Wednesday 5 May 2021

Simmons Bank Open 2021, Korn Ferry Tour - The Grove, Nashville

 Carl Yuan went close for the blog last week having held the first round lead before parring the rest of the tournament to finish T-16th. He's definitely one to watch again this week even at 55/1.

I do however, want to get onside with the namesake again here although only @ 40/1, the price having moved out following a missed cut last week. That's probably a good thing as Max can easily shake-off that result and go close again here. McGreevy posted his first missed cut since the Lecom Classic but in the meantime has been beaten in a playoff and posted a further 3 TOP-20s. From his 2021 starts on the KFT the Oklahoma native has posted 2 T-10s and another 2 T-20s from those 7 starts as per my tracker below.

Max has a win under his belt from last July, has gone close again when losing that playoff five starts ago and is proven to date that he relishes the heat of the battle having had such a successful season on the China PGA tour. He's preferred over Chad Ramey here despite Ramey looking likely to win soon. With McGreevy 4 pts bigger in the betting I'm side with the man just two places below in The25 rankings. 

Season StatsRecent Tournament Results- Korn Ferry
Season StartsSeason WINSSeason T-10sSeason T-20sHuntsvilleVeritexMGM ChampEmerald ClassicClub Car ChampLouisianaLecom
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I'll also include Andrew Novak into the staking plan @ 28/1. The North Carolina native has been in great form of late posting 4 T-10s in his last 4 starts as per tracker below. Indeed in those last 4 events he's posted 12 sub-70 rounds. 4 more here should see go very close.

Season StatsRecent Tournament Results- Korn Ferry
Season StartsSeason WINSSeason T-10sSeason T-20sHuntsvilleVeritexMGM ChampEmerald ClassicClub Car ChampLouisianaLecom
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Selections:

1 pt e/w A. Novak @ 28/1 - 6 places
1 pt e/w M. McGreevy@ 40/1 - 6 places
1 pt e/w C. Yuan @ 55/1 - 6 places


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