This Week’s PGA Tour Predictions!
The 2014 McGladrey Classic comes our way from Sea Island – Seaside Course in the great state of Georgia this week. The Seaside Course is a par-70 layout, and measures only 7,005 yards featuring two par 5s, four par 3s and 12 par 4s. Needless to say – length shouldn’t be an issue.
The huge names are on their well deserved vacations but there are some big names in the tournament – Webb Simpson and Matt Kuchar to name a couple.
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2014 McGladrey Classic
Location: Sea Island, Georgia, United States
Course: Sea Island – Seaside Course
Date: Oct 23-26, 2014
Total Purse: US $ 5,600,000
Winner’s Share: US $ 990,000 (18% of total purse)
Defending Champion: Chris Kirk ($990,000)
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Let’s take a look.
The McGladrey Classic Favorites:
Webb Simpson 12/1
Simpson proved that he is in good form by finishing T4 last week at the Shriners. Now he gets a crack at a course that he has gone T12-second-T7 in his last three starts on this track – 11 of the 12 rounds under par. This looks like Simpson’s tournament to lose.
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Matt Kuchar 12/1
Local boy has gone T25-T20-T7 in his last three trips to this event and has been one of the most consistently good players the last year. He did finish a somewhat disappointing T21 in the Frys.com Open but he usually contends in any tournament he’s in.
Chris Kirk 14/1
Defending champion makes his first start of the new season and also finished T15 here in 2010. He has the terrific all around game to contend here again and is coming off a T4 at East Lake to finish off last season.
The McGladrey Classic Contenders:
Bill Haas 16/1
Makes his fist start on this track since 2010 – a solo second. He ended last season hot – no worse than T16 in his last five starts overall. He somehow failed to win a tournament the last year and is an intriguing 16/1 to get one this week.
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Zach Johnson 18/1
On a short track Johnson is usually very good. But he hasn’t been exceptional here – just two top 20s, including a T16 last year. Johnson should be motivated for a good start to the season after suffering defeat in the Ryder Cup.
Harris English 33/1
English has been conspicuously quiet the last few months – a T16 last week in Vegas was his best result in a while. He’s better than he’s been playing and is due for a huge breakout performance soon.
Russell Knox 33/1
Played well last week – even held the 36 hole lead en route to a solo third last week. He has played this course twice with unflattering results but Knox’s arrow at present is pointing way up.
The McGladrey Classic Sleepers (50/1 or higher):
Adam Hadwin 55/1
was terrific on the Web.com Tour last season and proved he belongs with a very good T10 at TPC Summerlin. He’s an up and comer that gained a ton of confidence last week.
Hudson Swafford 66/1
Home town guy has started this season of very well – a T8 (Frys.com) and a T18 (Shriners). He, like Hadwin was used to being near the top in the Web.com Tour. Swafford is a name that we are going to hear more from – possibly starting this week.
2014 McGladrey Classic 4* Free Golf Pick:
I am going to go with the obvious pick this week – Webb Simpson at 12/1 is just too hard to pass up. Course history and current form all point toward Webb doing well this week.
My sleeper is Hudson Swafford at 66/1 – he gets a crack at his home course this week and arrives in very good form.
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