Rob Lee blogs on slow players and why a lack of power helps Zach Johnson
By Rob Lee
Wednesday 8 January 2014 14:57, UK
Image:Tianlang Guan was punished for slow play - and Rob says the big names must be, too
When I was a youngster at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club if a round took more than four hours it was talked about in the clubhouse, but now it's just par for the course.
I am not surprised Charl Schwartzel is favourite to win the Volvo Golf Champions in South Africa but I am going to go for a man who is having a career renaissance and getting better and better all the time and that is the old Danish warhorse, Thomas Bjorn who is 11/1 with Sky Bet.
In the Sony Open, meanwhile, it would be easy to go for Johnson or Jordan Spieth, who recorded his fourth second-placed finish on the PGA Tour at the Hyundai, but I am going to go for 20/1 shotJason Dufner, who played well last week and must have a chance if he putts well.
