Ben Crane 66-1. Yes, it's been just about three months since Crane's last top 10 this year at The Heritage (T6), but he's 16th on Tour in driving accuracy and with the rough apparently quite juicy around Shaughnessy this week, that could be a pivotal trait. And keeping in mind that performance, the green sizes at Shaughnessy will be reminiscent of Harbour Town Golf Links where in his last five appearances Crane has posted: T12, T23, T29, T26, T6. There's also the matter of the T2 he turned in the last time the Open came here in 2005, where he was one of only 10 players at level par or better.
Ryan Moore 28-1. He's missed only one cut in 15 events this year (US Open) and has three top 10s and 6 top 25s in that span. He's coming off a solid but not spectacular three-tournament stretch where he finished T2 at the AT&T National and T28 at the Open Championship, where he one-under par rounds to bookend his week. He shared second with Crane here in 2005 and the Tacoma, WA native should have plenty of local support this week.
Paul Casey 50-1. Since opening season on European Tour with a top-20 and then a win, Casey has struggled this year, with just 3 more top 25s and no more top 10s. But that's a lot of value for a guy who was once the third ranked player in the world and in the last six WGC events has finished 2, T6, T22, T6, T17, T18.
Brian Gay 40-1. Again there is the Harbour Town connection for a pick. In 2009, Gay obliterated the field at the Heritage by 10 shots, winning with a record 20-under score. He's second on Tour this year in driving accuracy, finding the fairway 73.79 per cent of the time.
Tom Pernice Jr. 100-1. He's on form this season with 12/12 cuts made on the Champions Tour, five top-10s and 10 top-25s. On top of that he's made the cut in three of four PGA Tour events, including a T2 at the Viking Classic last week. He finished T14 the last time the Open came to Shaughnessy.
