INSIDE GOLF with Jeff Shain
7/23..Canadian Open Preview
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7/23: Evian Masters Preview
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John Deere Classic from Silvis, Illinois
TPC at Deere Run
Thursday, July 10th/GC; CBS
Defending Champion…Jonathan Byrd
2007 end of year balance = + $6,180
Balance/Year to date = + $1,565
Top 18…
- (7-1)…Kenny Perry…In 7 career appearances, Perry has 4 Top 10’s & 2 Top 5’s; Perry has 5 Top 10’s, 4 Top 5’s and 2 wins in 18 events this year.
- (16-1)…Heath Slocum…In 5 career appearances, Slocum has 2 Top 10’s & 1 Top 5; Slocum has 5 Top 10’s & 2 Top 5’s in 18 events this year.
- (20-1)…Aaron Baddeley…In his only career appearance, Baddeley missed the cut in 2005; Baddeley has 2 Top 10’s & 1 Top 5 in 14 events this year.
- (20-1)…Tim Clark…In his only career appearance, Clark finished 2nd last year; Clark has 1 Top 5 in 15 events this year.
- (20-1)…Carl Pettersson…In 3 career appearances, Pettersson has 1 Top 5; Pettersson has 4 Top 10’s & 1 Top 5 in 18 events this year.
- (20-1)…Bubba Watson…In 2 career appearances, Watson’s best finish was 17th in 2006; Watson has 3 Top 10’s & 1 Top 5 in 19 events this year.
- (25-1)…Ben Crane…In 3 career appearances, Crane’s best finish was 32nd in 2004; Crane has 3 Top 10’s & 2 Top 5’s in 15 events this year.
- (25-1)…Sean O’Hair…In 2 career appearances, O’Hair has 1 Top 5, which was a win in 2005; O’Hair has 2 Top 5’s, including 1 win in 15 events this year.
- (25-1)…DJ Trahan…In 3 career appearances, Trahan has 1 Top 10; Trahan has 2 Top 5’s, including 1 win in 19 events this year.
- (30-1)…Woody Austin…In 12 career appearances, Austin has 1 Top 10; Austin has 3 Top 5’s in 18 events this year.
- (30-1)…Chad Campbell…In his only career appearance, Campbell finished 61st in 2002; Campbell has 3 Top 10’s & 1 Top 5 in 18 events this year.
- (30-1)…Pat Perez…In 5 career appearances, Perez has 1 Top 5; Perez has 3 Top 10’s & 1 Top 5 in 17 events this year.
- (33-1)…Jonathan Byrd…In 5 career appearances, Byrd has 2 Top 5’s, including 1 win and 1 runner-up; Byrd has 2 Top 10’s & 1 Top 5 in 18 events this year.
- (33-1)…Jerry Kelly…In 3 career appearances, Kelly has 1 Top 10; Kelly has 3 Top 5’s in 18 events this year.
- (33-1)…Zach Johnson…In 6 career appearances, Johnson’s best finish was 20th in 2004; Johnson has 1 Top 10 in 15 events this year.
- (33-1)…Lucas Glover…In 4 career appearances, Glover’s best finish was 11th last year; Glover has 2 Top 10’s in 19 events this year.
- (40-1)…Tommy Armour III…In 8 career appearances, Armour’s best finish was 18th last year; Armour has 5 Top 10’s & 2 Top 5’s in 16 events this year.
- (40-1)…Briny Baird…In 8 career appearances, Baird has 2 Top 5’s; Baird has 2 Top 5’s in 19 events this year.
Other Notables: Bart Bryant, Mark Calcavecchia, Tim Herron, JB Holmes, Matt Kuchar, Steve Lowery, Ryan Moore and Johnson Wagner.
