BMW PGA Championship

[Stanley]

Round 1 play (4pts):

David Horsey to beat Danny Willett -115 @ Unibet [also available @ Extrabet]
Horsey is in good form at the moment with a runners-up finish last time out in the Italian Open and can draw on good memories of his debut last year: he led this event after the 1st round and was still in 2nd place after 36 holes. He did falter over the weekend, but combined with his performance two weeks ago, he should be confident of another good performance here. By contrast, Willett has been very consistent this year, but he is making his course debut and, despite the course changes, this is an event in which course experience is very important ... in the last 15 years, only twice has the winner not played in this event at least six times before his victory.

[unofficial rd1 system plays: Wall tb Molinari E +100; Ilonen tb Luiten -105; Gonzalez tb Hedblom -105; Harrington tb Poulter +100; Donaldson tb Storm -133; Wall tb Willett -125; Vancik tb Hoey +110; Siem tb Lee D +110; McGinley tb Bjorn +110; Jaidee tb Oosthuizen +115]

 

[lostinamerica]

Outrights:

Martin Kaymer(20/1) e.w.
Luke Donald(25/1) e.w.
Ignacio Garrido(80/1) e.w.
Jamie Donaldson(80/1) e.w.
Peter Lawrie(200/1) e.w.

GL

 

[Chip Hilton]

BMW PGA Championship : 72 Hole Matchups.

BMW PGA Championship : 72 Hole Matchups.

BMW PGA Championship --
Whole Tournament Matchups for 72 holes
for Thursday, May 20th to Sunday, May 23rd.


Five Units :

Lee Westwood over Rory McIlroy @ - 125. Won by 6.


Four Units :

Luke Donald over Padraig Harrington @ - 105. Won by 3.


Three Units :

Ian Poulter over Martin Kaymer @ - 105. Lost by 1 on cut. Both cut.


Two Units :

Ross Fisher over Peter Hanson @ - 120. Won by 1.


One Unit :

Paul Casey over Ernie Els @ + 125. Won by 2.

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[Stanley]

Round 2 play (4pts):

Craig Lee to beat Craig Shave -125 @ Five Dimes
Both qualified for this event by winning their Regional Orders of Merit last year - Lee, the Tartan Tour and Shave, the Midland Order of Merit. On that basis, they would appear quite equal, but there is a world between them in terms of experience and results and that will be particularly important as they both lie inside the top-20 after the 1st round. While Shave has been playing in regional events and two weeks ago competing in a qualifier for the English PGA Professional Championship, Lee was a full member of the European Tour two years ago, achieving three top-20 finishes that season. Since then, the Stirling professional has won a number of minor Tour events, including two wins from sevens starts last year on the German EPD Tour, a tier below the European Challenge Tour and well above regional events in the Midlands. He has the experience to build on his current top-20 finish and he has done on this Tour only two years ago. Shave should be the one to struggle after such a round.

[unofficial rd2 system plays: Wall tb Davies -111; Quiros tb Molinari E -105; Manassero tb Davies +130; Wood tb Molinari E -120]

 

[DerrickTulips]

BMW PGA Championship --
Whole Tournament Matchups for 72 holes
for Thursday, May 20th to Sunday, May 23rd.


Five Units :

Lee Westwood over Rory McIlroy @ - 125. Up by 4 after Rd 1.


Four Units :

Luke Donald over Padraig Harrington @ - 105. Up by 3 after Rd 1.


Three Units :

Ian Poulter over Martin Kaymer @ - 105. Down by 2 after Rd 1.


Two Units :

Ross Fisher over Peter Hanson @ - 120. Up by 3 after Rd 1.


One Unit :

Paul Casey over Ernie Els @ + 125. Down by 1 after Rd 1.

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This is one of my plays this week. Didnt post .. for some reason i thought they were tied, then i saw you said up 3.. looks like the snowman changed that. I was surprised when he announced that he had knee issues, the line didnt move more,
I also have tom gillis over thompson on the pga tour. GL to you buddy.

 

[DerrickTulips]

Good to read this Chip
Q. You have a pretty healthy record here, tied third and seventh, wonder how your experience over the West Course rates the changes that have been made this time around?
LUKE DONALD: I think overall Ernie has done a great job. The greens definitely needed a resurfacing. The structure of the greens were a little bit spongy, and I think that problem has been solved; and he's added a few little humps and bumps here and there.
Overall I really like it. To be honest it suits my game well.

 

[Chip Hilton]

Good read.

Good read.

Good to read this Chip
Q. You have a pretty healthy record here, tied third and seventh, wonder how your experience over the West Course rates the changes that have been made this time around?
LUKE DONALD: I think overall Ernie has done a great job. The greens definitely needed a resurfacing. The structure of the greens were a little bit spongy, and I think that problem has been solved; and he's added a few little humps and bumps here and there.
Overall I really like it. To be honest it suits my game well.

Everything I read seemed to indicate he loved this course. I'm kicking myself for not taking him outright. Was going to take my top two picks outright: Luke Donald and Lee Westwood. However, although I won the outright on the Seniors tour last week, I lost chances at the outright in a two way playoff in Europe and lost by one with Jacob when he missed the putt on 17. Didn't want to go thru that again this Sunday so passed on the outrights here. Hope he doesn't make me regret it. Win the match with Paddy but don't win the tourney.

 

[Stanley]

Round 3 play (2pts):

Luke Donald to beat Ross Fisher +110 @ Paddy Power [available generally]
Opposing Fisher even though he grew up playing on this course, but as he has admitted in interview, he has "really, really struggled pretty much all of this year". He did some with with Phil Kenyon earlier this week and it has clearly worked so far, but the real test will come when he is playing under pressure over the weekend. Even when he was in this position three times last year, though, he fell down the leaderboard each time rather than take the lead, averaging 74, so there should be value in opposing Fisher at these odds with the tie void; I can't see Donald being too far from retaining the lead after Saturday's play.

[unofficial rd3 system play: Lafeber tb Otto +125]

 

[DerrickTulips]

BMW PGA Championship --
Whole Tournament Matchups for 72 holes
for Thursday, May 20th to Sunday, May 23rd.


Five Units :

Lee Westwood over Rory McIlroy @ - 125. Down by 1 after Rd 3.


Four Units :

Luke Donald over Padraig Harrington @ - 105. Up by 2 after Rd 3.


Three Units :

Ian Poulter over Martin Kaymer @ - 105. Lost by 1 on cut. Both cut.


Two Units :

Ross Fisher over Peter Hanson @ - 120. Up by 3 after Rd 3.


One Unit :

Paul Casey over Ernie Els @ + 125. Up by 5 after Rd 3.

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Nice final round by Westwood..

I took Paddy over Donald for Round 4, trying to hit both :0008 Would have been nice if Paddy could have made that eagle on the last.

 

[DerrickTulips]

Pretty good 72 holes matchups for you on the Euro :toast:

 

[DerrickTulips]

Damn didnt need that birdie by Luke. Maybe he'll miss that putt

 

[Chip Hilton]

Euro rebound

Euro rebound

Pretty good 72 holes matchups for you on the Euro :toast:

It was nice to rebound on this circuit after a disasterous 1-6 here last week.

 

[sweet123]

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