The historic Colonial Country Club has been playing a huge role in golf for a number of years. This year, it is going to be host once again to one of the more prestigious tournaments leading up to the US Open. We are set to make our 2012 Crowne Plaza Invitational picks!

2012 Crowne Plaza Invitational Predictions & Info
2012 Crowne Plaza Invitational Dates: Thursday, May 24th – Sunday, May 27th, 2012
2012 Crowne Plaza Invitational Location: Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, TX
Defending Crowne Plaza Invitational Winner: David Toms
2012 Crowne Plaza Invitational TV Coverage – Network: Golf Channel, CBS

The man of the hour last year at the Colonial was none other than David Toms (Odds To Win 2012 Crowne Plaza Invitational: 25 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook). It has been a year since Toms outlasted Charlie Wi on the final day of the 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, and he hasn’t been a winner since that point. However, Toms is still a consistent golfer, and he came up just short of winning the 2011 Players Championship as well. He played well at this year’s TPC as well, logging a -7 and a strong final round of 65 to finish 10th, his second Top 10 and fourth Top 20 finish of the year. Toms is a golfer that you might be able to get at a great price that could turn out to pay dividends at the end here in Fort Worth on Sunday.

With Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, and Phil Mickelson all sitting this tournament out, there aren’t a lot of big time names at the event. Still, that doesn’t mean that a youngster like Rickie Fowler (Crowne Plaza Invitational Odds: 17 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook) can’t find a way to sneak into the discussion in the Lone Star State. Fowler has been red hot, finishing tied for second at the Players Championship a week after winning the Wells Fargo Championship for his first PGA Tour title. It was the third event in a row in which Fowler finished in the Top 10, and he rides that streak coming into this week in Fort Worth. If Fowler can keep up his solid play, he will be a man that can beat the Colonial odds this year.

List Of Past Crowne Plaza Invitational Winners (Since 2000)
2011 – David Toms
2010 – Zach Johnson
2009 – Steve Stricker
2008 – Phil Mickelson
2007 – Rory Sabbatini
2006 – Tim Herron
2005 – Kenny Perry
2004 – Steve Flesch
2003 – Kenny Perry
2002 – Nick Price
2001 – Sergio Garcia
2000 – Phil Mickelson

The man to post the lowest ever score in Crowne Plaza Invitational history is Zach Johnson (Odds To Win The Crowne Plaza Invitational: 15 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook). Two years ago, Johnson fired a whopping -21 259, the lowest score ever at this tournament, and he remains the only man to ever do any better than a 261 at this event. Johnson and the rest of the field knows that it is going to take a heck of a lot of rounds in the 60s to get the job done in this tourney. Johnson hasn’t done a lot of that lately, as he enters this week’s event with just four rounds out of his last 18 in the 60s, but he still has a pair of second place finishes as a part of his three Top 10s this year. He also hasn’t finished worse than 69th in any event, and he hasn’t missed a cut all season long.

This year’s winner of the Shell Houston Open might find a home here in the Lone Star State if he can continue winning like this at this venue. Hunter Mahan (Crowne Plaza Invitational Lines: 25 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook) is going to be one of the big time favorites in this event. He is the leader in the FedEx Cup standings coming into this week, and that’s thanks to his win at not just the Shell Houston, but at the Accenture Match Play Championship as well. Mahan has been one of the more consistent golfers on the PGA Tour this year, and the idea of him coming to the Colonial and winning is one that has to be making those making Crowne Plaza Invitational picks salivate.

