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19th Jan 2016 | The American Express

Castro Looks Good In Tie-Dye

CareerBuilder Challenge Betting Tips: Roberto Castro

Roberto Castro holds the course record at Peter Dye’s Stadium Course and Valley Course at TPC Sawgrass and should relish another of his tests.

The CareerBuilder Challenge is the new name for the Humana Challenge but that isn’t the only difference.

The tournament is still played across three courses but two are new to the rotation. PGA West’s TPC Stadium Course (played twice) and the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course are new additions to sit alongside La Quinta Country Club.

The inclusion of PGA West’s Stadium Course completely alters the complexion of the event. The Peter Dye designed course is reputed to be one of the toughest around and the winning score is likely to be considerably worse than the 25-under average of the last four years.

With that in mind, I have focused on tee-to-green experts rather than pure putters in the attempt to get ahead of the curve. First up is Peter Dye expert Roberto Castro


The PGA West Stadium Course is viewed as the sequel to the TPC at Sawgrass and if there are any similarities in design they can be exploited by Castro.

The 30-year-old holds the course record at TPC Sawgrass and showed his liking for Dye designed courses when finishing T10 at the Web.com Tour Championship at Dye’s Valley Course at TPC Sawgrass. Castro shot a final round 62 and is now the joint course record holder at both venues.

It would be some feat if he could record a hat-trick at PGA West but he arrives in decent form. Castro secured his playing rights with three consecutive top-10s in the Web.com Final Series and carried that form into the wrap-around season with a T4 at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

A terrific player tee-to-green he could find himself at home on another Peter Dye track and at 175/1 (Paddy Power) is a cracking each-way bet with 1/5 odds for a top-7 finish. 

1pt Roberto Castro e/w 175/1 with Paddypower
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Odds correct at time of publishing: 08:54 19th Jan, 2016 but subject to change

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