Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club
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Outrights:
Tiger Woods(10/1) Win
Ben Curtis(100/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w.
Ross Fisher(80/1) e.w.
Kyle Stanley(250/1) e.w.
Lee Westwood(12/1) e.w.
Francesco Molinari(66/1) e.w.
Paul Lawrie(66/1) e.w.
Jamie Donaldson(100/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5) e.w. 1st Round Leader
Tom Watson(15/1) Win Top Senior
Tom Watson(125/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4) e.w.Top American
GL
Tiger Woods(10/1) Win
Ben Curtis(100/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w.
Ross Fisher(80/1) e.w.
Kyle Stanley(250/1) e.w.
Lee Westwood(12/1) e.w.
Francesco Molinari(66/1) e.w.
Paul Lawrie(66/1) e.w.
Jamie Donaldson(100/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5) e.w. 1st Round Leader
Tom Watson(15/1) Win Top Senior
Tom Watson(125/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4) e.w.Top American
GL
Round 2 play (4pts):
Hunter Mahan to beat Nicolas Colsaerts +108 @ Pinnacle [available generally]
Opposing Colsaerts who lies 2nd after the opening round. He got off to a great start by holing his approach shot at the 2nd hole and he was very upbeat about his game in his post-round interview, but he only hit eight fairways off the tee, less than the average for the whole field. When you stray from the fairway on this course, it becomes a matter of luck whether you have a shot to the green. Today, he had that luck, tomorrow the European Tour's longest driver of the ball cannot be expected to be as lucky. This is only his fourth major as well - he missed the cut in his first two and even though he played well for a couple of rounds in the U.S. Open last month, he struggled in the final round on a tough course. The same should happen again for the Belgian. Mahan was much more in control off the tee today, missing just two fairways all day, and has the game to do well in this event. He starts the 2nd round five shots back in 37th place, but I'd expect the gap to be much smaller by the end of tomorrow's round.
[unofficial rd2 system plays: Senden tb Colsaerts +115; Donaldson tb Lawrie +138; Love tb Lawrie +125]
Hunter Mahan to beat Nicolas Colsaerts +108 @ Pinnacle [available generally]
Opposing Colsaerts who lies 2nd after the opening round. He got off to a great start by holing his approach shot at the 2nd hole and he was very upbeat about his game in his post-round interview, but he only hit eight fairways off the tee, less than the average for the whole field. When you stray from the fairway on this course, it becomes a matter of luck whether you have a shot to the green. Today, he had that luck, tomorrow the European Tour's longest driver of the ball cannot be expected to be as lucky. This is only his fourth major as well - he missed the cut in his first two and even though he played well for a couple of rounds in the U.S. Open last month, he struggled in the final round on a tough course. The same should happen again for the Belgian. Mahan was much more in control off the tee today, missing just two fairways all day, and has the game to do well in this event. He starts the 2nd round five shots back in 37th place, but I'd expect the gap to be much smaller by the end of tomorrow's round.
[unofficial rd2 system plays: Senden tb Colsaerts +115; Donaldson tb Lawrie +138; Love tb Lawrie +125]
2nd round at SIA:
Potter -111 over Georgiou/Keenan
Potter won on PGA 2 weeks ago,made cut last week and shot 69 yesterday.Should be enough of a resume to handle world ranked players #776 and#1448 who were +4 and +6 first round.
Potter -111 over Georgiou/Keenan
Potter won on PGA 2 weeks ago,made cut last week and shot 69 yesterday.Should be enough of a resume to handle world ranked players #776 and#1448 who were +4 and +6 first round.
In-running:
Richard Sterne(125/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5) e.w.
Graeme McDowell(16/1) e.w.
Thomas Aiken(125/1) e.w.
GL
Richard Sterne(125/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5) e.w.
Graeme McDowell(16/1) e.w.
Thomas Aiken(125/1) e.w.
GL
Friday:
Sterne(+115) over Howell/Broadhurst
Mickelson(+184) over Donald/Ogilvy
Stanley(+128) over Rock/Ames
Donaldson(+140) over Haas/Yang
Oosthuizen(+230) over McIlroy/Bradley
Curtis(+155) over Casey/Immelman
Fisher(+168) over Choi/Cabrera
GL
Sterne(+115) over Howell/Broadhurst
Mickelson(+184) over Donald/Ogilvy
Stanley(+128) over Rock/Ames
Donaldson(+140) over Haas/Yang
Oosthuizen(+230) over McIlroy/Bradley
Curtis(+155) over Casey/Immelman
Fisher(+168) over Choi/Cabrera
GL
Round 3 play (2pts):
Adam Scott to beat Brandt Snedeker -138 @ Ladbrokes, William Hill, BetVictor and BlueSq [available generally]
Not finding as much value in this round, so will opt for just a small play on Snedeker to struggle tomorrow. He has held the lead once after rd1 on the PGA Tour and failed to win, he has held the lead five times after rd2 on the PGA Tour and failed to win, he has held the lead twice after rd3 on the PGA Tour and failed to win, so I am struggling to see how he can win from the front in a Major Championship. He had never even made the cut in three previous attempts in this event, so he is hardly a links specialist. Admittedly, he was very impressive today, but it will be a different ball-game tomorrow when he has to defend from the front, particularly with Tiger and Adam Scott also playing well and in close contention.
