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| Tiger Woods - clearly the man to beat. |
I will try not to mention his name as we all know he is the
heavily deserved favourite. There are three other players though who may not be
household names like Phil Mickelson or Rory McIlroy, who I think have a very
good chance of finishing high up the leaderboard on Sunday night.
Bill Haas may have a more illustrious father in Jay, but his
form this year makes me think that he has a very good chance at finishing in
the top five at Augusta. Haas has played eight tournaments this year, has made
seven cuts, four top tens, and one top three. That sort of consistency makes
him a threat for the Masters. Haas is listed 6th on the PGA Tour
this year in greens in regulation, and 21st in eagles/hole. These
two stats make me believe that Haas will be able to hit greens and sink a
couple of eagles throughout the week to put him in contention.
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| Olesen is on track for a high finish at this years first major. |
Thorbjorn Olesen. Yes that Danish golfer who none of us have
heard of. This is a golfer who may take Augusta by storm this year. Olesen has
been having a very good year, having a T2 and a T3, and is yet to miss a cut.
Olesen is driving over 300 yards this year, giving him good opportunities on
the par 5’s at the Georgia layout. In his two majors last year, he finished a
very respectable T9 and T27th, giving confidence that he will not only make the cut,
but go one further and secure a top five finish.
The final player who may not be so obscure, but I think if,
'you know who' doesn’t win this year, this is our man. Louis Oosthuizen is a
player who finished runner up last year and was very unlucky not to win.
Remember Bubba's 9 Iron? Oosthuizen has only played four tournaments this year, but his
form has been very good. Yet to miss a cut and a win under his belt, I can only
assume the lack of tournaments this year (four to date), is due to an extensive
preparation for Augusta to go one better than last year.
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