We make our picks for the weekend at Sedgefield as the field attempt to make the final cut for the FedEx Cup play-offs.
Back to win
Webb Simpson – {ODDS:179102831:22/1}
Henrik Stenson has never made the cut at Sedgefield, while Kevin Kisner will likely be mentally fatigued after going close at the US PGA Championship.
That makes Simpson the most attractive option at the top of the market this weekend.
The American closed with an impressive 69 to finish T33 at Quail Hollow – a decent result considering he opened with a five-over-par 76.
He has now made eight consecutive cuts, a run that includes three top-15s and a fifth place at the Dean & Deluca Invitational in May.
Simpson won this event in 2011 and has been remarkably consistent at Sedgefield, with seven successive made cuts and five finishes of 11th or better.
That course history, coupled with his decent form, means he’s just got to be backed.
Each-way shouts
Bud Cauley – {ODDS:179102888:33/1}
Like Simpson, Cauley was T33 at Quail Hollow last week in what was his first start since a T12 at the John Deere Classic last month.
The 27-year-old is enjoying the best season of his career, with four top 10s so far, and his previous form at Sedgefield suggests he could break through and win his first PGA Tour event.
He finished 10th at this course last year and went even closer as a 22-year-old in 2012, when a final round of 68 saw him place third, just three shots behind winner Sergio Garcia.
Cauley ranks 13th in shots gained on approach to the green and 33rd from tee to green on the PGA Tour this season, and if he puts it all together he can win this weekend.
Keegan Bradley – {ODDS:179102975:40/1}
World No. 95 Bradley made the cut at Quail Hollow last week – the sixth successive event in which he has played all four rounds.
He picked up a decent T33, and is building a nice run of form that also includes a T5 at the Quicken Loand and a T8 at the Travelers in his last five starts.
Bradley’s consistency means it’s difficult to see him missing a cut any time soon, and his driving – which ranks seventh on the PGA Tour – gives him a real advantage at this 7,127-yard par-70.
Players have to go low to do well at this course, with four of the last five winners shooting -17 or better across the four days, so Bradley’s eighth-place ranking in total birdies makes him a really attractive each-way option.
Outside bet
D.A. Points – {ODDS:179103170:150/1}
If you fancy a punt at long odds this weekend, Points is your man.
The 40-year-old made the cut at the PGA Championship last week and really deserved better than his T54 finish.
He would have finished tied with Jordan Spieth in the top 30 had he not double-bogied the final two holes on Sunday.
Still, it was a solid weekend for the American, who has a decent record at Sedgefield with two top-20s in the past three years.
Should he carry on his Quail Hollow form, he has a real chance to contend.
