the job done. He is hitting 75.69% of Greens in Regulation on the tour this year and this accuracy will go a long way in Furyk holding the trophy on Sunday. The Champions of the past two Honda Classics are close behind with Harrington at 16/1 and Donald at 18/1. Luke Donald has been stepping on the scene as a perennial contender to win each tournament he enters. He already has a 2nd place finish this season and will be hungry to get a win under his belt in 2007. Henrik Stenson gets the 2 nd place odds from the linesmakers at 14/1 after coming off last week’s win at the Accenture Match Play Championship. This guy has proven he can tee it up with the best in the world and his confidence has to be soaring right now. We feel we are getting the odds we need on Stenson and our money will be going with this proven winner. You don’t bet against Tiger Woods when he is on a run and we’re not placing our money against Stenson this week. He has the hot stick and will be looking to prove that his match play win was no fluke. Put your smart money on Stenson at 14/1 this week.

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