No Tiger Woods means everybody has a shot to win this week’s PGA Tour event, for a change. Woods, the world’s No. 1-ranked golfer, is taking a breather after posting his sixth straight PGA Tour victory at the World Golf Championships which came on the heels of an unsuccessful Ryder Cup for Woods and the rest of his American cohorts.

Nonetheless, a strong late-season field will compete for the winning share of US$900,000 as the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro returns to the Forest Oaks Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.

Defending champion K.J. Choi is favored to repeat as the Chrysler Classic champ, with odds to win listed at +2000 this weekend. Last year, Choi closed with a final round 6-under-par 66 to finish 22 shots under par for the tournament at 266. The native of South Korea usually finds the Greensboro track to his liking, having finished in the top seven at each of his last four starts at Forest Hills.

Shigeki Maruyama finished in second place, two strokes behind Choi last year, and returns to do battle this time around. Maruyama is a former Chrysler Classic of Greensboro champion after winning this tournament back in 2003. The native of Japan is listed +2800 to win this weekend.

South African Tim Clark is co-favored with Choi at +2000, while Mike Weir, Davis Love III, Justin Rose, Lucas Glover and Steve Stricker are all listed at +2500.

Across the pond in Scotland, three different courses will host the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. It’s a quirky event, with the players (one professional and one amateur per team) rotating through St. Andrews, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie each of the first three days before a reduced field competes for individual and team honors on Sunday at St. Andrews.

South African Ernie Els is listed as a strong favorite to win at +700, while well-known international stars such as Vijay Singh, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter and Padraig Harrington are all listed at +1600. Harrington is a former winner of this event, as is veteran Scot Colin Montgomerie who is listed at +2500 this weekend.

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This certainly isn’t the prettiest match-up ESPN could have dished out on a Wednesday night, but it’s weeknight college football, and many across the land will no doubt have a rooting interest. Both of these squads are flat out dawgs, but I have a gut feeling that this could turn out to be one of the more entertaining games of the midweek games to date. Marshall’s offensive bread and butter has been its ground attack. However, the Golden Knights defend the run well, but they’re an absolute sieve when it comes to defending pigskins thrown in the air. UCF’s allowing opponents to pass for 298 YPG, and of the 12 TD’s they’ve surrendered this year, nine came via the pass. Marshall’s defense has been balanced all year long in that it gives up a ton of yardage on the ground and in the air. They’ve allowed opponents to convert 45% of their 3rd down tries and a whopping 94% of their red zone chances. In other words, the only time the Thundering Herd’s defense has gotten off the field is after they allowed their opponent to score. With each club having major deficiencies on the defensive side of the ball, I’m expecting both offensive units to put forth their best efforts of the young season. This series has historically been low scoring, but I’m looking for a wrench to be thrown into that trend this evening.
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I backed Marshall in one of their earlier games this season at K-State. After watching them lose the cover late in the fourth after yelling profanities at them for two and a half hours, I swore to myself that I would never back this squad again this year. They have a quick defense that pursuits well, but their offense is atrocious. Even when they did something positive offensively, they’d turn the ball over on the very next play. Their O-Line can’t handle the blitz, and their QB always seems to be on the run. They’ve played a much tougher schedule than the Knights to date and have had 10 days to prepare for this game. That being said, I still don’t believe they have the goods to get past this UCF squad that had many opportunities to win a week ago. We cashed with HC O’Leary’s Golden Knights last week even though they did everything they possibly could to lose the game SU; from having a punt blocked to set up the Golden Eagles first TD, to fumbling the ball going into the endzone that would have given them their first lead of the game. Still, they managed to stay within the number and anger a bunch of people in the process considering a ton of steam came in on the Golden Eagles late. In this battle of poor football teams, I’m inclined to take the points. I advise you to do so as well if you must have action on this game.

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