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OWENS CORNING JAMIE FARR CLASSIC - LPGA


PAULA CREAMER 10 / 1 - What a surprise! I've backed her three times in a row so how about a fourth....she faded in the US Open and Wegmans, but before that she finished in the Top 10 in 5 straight tournaments. The week off between play should do her some good knowing that last year she finished 3rd @ -17 narrowly missing a playoff at -18 that involved Mi Hyun Kim and Natalie Gulbis. Creamer is ranked #2 on tour with a scoring average of 70.81 only a stroke behind Lorena Ochoa's 69.87, and guess who's not in the field this week! Creamer's stats read like a Who's Who.....4th in GIR at 72.8%, 10th in putting at 1.79, driving accuracy of 77.5%, 3rd in rounds under par 28/47, 7 Top 10s. She's got to relish returning to the course that yielded her best scoring performance of the season last year!


SE RI PAK 20 / 1 - She's baaaccckkkkk! And she's been pretty queitly going about her business of having fun and loving the game again. She T4th in the US Open two weeks ago, is 14th in rounds under par 20/41, 9th in scoring average at 71.49, 3rd in putting at 1.77, 23rd in GIR at 66.4%, 65% in driving accuracy and most importantly found her way in a big tournament....the US Open. Pak also finished 4th last year just two strokes back of the leaders at 16. The Jamie Farr will benefit her driving ills so she can get to the greens again this week and go low!


NICOLE CASTRALE 33 / 1 - Finished 9th last year at -8 and has been on fire this season with 5 Top 10s and 7 Top 25s (one an 11th place finish in the Sybase Classic)! Castrale is tied for 8th out tour for rounds under par with 24 / 45. Her scoring average is 71.68, and she has lowered that from last season by hitting GIR with 72.1% accuracy which ranks her 5th, while her driving accuracy is 69.9%, and she's 30th in putting at 1.82. She's definitely one of those "on the verge" of busting out players.....got cut at the Wegmans and finished 30th in the US Open, but the two weeks before that she won the Ginn Tribute hosted by Annika, and finished 10th in the McDonalds.