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6th Jul 2016 | LECOM Health Challenge

LECOM Health Challenge Tips: Chris Baker

LECOM Health Challenge Tips: Chris Baker

The Upper Course poses an old-fashioned challenge, ideal for someone whose game is built around fairways and greens.

Chris Baker has taken the scenic route to the Web.com Tour but this is already a career year (in earnings) and the next step is to contend for a win. That isn’t as fanciful as it sounds because the 30-year-old’s claim to fame is that he won on the Challenge Tour on his first (and only) start.

Baker lacks the fire-power of his peers and instead relies on hitting fairways and greens - he ranks inside the top-30 on tour for both.

Not every tournament is suited to Baker but those that pose a challenge off the tee like the Upper Course play to his strengths.

In his last five starts Baker has finished T16-T33-T6-T9-T32 and he has thrived on the more testing layouts. Ranked 8th for scoring average and 11th in the all-around ranking he deserves to be shorter than 66/1 (Bet365).

Odds correct at time of publishing: 06:43 6th Jul, 2016 but subject to change