CIMB Classic

[LeRinkRat]

CIMB Classic October 10th thru 13th
TPC Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. NO CUT tourney

last season @ TPC Kuala Lumpur
WIN - Pat Perez [-24]
2nd - Keegan Bradley [-20]
T-3rd - Xander Schauffele & Sung Kang [-17]
T-5th - Cameron Smith & Hideki Matsuyama [-16]
T-7th - Paul Casey, Lucas Glover & Danny Lee [-14]

favorites: Justin Thomas 5-1. Ryan Moore & Billy Horschel 14-1 Xander Schauffele & Paul Casey 18-1

my "cats & dogs" this week (bet/return)
Sam Ryder 60-1 (10/610) T-4th Safeway [-13] T-7th Barbasol [-19] T-2nd John Deere [-19]
Abraham Ancer 80-1 (6.25/506.25) T-7th Dell Tech [-11] (3rd round leader) solo 5th Canadian [-17] T-4th National [-11]
Brian Yag 80-1 (6.25/506.25) T-6th Wyndham [-16] T-6th Barbasol [-20] T-8th National [-9]
Troy Merritt 80-1 (6.25/506.25) T-4th Safeway WIN Barbasol [-23]
Whee Kim 125-1 (4/504) T-33rd Safeway [-6] T-2nd Canadian [-20]
Joel Dahmen 125-1 (4/504) CUT last two BUT T-8th Canadian [-15] T-2nd John Deere [-19] T-5th Greenbrier [-12]
Ryan Armour 125-1 (4/504) T-8th Wyndham [-15] solo 2nd National [-13] WON Sanderson Farms [-19]
Shubhankar Sharma 150-1 (3.50/528.50) sucks lately BUT two time early season winner Euro Tour
Gaganjeet Bhullar 150-1 (3.50/528.50) CUT Denmark T-7th Czech [-13] WIN Fiji [-14]
Michael Kim 150-1 (3.50/528.50) WIN John Deere [-27]
Kelly Kraft 200-1 (2.50/502.50) solo 2nd Greenbrier [-14]

three tourney match plays (bet/return)
Sam Ryder even over Anirban Lahiri (50/100)
Troy Merritt even over Si Woo Kim (50/100)
Thomas Pieters even over Kiradeck Aphibarnrat (50/100)

Sam Ryder: T-4th Safeway [-13] T-28th Northern [-6] T-45th Wyndham [-8] T-78th Canadian [even]n T-7th Barbasol [-19] T-2nd John Deere [-19] CUT Greenbrier
Anirban Lahiri: CUT Safeway CUT Dell Tech T-71st Northern CUT PGA T-6th Bridgestone [-8] CUT British Open

Troy Merritt: T-4th Safeway [-13] CUT Dell Tech, Northern & PGA T-50th Canadian [-8] WIN Barbasol [-23]
Si Woo Kim: T-41st BMW [-6] T-35th Dell Tech [-5] T-76th Northern [+4] CUT Wyndham CUT PGA

Thomas Pieters: Alfred Dunhill Links solo 60th [+3] (79 final round) CUT Euro Masters T-34th Denmark [-9] T-9th Czech [-12] T-6th PGA [-10] T-28th British Open [even] T-6th Scottish [-14] T-40th Irish [even]
Kiradeck Aphibarnrat: CUT KLM T-45th Euro Masters [-1] CUT PGA T-31st Bridgestone [even] T-75th British Open [+9] T-42nd Scottish [-7] CUT Irish

 

[LeRinkRat]

Cheese LOU-ese!!! I would usually chance Bronson Burgoon @ 80-1 because of his T-11th Northern [-10] T-2nd John Deere [-19] and T-6th National [-10] BUT after T-53rd Safeway [-3] T-58th Dell Tech [-2] CUT Wyndham CUT Canadian CUT British Open I got tired of "pissing away money" on the guy so did NOT bet him this week. naturally he is the one shot 1st round leader @ [-9] over Austin Cook yet another guy who has NOT done SHIT forever. probably neither going to actually WIN BUT would have been nice to have had some on Burgoon just in case

