Nedbank Challenge, Australian Open A lovely smorgasbord of golf this week with Tiger's event the Chevron World Challenge, in California at the Sherwood CC, where I have not found a matchup that I really like because all the USA players have not teed it up in a few weeks and are rusty, against the Euro stars who should be tired after playing 3 European-Asia events in a row and just had a 16 hour flight from Dubai. But, we have found some interesting matchups around the globe.
[B]Nedbank Challenge Sun City South Africa Gary Player CC[/B]
[B]Louis Oosthuizen -105[/B] vs Padraig Harrington
OOsty a native South African, took some time off and returned LW at the Race to Dubai and beat Harrington by seven shots. Harrington has been hit and miss for the past two years and he is disappointed not to be invited to Tiger's tournament this week = advantage Oosty.
[B]Anders Hansen -110[/B] vs Miguel Angel Jimenez
We bet against MAJ last week and cashed because MAJ usually when not in contention tanks the tournament. His L2 rounds of 79 and 75 tell us exactly that. Anders Hansen one of 3 Hanson's on the European Tour (no relation) has been steady and near the top of the leaderboard in his L3 with T11, T11 and a 2nd place finish.
[B]Australian Open[/B]
[B]Adam Scott -130[/B] vs Geoff Ogilvy
We are looking for big things for Scott this coming year. Ogilvy has played poorly the past several months, but did make a decent showing in the JB Were Masters T10. Scott WON his last event 3 weeks ago, the Singapore Open that had a stellar field and Scott is the defending champion.
