Redman, Hjorth share Longs Drugs lead
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10/09/2008 -
Danville, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michele Redman and Maria Hjorth both opened
with rounds of six-under-par 66 on Thursday to share the lead after one round
of the Longs Drugs Challenge at Blackhawk Country Club.
In-Kyung Kim and Mikaela Parmlid are one stroke back at minus-five.
Defending champion Suzann Pettersen is one of seven players tied for fifth at
four-under-par 68. She carded four birdies and a lone bogey on the 18th.
Redman got her round going with a three-foot birdie putt on the third. She
came right back by converting a 20-footer for birdie at four and made it three
straight as she drained a 12-foot birdie putt on No. 5.
After five straight pars around the turn, Redman got up and down for birdie on
the 11th. She stumbled to her lone bogey at the 13th, where she three-putted
from 20 feet.
Redman, a two-time winner on the LPGA Tour, bounced right back with a tap-in
birdie on 14.
She followed with a 12-foot birdie putt at the 15th and closed with a birdie
at the last to gain a share of the first-round lead for the fifth time in her
LPGA Tour career.
"I hit it great today," said Redman, who hit every fairway and missed just one
green on Thursday. "I'm just hitting it really good right now, and have been."
Hjorth played the back nine first and she parred five of the first six holes.
Those pars went along with a birdie on the 11th.
The Swede poured in four straight birdies from the 16th. Hjorth then parred
three in a row before moving to minus-six with a birdie on the par-five fifth.
Hjorth took the lead at seven-under as she made it two straight with a birdie
on the sixth. However, she gave that shot right back with a bogey at seven
before making par on the final two holes.
A three-time winner on the LPGA Tour, Hjorth owned a share of the first-round
lead for the first time since 2006.
Pettersen was joined in fifth place by Sarah Lee, Wendy Ward, Reilley Rankin,
Yani Tseng, Meaghan Francella and Sarah Kemp.
Last week's winner, Paula Creamer, stumbled to a two-over-par 74 and is tied
for 67th.
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Betting the NFL preseason
Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."
When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules.
The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.
The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.
“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”
The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.
“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”
The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.
“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”
Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.
“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."
So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?
“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.
Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.
Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.
Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.
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The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.
“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.
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