It was back to winning ways last week at the Buick Open, with Kenny Perry coming good and pocketing us a nice little earner at 12/1. Got to admit that Kenny was almost a dead cert, but with a somewhat depleted field this week, I've decided to mix it up a bit...

Steve Stricker
The Wisconsin native has been a bit off the radar this year, but you've got to remember that he finished second at this event last year, just a few strokes behind KJ Choi. Known for his comebacks, Stricker has finished inside the top 10 in five of the eight cuts he's made on Tour this season, and something's telling me that he'll get back to winning ways this week.
Rocco Mediate
He shot 11 under at last week's Buick Open, which was only good enough for a tied 28th finish. Rocco's been in sensational form since Torrey Pines, and if he keeps it up, expect him to be there or thereabouts on Sunday afternoon. Put a fiver on him for an each-way finish...
Kevin Streelman
Only chosen Streelman on the basis that the odds on him are so good, and that he's played really solidly in his last two starts, finsihing tied 12th last week at 14 under, and tied 10th on 12 under the week before at the Travelers Championship.I'm thinking a fiver on a  top ten place..

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Last Week's Picks
Kenny Perry - 1st
Rocco Mediate - T28
Jim Furyk - T34

So much for going with the local boys, eh? What an absolute load of rubbish those French lot turned out to be on 'home soil' at the Open De France. At least Soren Hansen's each way finish has given me a bit of extra pocket money to play about with this week, which I intend to spend as follows...

Colin Montgomerie
He may be grumpy and boring, but you can't take away the fact that Monty's a good golfer when he wants to be... which is why I'm choosing him this week. Had a great time at last week's Open De France, finishing second behind the uber-impressive Pablo Larrazabal. He won last year's European Open at the K Club and seems to be getting back into some sort of form as of late.
John Bickerton
There's still great value to be had on Redditch's finest, which is a little bit of a suprise considering the good form he's shown in the past few weeks. Not only has he already won on tour this year at the Alfred Dunhill Championships, Bickerton's been playing well recently, tying for third at the BMW International Open and finishing tied seventh at the Open De France. Worth an each way...

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Last Week's Picks
Soren Hansen- 3rd
Thomas Levet- T30
Francois Delamontagne- Missed Cut

Europe's finest fly back from Torrey Pines straight to Munich this week for the BMW International Open. And, when a selection of the field have finished driving through Munich in BMW Classic convertibles to celebrate the automobile giants' 20th anniversary, maybe they'd kindly find their way to the first tee and pocket us some cash...

Miguel-Angel Jimenez
I know, I know.... we always go for this bloke, but he's just too good to resist this week. Victorious at the recent BMW PGA Championship, played well at this track last year and had a good finish (tied 6th) at last week's US Open. And not many curly-haired ginger blokes can look so good smoking a Partagas as he does.
Bernhard Langer
Langer's enjoying a real hot spell at the moment, boasting two wins on the Champions Tour in America this year and another six top ten finishes- all from 11 events. The German tied for 15th at this year's Players Championship, lost in a play-off at the 2007 Crowne Plaza Invitational... and came second in this very event last year. Money well spent? Just a bit...
Julio Zapata
With odds on this Argentinian starting at no shorter than 200/1, this is a big call on my behalf. Despite an iffy performance at last week's Saint-Omer Open, Zapata scored really well at both the Austria and Wales Open, so we're hoping that he'll be able to do the same this week and at least reward us with an each way finish.

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Last Week's Tips
Sergio Garcia - Tied 17th
Ryuji Imada - Tied 18th
Anthony Kim - Tied 26th

Well, it's business as usual on the PGA Tour this week as a field of 156 players tee it up at TPC River Highlands. I'll be the first to admit that I had bit of a nightmare last week at Torrey Pines, but the gaffer's given me another chance and told me to put the P45 away for another week...

Carl Pettersson
The Swede's showed some fine form so far this year, no more evident than at last week's US Open, where he carded a final round 68 to end up tied sixth. The big man's had three top ten finishes in his last six starts, is smoking 'em off the tee and finished solidly on this track in 2007...
Hunter Mahan
Please forgive me for being a bit safe and picking the form man at this tournament, but it's hard not to like Mahan's form in this tournie. Has had a pretty mixed year so far, but he won here last year, finished runner-up the in 2006 and is coming off a decent performance at Torrey Pines last week. Surely the Orange County kid will come good again this week?
Gavin Coles
Ridiculously long odds on this Australian, which can only be a good thing considering that he's won on the Nationwide Tour this year and has had three top 20 finishes in his last three starts on the PGA Tour, including a tied 8th spot at the recent Stanford St. Jude recently.

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Last Week's Tips
Sergio Garcia - Tied 17th
Ryuji Imada - Tied 18th
Anthony Kim - Tied 26th