Sleeper Picks: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

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May. 26, 2010

The PGA TOUR heads to Colonial CC for the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Here's how the PGATOUR.COM experts sized up the top contenders:

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SLEEPER PICKS
Of the players who didn't make the cut for our top picks, which have the best chance as sleepers? Here's how our experts see it.
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Sleeper picks: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

Expert	Pick order	Player selected
Casey Black			MICHAEL SIM. Though he hasn't been healthy all season, he's still had a good year. Sim finished second at the Farmers Insurance Open and T23 at the HP Byron Nelson. He's still looking for that first win on the PGA TOUR.
Anne Szeker			J.J. HENRY. He doesn't have great history at this tournament (shot 66 on Sunday last year to finish T22), but it's a home game for the Fort Worth resident, so hopefully he can convert some of that comfort into low scores.
Mike McAllister			BLAKE ADAMS. Comes off a tie for second in Dallas where he went to the 72nd hole with a chance to win. Hopefully there will not be any lingering effects from dunking his approach shot in the water.
John Swantek			MATT JONES. I'm overlooking the MC in Dallas (74-68) because his first round spilled over two days. I like the way he's playing (3 straight top 25's before last week). Makes a run for the Aussie/Texas 3-week sweep this week.
Lauren Deason			BRANDT SNEDEKER. Though he hasn't played well in the past few weeks, he's bound to turn his year around at some point. In his only Colonial start, Sneds tied for 27th, so maybe this is the place where he regains some confidence.
Brian Wacker			JAMES NITTIES. I'm going purely with the Australians-play-well-in-Texas theory on this one. Nitties did that a couple weeks ago with a T17 at the Valero Texas Open.
Ryan Smithson			PAUL GOYDOS. In 11 starts at Colonial CC, Goydos has three top-10s, including a T2 in 1999. The course suits his game, plus he's already notched two top-5 finishes this year, so why not?
Helen Ross			STEVE MARINO. This hasn't been Marino's best season with just one top-10. But the UVA product certainly has a good track record at Colonial with ties for 24th, 10th and second in his last three starts.

Standings after Week 20

LAST WEEK: Mike McAllister got 59.5 points for Marc Leishman's T12 at the HP Byron Nelson Championship:
Position	Name	Wins	Top-5s	Top-10s	Top-25s	FedExCup points
1	Ryan Smithson Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	-	1	1	3	607.07
2	Helen Ross Chief of Correspondents, PGATOUR.COM	-	1	3	5	505.75
3	John Swantek Host, On The Tee	-	1	3	4	466.33
4	Brian Wacker Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	-	2	3	3	384.5
5	Mike McAllister Managing Editor, PGATOUR.COM	-	-	1	3	380.83
6	Lauren Deason Editorial Coordinator, PGATOUR.COM	-	1	1	1	332.07
7*	Casey Black Host, PGA TOUR Today	-	-	1	3	296.5
8*	Anne Szeker Site Producer, PGATOUR.COM	-	-	-	-	57.25