This week’s Par 5…
1st…Bubba Watson (20-1)
2nd…Kenny Perry (7-1)
3rd…Heath Slocum (16-1)
4th…Briny Baird (40-1)
5th…Tommy Armour III (40-1)
2008 Record/Balance
AT&T National
1st…Robert Allenby (25-1)…$100…3rd
2nd…Hunter Mahan (16-1)…$75…12th
3rd…Lucas Glover (40-1)…$50…54th
4th…Rocco Mediate (40-1)…$25…18th
5th…Ben Crane (30-1)…$10…63rd
Winner: Anthony Kim
Current Balance: + $1,565
Buick Open
1st…Brandt Snedeker (20-1)…$100…MC
2nd…Kenny Perry (12-1)…$75…1st
3rd…Jim Furyk (10-1)…$50…36th
4th…Heath Slocum (20-1)…$25…59th
5th…Chris DiMarco (33-1)…$10…70th
Winner: Kenny Perry
Current Balance: + $1,825
Travelers
1st…Carl Pettersson (25-1)…$100…37th
2nd…Heath Slocum (25-1)…$75…4th
3rd…Stewart Cink (15-1)…$50…1st
4th…Kenny Perry (20-1)…$25…6th
5th…Jerry Kelly (50-1)…$10…MC
Winner: Stewart Cink
Current Balance: + $1,110
U.S. Open
1st…Phil Mickelson (8-1)…$100…18th
2nd…Sergio Garcia (18-1)…$75…18th
3rd…Geoff Ogilvy (33-1)…$50…9th
4th…Padraig Harrington (25-1)…$25…36th
5th…Mike Weir (50-1)…$10…18th
Winner: Tiger Woods
Current Balance: + $570
Stanford St. Jude
1st…David Toms (16-1)…$100…37th
2nd…Stephen Ames (20-1)…$75…13th
3rd…Kenny Perry (25-1)…$50…24th
4th…Robert Allenby (30-1)…$25…2nd/playoff
5th…Ben Crane (25-1)…$10…WD
Winner: Justin Leonard
Current Balance: + $830
Memorial Tournament
1st…Phil Mickelson (7-1)…$100…26th
2nd…Sergio Garcia (16-1)…$75…46th
3rd…Geoff Ogilvy (20-1)…$50…MC
4th…Rod Pampling (40-1)…$25…MC
5th…Mike Weir (50-1)…$10…4th
Winner: Kenny Perry
Current Balance: + $1,090
Crowne Plaza Invitational
1st…David Toms (33-1)…$100…26th
2nd…Kenny Perry (18-1)…$75…46th
3rd…Jim Furyk (12-1)…$50…MC
4th…Chad Campbell (30-1)…$25…MC
5th…Stephen Ames (25-1)…$10…4th
Winner: Phil Mickelson
Current Balance: + $1,350
AT&T Classic
1st…Stewart Cink (10-1)…$100…11th
2nd…Briny Baird (25-1)…$75…11th
3rd…Kenny Perry (25-1)…$50…2nd/playoff
4th…Ben Crane (20-1)…$25…DNP
5th…Ryuji Imada (25-1)…$10…1st
Winner: Ryuji Imada
Current Balance: + $1,610
The Players Championship
1st…Adam Scott (12-1) …$100…54th
2nd…Padraig Harrington (16-1)…$75…MC
3rd…Stewart Cink (25-1)…$50…21st
4th…Sergio Garcia (33-1)…$25…1st
5th…Henrik Stenson (40-1)…$10…10th
Winner: Sergio Garcia
Current Balance: + $1,610
Wachovia Championship
1st…Adam Scott (14-1)…$100…8th
2nd…Phil Mickelson (10-1)…$75…12th
3rd…Geoff Ogilvy (16-1)…$50…22nd
4th…Stewart Cink (25-1)…$25….8th
5th…Paul Casey (60-1)…$10…MC
Winner: Anthony Kim
Current Balance: + $1,020
EDS Byron Nelson
1st…Adam Scott (11-1)…$100…1st
2nd…Sean O’Hair (20-1)…$75…MC
3rd…Scott Verplank (20-1)…$50…61st
4th…Chad Campbell (33-1)…$25….MC
5th…Kenny Perry (55-1)…$10…50th
Winner: Adam Scott
Current Balance: + $1,280
Verizon Heritage
1st…Zach Johnson (25-1)…$100…MC
2nd…Stewart Cink (16-1)…$75…7th
3rd…Brandt Snedeker (33-1)…$50…53rd
4th…Ernie Els (14-1)…$25….MC
5th…Sean O’Hair (25-1)…$10…MC
Winner: Boo Weekley
Current Balance: + $340
The Masters
1st…Geoff Ogilvy (20-1)…$100…39th
2nd…Vijay Singh (16-1)…$75…14th
3rd…Adam Scott (16-1)…$50…25th
4th…Fred Couples (70-1)…$25….MC
5th…Luke Donald (33-1)…$10…MC
Winner: Trevor Immelman
Current Balance: + $600
Shell Houston Open
1st…Adam Scott (10-1)…$100…WD
2nd…Geoff Ogilvy (15-1)…$75…2nd
3rd…Padraig Harrington (16-1)…$50…26th
4th…Aaron Baddeley (30-1)…$25….14th
5th…Nick O’Hern (50-1)…$10…MC