Odds to Win Crowne Plaza Invitational @ SportBet Sportsbook (as of 5/22/12):
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Matt Kuchar 15 to 1
Zach Johnson 15 to 1
Rickie Fowler 17 to 1
Jason Dufner 18 to 1
David Mathis 23 to 1
Bo Van Pelt 25 to 1
David Toms 25 to 1
Hunter Mahan 25 to 1
Jim Furyk 32 to 1
Bill Haas 34 to 1
Louis Oosthuizen 35 to 1
Sergio Garcia 35 to 1
Ben Crane 40 to 1
Nick Watney 40 to 1
Carl Pettersson 45 to 1
Geoff Ogilvy 45 to 1
Brian Davis 50 to 1
John Senden 50 to 1
Kevin Na 52 to 1
Ryan Moore 65 to 1
Ryan Palmer 68 to 1
Charlie Wi 70 to 1
Jeff Overton 70 to 1
Pat Perez 72 to 1
Harris English 75 to 1
Sean O’Hair 78 to 1
Bryce Molder 80 to 1
Jonathan Byrd 80 to 1
Jonas Blixt 82 to 1
Marc Leishman 82 to 1
Aaron Baddeley 85 to 1
Bud Cauley 85 to 1
Vijay Singh 85 to 1
Kyle Stanley 90 to 1
Sang Moon Bae 90 to 1
Henrik Stenson 100 to 1
John Huh 100 to 1
Johnson Wagner 100 to 1
Kevin Streelman 100 to 1
Stewart Cink 100 to 1
Cameron Tringale 120 to 1
Dicky Pride 120 to 1
Gary Woodland 120 to 1
Mark Wilson 125 to 1
John Rollins 130 to 1
Blake Adams 135 to 1
Brendon De Jonge 135 to 1
Spencer Levin 135 to 1
Brian Gay 140 to 1
Kevin Stadler 140 to 1
Tim Clark 140 to 1
Graham DeLaet 145 to 1
JJ Henry 150 to 1
Greg Chalmers 160 to 1
Ken Duke 170 to 1
Charley Hoffman 180 to 1
James Driscoll 185 to 1
Chris Stroud 190 to 1
Bob Estes 200 to 1
Kris Blanks 200 to 1
Harrison Frazar 210 to 1
Boo Weekley 215 to 1
Ricky Barnes 215 to 1
Chad Campbell 230 to 1
Corey Pavin 230 to 1
Davis Love III 230 to 1
George McNeill 230 to 1
Seung Yul Noh 230 to 1
Anders Romero 245 to 1
John Mallinger 245 to 1
Rod Pampling 250 to 1
Brian Harman 270 to 1
Daniel Summerhays 270 to 1
Jason Bohn 280 to 1
Matt Every 280 to 1
Rory Sabbatini 280 to 1
Ryo Ishikawa 280 to 1
Kevin Chappell 285 to 1
Chris Kirk 290 to 1
Robert Allenby 290 to 1
YE Yang 290 to 1
Tom Gillis 310 to 1
Chez Reavie 315 to 1
Lucas Glover 315 to 1
Michael Thompson 340 to 1
Brandt Jobe 350 to 1
Greg Owen 350 to 1
Trevor Immelman 350 to 1
David Hearn 380 to 1
Scott Verplank 390 to 1
Jerry Kelly 400 to 1
Roberto Castro 400 to 1
Heath Slocum 410 to 1
Will Claxton 410 to 1
Hunter Haas 450 to 1
JJ Killeen 470 to 1
Tommy Gainey 470 to 1
Billy Mayfair 475 to 1
Justin Leonard 480 to 1
Tim Herron 480 to 1
Colt Knost 550 to 1
DJ Trahan 580 to 1
Vaughn Taylor 600 to 1
Josh Teater 620 to 1
Jeff Maggert 630 to 1
Miguel Angel Carballo 700 to 1
Mark Anderson 720 to 1
Martin Flores 720 to 1
Chris DiMarco 730 to 1
Erik Compton 730 to 1
Scott Stallings 730 to 1
John Daly 790 to 1
William McGirt 830 to 1
Michael Bradley 860 to 1
Steve Flesch 900 to 1
Bobby Gates 915 to 1
Billy Hurley 1,000 to 1
Brendon Todd 1,000 to 1
Edward Loar 1,000 to 1
Fulton Allem 1,000 to 1
Keith Clearwater 1,000 to 1
Kelly Kraft 1,000 to 1
Peter Uihlein 1,000 to 1