Billy Horschel, CT Pan and Scott Piercy (another guy who has been a "dog with fleas") all tied 3rd @ [-7] NICE to see my "pet Indian" Shubhankar Sharma FINALLY have a decent start to a tourney tied 13th @ [-5] along with another "to win" play Abraham Ancer

looks like my match plays in trouble already
Sam Ryder even [-2] over Anirban Lahiri [even] 2 up
Troy Merritt even [even] over Si Woo Kim [-5] 5 down ( when I BET on "Woo Who?" he always SUCKS!!!)
Thomas Pieters even [-2] over Kiradeck Aphibarnrat [-3] 1 down

 

[B.A.R.]

Casey looking strong so far...

 

[LeRinkRat]

WICKED LOW rounds day two with Gary Woodland [-11] and Marc Leishman [-10] for tourney [-14] the 2nd round leaders while Shubhankar Sharma [-8] (REALLY ???) and Paul Casey [-7] tied 3rd [-13]. first round leader Bronson Burgoon [-3] along with solo 2nd Austin Cook [-4] and Scott Piercy [-5] two back [-12]. 12 more golfers within five shots of the lead and with the low rounds ANYTHING can happen

NOT going good in my tourney match plays. just about ALL the guys that shot LOW at Safeway last week NOT getting it done in Malaysia
Sam Ryder even [+1/-1] over Anirban Lahiri [+2/+2] 3 up
Troy Merritt even [+3/+3] over Si Woo Kim [-1/-6] 9 down
Thomas Pieters even [-3/-5] over Kiradeck Aphibarnrat [-3/-6] 1 down

kind of FUN having "late night golf" to watch on the Golf Channel after football and hockey

 

[LeRinkRat]

well here we GO into Sunday. Marc Leishman [-5], Gary Woodland [-5] and Shubhankar Sharma [-6] all TIED for the lead @ [-19] with Bronson Burgoon [-5] and Louis Oosthuizen [-7] two back @ [-17] 15 players within 6 shots of the lead so ANYONE'S tourney.

note on my "pet Indian" Sharma. solo 3rd round lead WGC-Mexico [-13] ended up tied 9th [-10]. tied 3rd round lead [-7] Indian Open ended up tied 7th [-4] BUT early season shot a 2nd round 61 Joberg Open for three shot WIN [-23] and a final round 62 Maybank for two shot WIN [-21]

pretty much in the crapper with my tourney match plays
Sam Ryder even [-1/-2] over Anirban Lahiri [-4/-2] EVEN
Troy Merritt even [-5/-2] over Si Woo Kim [-6/-12] 10 down
Thomas Pieters [-1/-6] over Kiradeck Aphibarnrat [-4/-10] 4 down

:golffrustrated:

 

[LeRinkRat]

well the Aussie Marc Leishman on "cruise control" with a final round [-7] for tourney [-26] and a five shot WIN over Bronson Burgoon [-4], Emiliano Grillo [-6] and Chesson Hadley [-6] for [-21] my "to win" play Abraham Ancer [-7] in a four way tie for 5th [-20].

I just KNEW my "pet Indian" Shubhankar Sharma would SCREW it UP yet AGAIN with an [even] for [-19] tied 10th. THIRD time this season he has BLOWN either an outright or tied for 3rd round LEAD. got to [-3] for [-22} thru #10 BUT then three straight bogies :hang:

ended up going 2-1 in my tourney match plays and feel LUCKY to get THAT!!!

Sam Ryder even [-7/-9] over Anirban Lahiri [-2/-4] WIN 5 up
Troy Merritt even [-5/-7] over Si Woo Kim [ -7/-19] LOSE 12 down
Thomas Pieters even [-6/-12] over Kiradeck Aphibarnrat [-1/-11] WIN 1 up

next week Nine Bridges @ Jeju Island, Korea. last years winner Justin Thomas [-9] over Marc Leishman in a playoff. Leishman's fellow Aussie Cameron Smith solo 3rd [-8] with the Korean Whee Kim solo 4th [-6]