Chances of Tewell and Quigley are well respected but a little too short, so have gone for;
Walter Hall - got 100/1 which was very pleasing as 33 was the general price
Jim Thorpe - 22/1 - as short as 14 elsewhere, events have conspired against him in the last couple of weeks
Rodger Davis - a speculative 50/1...has looked better in last couple of weeks...has the talent to win on this tour, but has just messed about so far
Great story - noted that Morris Hatalsky had got a place as alternate, so phoned Stan James to ask for a price. Got a girl operator who must have been training as everything I asked her, a chap answered for her and then she relayed it to me. Having asked for the price, the guy telling her what to do told her to tell me 200/1 as that was the quote for the outsiders.
Trying not to sound surprised I asked for ?50 each way (wish I'd only asked for a fiver), at which point there was a pause and they put me on hold. About 3 mins later they came back and said they weren't sure that they could lay the 200 as they needed the price confirmed by the compiler, who was not available. I was asked to phone back later that evening when the guy would be on duty.
Anyway, at the correct time I phoned back to be told no price was available and neither was the golf guy. I then complained to a supervisor who said that he would call me back. To their credit, they did phone back, after contacting the compiler (who was apparently on the course!) and offered me 50/!.........
It does illustrate a point about Stan James who claim to be 24 hour bookmakers, and who only dabble in Senior and LPGA tours and don't seem to be prepared to cover them properly. Another plot foiled!!