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Football4Profit: News- Golf: The Reno-Tahoe Legends Open

Michelle Wie continues this week to earn herself a place in the world of golf, much to the angst of some of the players in the industry. Nonetheless, she has been granted an exception to play in this weeks event, perhaps a ploy to steal some of the attention being granted Akron and its WGC event. Despite the exception, the player, still at a ripe age of 18, has a bit to learn- she’s yet to even get herself a full-time seat on the LPGA Tour. Recently she was disqualified from the State Farm Classic because she forgot to sign her name to the scorecard at the end of her second round. A rather foolish mistake, considering. Jay Williamson, a PGA Tour player who is currently in the field, referred to her invitation to play this week as a “joke.” In response, a curt reply from Ms. Wie came in the following form: “I don’t even know who he is.” Obviously, they’re not to be fast friends.

Nonetheless, the betting is of a wide variety, and there is no lack of players to choose from as a bundle of names have popped up from the past to take part. Interesting additions include inaugural winner Natah Begay III, David Duval, and a particular man, who’s height of his career was at the turn of the century, winner of the Buick Classic in 2000, Dennis “The Chief” Paulson- who is currently ranked 195th on the Nationwide Tour. At the lead of the betting, and looking to be a strong market leader, sits Ben Crane. Though Crane moves annoyingly slow around the golf course, and is a particular thorn in his fellow players’ sides, he’s still enjoyed a good campaign- having earned himself 7 top 25’s in this last season, and only have missed out on two events due to cuts from 16 events played. One of the missed cuts was at the beginning of the John Deere Classic, and c ame after a good T63 run at Congressional. All in all, he’s wise to take part of the event, in light of the rather weak lineup. I wouldn’t be surprised in the least to find out that his decision to take part was mostly based on the competition- it will be his first time playing here since 2004, and his T6 was impressive to say the least then.

But while Crane has proved himself to be a confident bet, with consistent game play, Bob Estes tends to fluctuate between amazing and barely-making it, but he does fare better on courses he’s been familiar with. He has won at Memphis in the past, and was T13 at Southwind this year’s June. Canada last week landed him T14, which would’ve been better had he not been ruined by a 73 in round 2. His performances overall, do count him in as one of the more in-form players available for the event. Two yeas ago, he finished as a runner-up, which bodes well for the possibility of intense contention from Estes this year.
Another person to take into consideration would be Mark Wilson with his back to back Top 25’s earned in Canada and Milwaukee. For this event, he’s recorded at T5 in 205, but has recently earned himself a T9 in another desert event: the FBR Open in Phoenix, Arizona. Finally, as winner of last year’s Honda Classic, despite competition, eh should pout up an impressive fight for the title.

If form is where you follow, the keep your eye on Nicholas Thompson. His T5 last week is an excellent example of great form. I’d not be surprised if he takes the opportunity to break his PGA duck, and slickly follow in the footsteps of recent first timer Chez Reavie. It should be noted that this is Thompson’s second try on the main Tour, and the 25-year old from Coral Springs has earned his way: earning over $1.2 million with two T4’s in Byron Nelson and New Orleans, as well as his performance in Ontario. He has been here before, but his weak T42 in 2006 isn’t worth mentioning- and instead we’d prefer to focus on the improvements he’s made to his game in the meantime, returning to the event a much improved player.

Finally to mention, localman Scott McCarron is a big ol’ fan of this weekend’s event, and should be fun to watch. The fact that he finished T5 with Thompson in Canada has only bolstered his excitement about his chances of winning. He confirmed his place as a contender on Saturday by shooting at 63 score on Glen Abbey, and commenting, “ It was good. I played really well all week.” With encouragement, he added, “It was a good tournament. I can't complain. A top five. It's good to get back in the hunt. I'll be bringing some momentum coming into my hometown. I'm looking forward to it.” The only warning sticker that McCarron carries with him is one of health concerns- he is coming back to game play after 18 months and elbow surgery, and reportedly has tweaked his neck in the recent weeks. To be mentioned are Kevin Stadler, who is returning to the event after tying for runner-up last year; his performance oscillates greatly, despite doing well for only a couple of the rounds at Royal Birkdale.

 

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