2016 L.A. Open (Northern Trust) Discussion Thread

[iacas]

Jordan Spieth is playing. Will he win again?

[Club Rat]

I'm taking the field bet.

Hope Jordan wins, but winning is beating everyone else in the event.

Too many other great players can have exceptional tournament rounds nowadays.

[Lihu]

It would be cool if it came down to Jordan and Hideki again?

[nevets88]

Maybe if he were playing very well going into a less star studded tournament in Texas. No Day or Fowler, but McIlroy, Watson, Rose, DJ, Schwartzel, Matsuyama and former winners Scott, Haas, plus DJ came close a couple of times.

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[bmartin461]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

Jordan Spieth is playing. Will he win again?

I'll be there on Sunday, I'll ask him when I see him.  

[Shindig]

Saw some of the course this weekend.  It's gorgeous, as it always is for the L.A. Open (and probably is the rest of the year, too).  Going to be a great event.  I'll be there Fri Sat and Sun this year.  Can't wait!

[Thrash13]

Sergio has a decent record here and will probably be in the mix on Sunday, and Justin Rose's tee-to-green game should be great at Riviera. That being said, we're all wanting a Rory-Jordan Sunday back-nine showdown!  Things probably won't work out that way, but I bet it'll be a pretty star-studded leader board on Sunday.

[nevets88]

Lots of cooks. From one POV, w/all these people, you wouldn't think he's one of the favorites.

 

 

[phan52]

Big Jordan fan, but I would have to take the field. His driving and putting isn't quite right lately.

Edited February 18, 2016 by phan52

[jsgolfer]

I too am a big Jordan fan, but it's hard not to take the field against one player.  Even when Tiger was in his prime, he still only won more than 50% of his tournament starts twice, 2006 & 2008 on the PGA Tour.

2006	15	8	53.3%
2008	6	4	66.7%

Spieth was 5 for 25 last year, with a bunch of seconds and was incredible last year with over 12 million in earnings.  And he missed 4 cuts.   

[iacas]

1 hour ago, jsgolfer said:

I too am a big Jordan fan, but it's hard not to take the field against one player.

Hence the odds given…

[phan52]

Another reason to take the field is the presence of Rory McIlroy. He appears pretty focused this week. Dropping down to #3 in the world has got his attention.

[pumaAttack]

17 minutes ago, phan52 said:

Another reason to take the field is the presence of Rory McIlroy. He appears pretty focused this week. Dropping down to #3 in the world has got his attention.

Would love to see a Rory, Jordan duel on Sunday.

[jsgolfer]

2 hours ago, iacas said:

Hence the odds given…

And the odds aren't in the favor of the one.  Would have to be better odds than that for me, at least to bet on Spieth.  

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Charlie Danielson [A] Fighting Illini

[No Mulligans]

I don't know who "the field" would be.  I guess I could look it up but it is probably different on each site.  Regardless, I would probably take Speith at 2 to 1.  But most likely neither The Field or Speith will win resulting in a push.

Just in case some don't know the definition (as indicated by some of the responses); "The Field" is the remaining group of competitors whose odds are not individually listed to win, usually just the longshots.  I doubt anyone in the top 50 would be included in "The Field" bet.

His odds to win outright were 6-1 on the site I looked at yesterday, same as Rory's.  There were no Field bets available.

[iacas]

54 minutes ago, No Mulligans said:

I don't know who "the field" would be.  I guess I could look it up but it is probably different on each site.

The field is everyone else.

54 minutes ago, No Mulligans said:

Just in case some don't know the definition (as indicated by some of the responses); "The Field" is the remaining group of competitors whose odds are not individually listed to win, usually just the longshots.  I doubt anyone in the top 50 would be included in "The Field" bet.

No, it's "the rest of the players not named Jordan Spieth."

If you figure Jordan has a 51% chance to win, you're better off choosing him at 2:1 odds. There are some years and some tournaments when you could have made a lot of money betting like that for Tiger Woods.

[No Mulligans]

29 minutes ago, iacas said:

The field is everyone else.

No, it's "the rest of the players not named Jordan Spieth."

Nope, just google: "The Field in betting" and you'll find the definition on plenty of sites.  It is not everyone else.

Here I did it for you:

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=The+field+in+betting

From:  http://www.handicappingreviews.com/betting_terms.php

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Field
Betting on golf tournaments and other sports (horse racing) events that have a large number of entrants often allows for a bet on the field. The field is the group of all the entrants not listed with their own odds. The field can contain a large number of entrants, but typically each entrant has only a tiny chance of actually winning the event. If an entrant had a good chance of winning, he or she would not be lumped into the field.

Check any betting site you want.