Holden Australian Open

[Stanley]

Final round plays:

Robert Allenby to beat Aaron Baddeley -125 @ First Stake [2 units]
Martin Doyle to beat Paul Marantz +100 @ Centrebet
David Podlich to beat David Hill -118 @ Centrebet [2 units]
Brett Ogle to beat Terry Price -110 @ Simon Bold


72-hole plays stand 4-2 after 3rd round with Parry losing by four to Gow and Scott Losing by eight to Baddeley. No unit gained if things stay as they are as the Scott was a 3-unit play

Decent chance of some return from the outright plays with all three selections in the top-10 with 18 holes to play, though chances of winning event are rather remote.

 

[Ian]

Bit of a close call
O'Malley beats Faldo by 1
Ogle beats Gardiner by 1
2-0 on the week

Don't know if it was any good to watch AV2

 

[Stanley]

Final update: 3-1 and +1.50 units for the day; 7-3 and +1.50 units for the week

Good 10-shot win for Doyle on the day, while Podlich and Ogle secured single shot wins. Allenby lost by three, but always looked a loser after double-bogeying the first hole. Still a profitable day, which the 72-hole plays were not. They finished 4-2-0 for +0.00 units

Ogle won by one, O'Malley and Smith by two and Tait by four, while Scott lost by ten to Baddeley and Parry finished one behind Gow. Very surprised to see Baddeley play well, let alone defend his title! Small return on 70% winners this week.


Update on outright plays: 0-3 and -3.00 units

Very disappointing to not gain anything from the outright plays. Fulke was the only e/w play payable on four, not five positions, and he finished 5th

Had been 3rd on his own for some time, but bogey-double-bogey on 15 & 16 was pretty damaging. O'Malley finished 7th, two shots out of a place finish and he completed the first nine in two-over-par. Scott finished 13th, but had made an early and promising move for a place finish, but four bogeys on his back nine, plus a double to close with meant that the three shots he finished out of a place finish were within his grasp right until the end.

Because of time differences, had only watched the first-nine action and things were looking very good at that stage. What a frustrating sport this is!

European/Australasian Tours ytd:
Matchups/props: 138-98; +56.35 units
Outright plays: 17-44; +63.22 units

 

[AussieVamp2]

Originally posted by Ian:
Bit of a close call
O'Malley beats Faldo by 1
Ogle beats Gardiner by 1
2-0 on the week

Don't know if it was any good to watch AV2

Only watched some on Saturday, which was ok, was out with the spousal unit on Sunday (plus had the feeling selections would get rolled as well, so better to be out than watching - blah)

You know what, Richard Green was available at 126.00 as well, a QYM player!!!! Was at 81.00 when I was betting, so greedy me didn't take him on the 'could have got 126.00 theory'.

Pretty good day for Victorians too. One reason took Turner was course familiarity with the Melbourne sandbelt types, but nice fade for him - Green obviously knew a bit too.

 

[Stanley]

Ian, have just read that First Stake are to merge with Bowmans, one of the early pioneers of offshore betting. Looks like we'll be hearing a lot more of First Stake from now on