WGC Bridgestone Invitational and Reno-Tahoe Open Preview

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Following last week's RBC Canadian Open and picking out Snedeker we are this week assessing the golf betting opportunities in the field for 2 events - the WGC Bridgestone Invitational, taking place at Firestone CC in Ohio and the Reno-Tahoe Open, taking place at Montreux G&CC in Nevada .

WGC Bridgestone Invitational

Firestone CC is a long 7,400 yard par 70 and ranked as the 16^th most difficult course out of 49 on the PGA Tour in 2012. As an invitational event the field is very strong and Tiger heads the betting as a 7 time winner of this event.

Like you would expect from a WGC event the course contains some tricky holes but the birdies are there to be had for the guys who play well. The course is an all-around challenge, with length and accuracy off the tee particularly helpful.

Players to watch...

Tiger Woods (5/1) 1^st all-around ranking, 18^th for total driving and a 7-time winner of this event.

Justin Rose (25/1) 2^nd all-around and 1^st for total driving.

Adam Scott (16/1) 17^th all-around and 13^th for total driving.

Charl Schwartzel (40/1) 18^th all-around and 24^th for total driving.

Keegan Bradley (50/1) 7^th all-around, 4^th for total driving and the defending champion.

Reno-Tahoe Open

Montreux G&CC is a 7,472 yard par 72 and it hosts this unique event in that it uses modified stableford scoring rather than the traditional strokeplay. The points system being:

Eagle +5pts, Birdie +2pts, Par 0pts, Bogey -1pt, Double Bogey or worse -3pts

The theory is that this makes the event more exciting by encouraging players to go for the reward while making the risks bigger.

The key skills at this course are hitting the ball straight off the tee and then hitting the greens + getting your head around the scoring system!

Players to watch...

Kevin Stadler (50/1) 10^th for GIR but will need to improve his driving accuracy (91^st) if he is to repeat his 2007 performance, when he was 2^nd.

Richard Lee (50/1) 29^th for driving accuracy and 53^rd for GIR – but finished 10^th and 20^th in those categories last year

Justin Hicks (125/1) 6^th for driving accuracy and 11^th for GIR - we are awaiting his big breakthrough…

Kevin Sutherland (100/1) 32^nd for driving accuracy and 18^th for GIR.