US PGA Championship / Paul Krishnamurty / 13 August 2011 /

All the best 2-ball bets ahead of moving day from Paul Krishnamurty.

USPGA Championship Betting: Four two-balls for Moving Day

Whatever our specific selections, most in-running punters can unite around a desire to see exciting, dramatic major weekends, where the lead changes hands on a regular basis. Basically, we couldn't ask for more than the halfway USPGA leaderboard. All 75 remaining players are separated by nine shots, which will seem like one less to the chasers, given that the leading pair have only ever won one PGA Tour title between them. Furthermore, only three of the 16 players under par were less than [150.0] pre-tournament. In short, anyone can win.

The weekend promises to be particularly exciting for yours truly, after backing Scott Verplank and Jim Furyk at [70.0] and [330.0] yesterday. Both are right in the thick of it, sitting one shot off the pace and close to hitting their lay targets. There's no reason why these two accurate, experienced campaigners, (seemingly ideal for this test), can't maintain their positions today. With plenty to cheer on for now, Sunday morning might be a better time to revisit the outright market, once the number of plausible winners has been whittled down. Instead, here's the best of the two-balls for 'Moving Day'.

6u David Toms @ [1.82] (vs Crane) (Starts 14.40)

Pre-tournament, David Toms was considered a vastly likelier contender than Ben Crane, and I expect the 2001 champion to confirm that superiority over the weekend. Apart from being by far the better player in recent months, Toms seems to appreciate his former champion status in this major, repeatedly conducting himself with credit over the weekend in recent PGAs, making his last eight cuts, including four top-20s. Many of them came when in much worse form than this year.

4u Bryce Molder @ [3.2] (vs McIlroy) (Starts 15.10)

The bunched scoring so far suggests Atlanta Athletic Club is not a place to be backing short-priced favourites over 18 holes, because things change so quickly thanks to the constant threat of ruinous multiple bogeys. It doesn't strike me as ideal for catch-up golf and pin-chasing, which is bad news for Rory McIlroy, whose hopes are already faint from eight back. Having struggled to read these Bermuda greens so far, even if the wrist injury doesn't restrict him over the weekend, Rory's concentration might wane if he doesn't make headway early. His opponent is no pushover either. Bryce Molder is in good form, making three of his last five top-tens, and hitting 68 or better on his last four third rounds.

3u Seung-Yul Noh @ {3.0] (vs Mickelson)

Another similarly risky odds-on chance today must be Phil Mickelson, who is bound to use Moving Day to go chasing a low score. As always with Lefty, it will look brilliant if coming off, but could just as easily result in early disasters that drain his interest. Opposing him at odds-on has proved a fruitful strategy in the past, and again his opponent is no mug. Seung-Yul Noh is similarly both talented and erratic, and would have been hard to fancy until recently, but his last two efforts pointed to a return to form. The Korean was sixth in Sweden last time, following on from a respectable 30th in very bad weather at the Open.

4u Brandt Jobe @ [3.45) (vs Stricker) (Starts 19.20)

Finally after their respective performances last night, Brandt Jobe is a must-bet at tasty odds to beat Steve Stricker. Having blown a golden chance to take a stranglehold on the event, Stricker will do well to get his efforts moving in the right direction again. His struggles were very hard to envisage beforehand, and one must conclude that nerves may have got to him. Moreover, his equally experienced opponent might be slightly underestimated, on the basis of his best ever season in the States. Jobe has six top-20s since the beginning of March, including three top-tens and the runners-up spot at the Memorial. This journeyman might remain an unlikely major winner, but he is more than capable of retaining a high position over the weekend.

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