PROFIT WITH PALMER

Ryan Palmer: This week's pick at 150/1. It's not impossible for those who battled Birkdale for four straight days to contend with a different time zone and win this week's Canadian Open at Glen Abbey in Ontario. Indeed, Jim Furyk shook off a draining week at Carnoustie last year to win this very event for the second year running. However, all the market leaders this week went four rounds at Birkdale and I prefer to play the bigger prices on players who avoided 72 gruelling holes on the Lancashire links. One of those who didn't line up in The Open was Fred Couples but he must have taken heart from the amazing performance of fellow veteran Greg Norman. Couples has played pretty good himself in 2008 with a fourth in Houston, top eights at Torrey Pines and Wachovia and a 15th in the Players Championship at Sawgrass. Because of... [read full story]