Thanks for your thoughts Alf, very much appreciated. Luke D. could very well take my money this week and, if he does, I will tip my cap to him because everything points against a good performance here. Going back two weeks, he played 5 rounds at the Volvo match-play, only to lose a heartbreaker in the final to Poulter (and again miss a chance at the world No. 1, just like Hilton Head). Then he follows up with the Euro tour flagship event on a very, very difficult major championship course in Wentworth, and has to grind back from a horrible front 9 on Sunday to get into a playoff and beat Westwood; and finally achieve the No. 1 world ranking. He now crosses the Atlantic to play a demanding Muirfield course and you have to ask how much is left in the tank. He may scrape by for a round or two with decent play, but I have to think he will run out of gas by the weekend and falter. Plus, on the other side, I get a well-rested Phil Mickelson (who plays Muirfield pretty well himself) and maybe the most consistent American over the past year in Matt Kuchar. I will take my chances and get plus money doing it.
Love your thought of fading Donald at Congressional. The length that that course will play will eat him alive if he isn't driving it well, and we both know that is the weakest part of his game. Thanks again and good luck this week with KJ Choi, it looks like a great play.
