It was a mixed-bag Thursday for my wagers at the CJ Cup. Gary Woodland connected on a first-round leader ticket at 90/1, but my top head-to-head wager of Corey Conners (-120) over Andrew Putnam was not to be after the American gained +2.64 shots with his short game.
That is the sort of financial loss I am fine taking since the premise of fading Putnam’s ball-striking worked out, but a poor 18 holes from Conners, along with the overachieving from Putnam, made us settle for a one-shot defeat.
It is one of those situations where a fair outcome, according to my model, would have been a push at around +1 since each player experienced their fair share of good luck, but we will roll with the punches after encountering our own good fortune on Woodland in the first-round leader market.
If you aren’t doing so already, you can find me on Twitter'@TeeOffSports. There I will provide my pre-tournament model, a powerful and interactive data spreadsheet that allows user inputs to create custom rankings for golf. That sheet is free and released every Monday, so be sure to check it out and construct your own numbers from my database of information.