Bell South Classic


Th Mar 30 – 22.00 BST (SS2)
Fr Mar 31 – 22.00 BST (SS2)

Sa Apr 1 – 21.00 BST (SS2)
Su Apr 2 – 20.00 BST (SS2)


This weekend, we’ll be hoping to win some betting money for next week’s Masters by finding the winner of the Bell South Classic. Hopefully, that should be easier than finding last week’s ‘shock’ winner, Stephen Ames, who was a 100/1 shot pre-tournament and surprisingly easy to back In-Play here at bet365, until he turned the event into a procession in the final round.




He takes a well-earned break, but there’s no such luxury for our main selection this week, John Rollins, who can be backed at a tasty 40/1 here at bet365. While last week’s track at Sawgrass demanded accuracy off the tee, Sugarloaf, this week’s port of call, is more suited to long hitters, and Rollins scores heavily there. He can also point to some good course form having finished top-six in 2002 and 2003, while his recent outings suggest that he’s about to enter the winner’s enclosure again. An eighth place a Sawgrass was his fourth good showing of the year, after a 4th at Torrey Pines, 5th in the Nissan and 15th at Scottsdale.


He’s bound to put up a good show this week, and I’ve also got a sneaky feeling for Tag Ridings at a massive bet365 price of 100/1. We can ignore his last two missed cuts as they were at Bay Hill and the Players’, and instead concentrate on his excellent 6th here last year (14th in 2004), and a superb 5th place finish at Doral this season. We’ll also be having a saver on Retief Goosen at 15/2. While he’ll no doubt have one eye on the Masters, it was only an inspired Ames that prevented him from winning last week and, with his game in such good nick, he’ll be wishing that Augusta was this week. A good performance here will see his odds for the Masters trimmed and, as his record in the first Major of the year is so good, we’ll also be backing him at 14/1 with bet365 to win there too. Check back next week for a full betting preview of the Masters.


Bell South Classic Three Off The Tee … John Rollins @ 40/1, Tag Ridings 100/1, Retief Goosen 15/2. Each-way ¼ odds 1.2.3.4.5


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