By Eric Cohen
Sometimes you have to give credit where credit is due. Harry,
who frankly has struggled to pick golf winners since we began this
column last June, picked a 150-1 shot in Victor Perez last week.
Now don’t get me wrong, I liked Perez to win his group, but win
the whole Match Play? I just couldn’t imagine it.
To even make the final four was an impressive run…a lot of
admiration for that pick even in defeat!
Unfortunately Parlay Kid didn’t have Billy Horschel so his every
other week winning run ends at an incredible 4x.
The PGA Tour stays in Texas for arguably the most forgotten
tournament of the year, the Valero Texas Open, which comes one
week before the biggest tourney of 2021, The Masters.
No need to really break this one down...with many of the top
players taking a week off between the match play event and The
Masters, it’s an absolute crap shoot.
And no, I’m still not taking Tony Finau!
Once again the rules: each picker will get a simulated $200 to bet;
$100 of which will be on win bets and another $100 on top-5, top-
10, and top-20 bets only. The kicker this time is that the money
can only be spent on a maximum of three golfers in each
category. Picking winners has never been so difficult.
Here are this week’s plays for the Valero Texas Open:
(Odds courtesy of Draft Kings Sportsbook)
The Parlay Kid
Last Week’s Results: -$200
Total ROI: +$3887.50
Winners Picked in 2021: 4 (Reed, Berger, Morikawa, Thomas)
$40 to WIN: Corey Conners (+1800)
$40 to WIN: Charley Hoffman (+3300)
$20 to WIN: Ryan Palmer (+2500)
$50 on Top-10: Charley Hoffman (+335)
$50 on Top-10: Zach Johnson (+400)
Eric:
Last Week’s Results: +$17.50
Total ROI: +$1177.50
Winners Picked in 2021:2 (Berger, Thomas)
$40 to WIN: Abraham Ancer (+2000)
$40 to WIN: Ryan Palmer (+2500)
$20 to WIN: Sam Burns (+6000)
$100 on Top-20: Doug Ghim (+300)
Producer Michael
Last Week’s Results: -$200
Total ROI: -$625
Winners Picked in 2021: 1 (DeChambeau)
$50 to WIN: Jordan Spieth (+1400)
$25 to WIN: Hideki Matsuyama (+1800)
$25 to WIN: Charley Hoffman (+3300)
$50 on Top-5: Jordan Spieth (+300)
$25 on Top-5: Hideki Matsuyama (+400)
$25 on Top-5: Charley Hoffman (+750)
Harry
Last Week’s Results: +$300
Total ROI: -$715.25
Winners Picked in 2021: 0
$75 to WIN: Jordan Spieth (+1800)
$25 to WIN: Charles Howell III (+5500)
$100 on Top-10: Jordan Spieth (+164)
Brother Bri
Last Week’s Results: -$200
Total ROI: -$1020
Winners Picked in 2021: 0
$50 to WIN: Ryan Palmer (+2500)
$25to WIN: Abraham Ancer (+2000)
$25 to WIN: Cameron Davis (+5000)
$100 on Top-10: Charley Hoffman (+335)
Find more of Eric’s sports opinions and predictions on Twitter at
@CohensCornerAZ.
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