Winner: Johnson Wagner
Current Balance: + $860
Zurich Classic
1st…Tim Clark (45-1)…$100…70th
2nd…Retief Goosen (20-1)…$75…57th
3rd…Jim Furyk (10-1)…$50…MC
4th…Steve Stricker (16-1)…$25….MC
5th…Zach Johnson (60-1)…$10…57th
Winner: Andres Romero
Current Balance: + $1,120
WGC-CA Championship
1st…Vijay Singh (20-1)…$100…2nd
2nd…Geoff Ogilvy (40-1)…$75…1st
3rd…Ernie Els (20-1)…$50…75th
4th…Robert Allenby (60-1)…$25….20th
5th…Zach Johnson (60-1)…$10…9th
Winner: Geoff Ogilvy
Current Balance: + $1,380
Arnold Palmer Invitational
1st…Geoff Ogilvy (60-1)…$100…14th
2nd…Phil Mickelson (10-1)…$75…21st
3rd…Vijay Singh (20-1)…$50…3rd
4th…Stuart Appleby (33-1)…$25….MC
5th…Luke Donald (20-1)…$10…65th
Winner: Tiger Woods
Current Balance: - $1,435
Pods Championship
1st…Ernie Els (8-1)…$100…MC
2nd…Stewart Cink (20-1)…$75…2nd
3rd…Justin Rose (20-1)…$50…14th
4th…J.B. Holmes (50-1)…$25….MC
5th…Charles Howell III (45-1)…$10…65th
Winner: Sean O’Hair
Current Balance: - $1,175
Honda Classic
1st…Chad Campbell (40-1)…$100…20th
2nd…Justin Rose (20-1)…$75…15th
3rd…Ernie Els (13-1)…$50…1st
4th…Zach Johnson (35-1)…$25….30th
5th…Woody Austin (50-1)…$10…30th
Winner: Ernie Els
Current Balance: - $915
WGC-Match Play
1st…Phil Mickelson (12-1)…$100…17th
2nd…Padraig Harrington (20-1)…$75…17th
3rd…Henrick Stenson (25-1)…$50…3rd
4th…Adam Scott (12-1)…$25….17th
5th…Ian Poulter (60-1)…$10…17th
Winner: Tiger Woods
Current Balance: - $1,355
Northern Trust Open
1st…Adam Scott (12-1)…$100…14th
2nd…Stuart Appleby (40-1)…$75…7th
3rd…Phil Mickelson (8-1)…$50…1st
4th…Jim Furyk (18-1)…$25….MC
5th…Padraig Harrington (25-1)…$10…3rd
Winner: Phil Mickelson
Current Balance: - $1,095
AT&T Pebble Beach
1st…Phil Mickelson (4-1)…$100…MC
2nd…Brandt Snedeker (30-1)…$75…58th
3rd…Mike Weir (15-1)…$50…14th
4th…Kevin Sutherland (50-1)…$25….MC
5th…Tim Clark (33-1)…$10…MC
Winner: Steve Lowery
Current Balance: - $1,285
FBR Open
1st…Rory Sabbatini (12-1)…$100…34th
2nd…Phil Mickelson (7-1)…$75…2nd
3rd…Justin Leonard (20-1)…$50…43rd
4th…Steve Stricker (12-1)…$25….MC
5th…Stewart Cink (25-1)…$10…MC
Winner: J.B. Holmes
Current Balance: - $1,025
Buick Invitational
1st…Tiger Woods (1-1)…$100…1st
2nd…Mike Weir (40-1)…$75…WD
3rd…Charles Howell (45-1)…$50…13th
4th…Rory Sabbatini (25-1)…$25….3rd
5th…Robert Allenby (50-1)…$10…34th
Winner: Tiger Woods
Current Balance: - $765
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
1st…Scott Verplank (20-1)…$100…22nd
2nd…Chad Campbell (20-1)…$75…50th
3rd…Mike Weir (14-1)…$50…56th
4th…Justin Leonard (16-1)…$25….2nd
5th…Heath Slocum (25-1)…$10…44th
Winner: DJ Trahan
Current Balance: - $780
Sony Open from Honolulu, Hawaii
1st…Steve Stricker (10-1)…$100…4th
2nd…Stephen Ames (20-1)…$75…7th
3rd…Charles Howell III (28-1)…$50…DNQ
4th…Boo Weekley (50-1)…$25….MC
5th…Jerry Kelly (50-1)…$10…3rd
Winner: KJ Choi
Current Balance: - $520
Mercedes-Benz Championship
1st…Vijay Singh (5-1)…$100…12th
2nd…Mike Weir (20-1)…$75…4th
3rd…Stephen Ames (25-1)…$50…3rd
4th…Jim Furyk (5-1)…$25…5th
5th…KJ Choi (14-1)…$10…28th
Winner: Daniel Chopra
Current Balance: - $260
P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship
Pinnacle Country Club
July 3; CBS
Defending Champion…Stacy Lewis
Front 9…
- (10-1)…Paula Creamer…Creamer has 8 Top 10’s, 4 Top 5’s, 2 wins and 1 runner-up in 14 events this year.
