Find Me A 100 Winner / Paul Krishnamurty / 06 May 2008 /

Two selections this week for Paul Krishnamurty, well it is nearly a major isn't it?!

Age has never seemed a barrier at Sawgrass, a course where extra driving distance is of little consequence, and the name of the game is accuracy aligned with smart course management. Most memorably among recent renewals, in 2005 Fred Funk won the Players' Championship at the age of 48, with another veteran Sawgrass specialist Tom Lehman finishing runner-up.

Both of my selections fit very similar profiles. Both are former Sawgrass champions, both in their forties but playing their best stuff in ages. Firstly I'm very surprised to see Freddy Couples available at [120.0]. 'Boom Boom' has won this twice previously, in 1984 and 1996. Coincidentally the 12-year gap between those two victories is the same as the 12 since the second win, but my reasoning goes a little deeper than that.

Amidst reports that Couples claims his notorious bad back feels better than it has for ages, he's looked very competitive in recent weeks. Sunday's eighth place at Quail Hollow was his second top-10 in three starts and showed fourth in Texas was no fluke. Strangely in between those good efforts, Couples missed his first Masters cut in a couple of decades but even there all the damage was done through a bad early stretch and he played well afterwards in battling vainly to recover. Nobody knows this course better than Couples, and he represents a very tasty bet at these odds.

A second win for runaway 1997 winner Steve Elkington would be more of an upset, as his odds are much bigger at [260.0]. But again, Elk is playing some of best golf in years and simply loves the Sawgrass test. He's made the top-15 on five of his last nine PGA starts, which is pretty consistent in this competitive grade. And his course knowledge must be worth a few shots handicap around here. Even in the past two years, Elk has finished 12th and sixth, when in generally inferior form to what he's shown so far in 2008.

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