Expert Picks: Northeast Pennsylvania Classic

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PGATOUR.COM will have expert picks and sleepers for each Nationwide Tour event this year. Our experts -- Nationwide Tour producer Ceri Mobley and former Nationwide Tour and PGATOUR.COM employee Jordan Crampton -- will each choose two players they consider favorites that week and a sleeper pick (a player who is not inside "THE 25"). Here are their selections for this week's Northeast Pennsylvania Classic.

Crampton's picks Mobley's picks Henrik Bjornstad. No Sim? No Problem! Bjornstad is continuing his good play, and it couldn't come at a better time during the season. His stats prove that he has been one of the best players on Tour without a win this season; he's constantly in contention, and it's time for him to get that monkey off his back with a victory this week. Justin Bolli. Bolli missed the cut last week, but I still like him a lot at Elmhurst. He won two weeks ago, and leading up to the victory, he had ties for 12th, 32nd and 24th, so he's been playing consistently well over the last month or so. He won this tournament in 2007, too, so he already knows he can conquer this course. Bubba Dickerson. Holding strong right now at No. 16 on the money list, Dickerson has experience in Pennsylvania as he was tied for fourth here headed into the final round last year. He's coming off a missed cut and needs a good finish to his season if he's going to remain inside "THE 25" and earn his TOUR card. Tom Gillis. Since Michael Sim's departure, Gillis has to take over the role of hottest player on Tour right now. He hasn't missed one cut, and in his last five starts he has a win, a runner-up finish and a tie for third. He kept up with Sim until Sunday last week before settling for a tie for ninth. He's the one to fill Sim's void.

Crampton's sleeper Mobley's sleeper Spencer Levin. Last year's Nationwide Tour graduate is on a reunion tour this week after missing out on the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup by just 59 points. Levin has been steady in his first full season on TOUR with 10 made cuts and four top-10s. A win this week would boost Levin's confidence for the Fall Series. Craig Bowden. Bowden is in the middle of a late-season push for "THE 25," so this week is a huge opportunity for him -- he won this tournament in 2006. He is coming off a tie for 16th last week, which means his game is primed to take advantage of a track he knows well. I don't think Bowden will be a sleeper much longer.

LAST WEEK: Jordan Crampton got his third victory of the season with Michael Sim's third victory. Since it was also Crampton's third win with Sim, and Sim has now graduated to the PGA TOUR, the playing field has been leveled, and it's time for Ceri Mobley to take advantage of Sim's absence to make up ground on Crampton.