- (10-1)…Jeong Jang…Jang has 5 Top 10’s & 5 Top 5’s in 15 events, including 3 runner-ups this year.
- (16-1)…Christie Kerr…Kerr has 5 Top 10’s & 3 Top 5’s 14 events this year.
- (18-1)…Mi Hyun Kim… Kim has 4 top 10’s this year in 12 events.
- (28-1)…Morgan Pressel…Pressel has 5 Top 10’s, 1 Top 5 and 1 runner-up in 14 events this year.
- (30-1)…Na Yeon Choi…Choi has 5 Top 10’s and 5 Top 5’s in 14 events this year.
- (28-1)…Inbee Park...Park has 6 Top 10’s and 3 Top 5’s in 16 events this year including a win in last week’s US Women’s Open.
- (20-1)…Stacy Lewis...Lewis has 1 Top 5 in 1 event this year. Lead after 3rd round of US Women’s Open.
- (40-1)…Laura Diaz…Diaz has 3 Top 10’s and 3 Top 5’s in 14 events this year.
This week’s Par 3…
1st…Jeong Jang (10-1)
2nd…Paula Creamer (10-1)
3rd…Morgan Pressel (28-1)
INSIDE GOLF with Jeff Shain
Jeff Shain has spent the past eight years covering golf for The Miami Herald, catching the wave just as Tiger Woods began his run of four consecutive major titles in 2000-01. Jeff covers 14-15 tournaments a year, touching all the tours across the PGA Tour, LPGA, Champions and Nationwide circuits. Jeff also was the one who got Annika Sorenstam to go public in 2003 with her interest in trying a PGA Tour event.
An acknowledged hacker, Jeff still has trouble breaking 100 but can boast of tearing up the landscape on some of the nation’s top courses. Perhaps that explains his most vivid golfing memory as that of the flagstick denying a holeout for birdie at No. 9 when he played Augusta National in 2001.
Inside the LPGA
LPGA Teaching Professional Karen Palacios-Jansen has been voted as one of America's "Top 50 Instructors" by Golf For Women magazine since 1998. Karen has a weekly golf instructional blog and an instructional column on worldgolf.com. Karen, a certified personal trainer, developed a golf specific fitness system called Cardiogolf available on DVD.
Karen has her own golf events company...Swing Blade Enterprises in Mooresville, North Carolina, and was recently named managing editor for Golf Fitness Magazine. A former David Leadbetter trained instructor and Jim McLean Golf School master instructor, Karen has been teaching golf for 17 years. A guest instructor on the Golf Channel and a regular contributor writer to golf publications such as Golf For Women and Golf Tips magazines. Frequently requested as a public speaker and lecturer at local and national golf shows and conferences, Karen has helped thousands of golfers improve their golf games.
Ken Hartis has been writing about the LPGA for two years at Hound Dogs LPGA Blog... (www.hdlpga.blogspot.com).
After watching the Masters and many other PGA events for the first 40+ years of his life, Ken got hooked on the LPGA when Grace Park won the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2004. Noticing the dearth of internet information on womens professional golf, he launched HDLPGA in July of 2006 and is now almost as addicted to blogging as he is the LPGA.
Ken lives in Douglasville, GA with his wife and 13-year-old son and has worked in IT systems administration for 20 years. He just recently carded his first round of 100 and anxiously awaits the day he breaks that mark.