Adam Scott to beat Brandt Snedeker -138 @ Ladbrokes, William Hill, BetVictor and BlueSq [available generally]
Not finding as much value in this round, so will opt for just a small play on Snedeker to struggle tomorrow. He has held the lead once after rd1 on the PGA Tour and failed to win, he has held the lead five times after rd2 on the PGA Tour and failed to win, he has held the lead twice after rd3 on the PGA Tour and failed to win, so I am struggling to see how he can win from the front in a Major Championship. He had never even made the cut in three previous attempts in this event, so he is hardly a links specialist. Admittedly, he was very impressive today, but it will be a different ball-game tomorrow when he has to defend from the front, particularly with Tiger and Adam Scott also playing well and in close contention.
Just made the same bet Stanley, and that was before reading your take.
Stepping out I tried to fix it, pulled the thumb out of that hole..............
Stepping out I tried to fix it, pulled the thumb out of that hole..............
mired in 3 match losing streak so take these for what you will, but trying to play my way out of the slump with the following for round 3:
poulter -120 vs watson
pettersson +115 vs stricker
oleson +115 vs snedeker
as always, good luck
LA Burns
poulter -120 vs watson
pettersson +115 vs stricker
oleson +115 vs snedeker
as always, good luck
LA Burns
stanley.......
stanley.......
thanks for all the great picks and hard work!
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great tourny.... sunday will be fun!
- Feddog
stanley.......
thanks for all the great picks and hard work!
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great tourny.... sunday will be fun!
- Feddog
Round 4 play (2pts):
Adam Scott to beat Graeme McDowell +114 @ Pinnacle [available generally]
Once again, struggling to find much value in this round, so will opt for another small play for the final round. McDowell certainly got some momentum going over the last six holes, but it was Scott who looked in complete control as soon as he had overtaken Snedeker at the top of the leaderboard. There has scarely been any weakness in his game so far this week - most strikingly in his driver which has resulted in him being able use that club off the tee unlike Tiger. Admittedly, this will be the last round of a Major Championship and Scott has yet to win one, but in the 16 times that he has held the lead heading into the final round since 2002, he has gone to win 13 times. Compare that with McDowell who is 1-for-12 when either 2nd or 3rd after 54 holes. Yes, that one success was in the 2010 U.S. Open, but he held a share of the lead with Jim Furyk at this year's U.S. Open and struggled to a 73 and finished 2nd. Nearly misses have become all to common for McDowell - his last win was in the 2010 Andalucia Masters, since then he had nine top-3 finishes without winning. The wind may finally blow or McDowell may get off to a very fast start, but otherwise I can only see Scott remaining in control of this tournament.
Adam Scott to beat Graeme McDowell +114 @ Pinnacle [available generally]
Once again, struggling to find much value in this round, so will opt for another small play for the final round. McDowell certainly got some momentum going over the last six holes, but it was Scott who looked in complete control as soon as he had overtaken Snedeker at the top of the leaderboard. There has scarely been any weakness in his game so far this week - most strikingly in his driver which has resulted in him being able use that club off the tee unlike Tiger. Admittedly, this will be the last round of a Major Championship and Scott has yet to win one, but in the 16 times that he has held the lead heading into the final round since 2002, he has gone to win 13 times. Compare that with McDowell who is 1-for-12 when either 2nd or 3rd after 54 holes. Yes, that one success was in the 2010 U.S. Open, but he held a share of the lead with Jim Furyk at this year's U.S. Open and struggled to a 73 and finished 2nd. Nearly misses have become all to common for McDowell - his last win was in the 2010 Andalucia Masters, since then he had nine top-3 finishes without winning. The wind may finally blow or McDowell may get off to a very fast start, but otherwise I can only see Scott remaining in control of this tournament.
There is something wrong with a setup that allows a player to tee off every hole with an iron, and NOT experience something punitive. And this is the birthplace of "golf", right?
Oleson +115 over snedeker
Round 3
Glta[/QUOTE]
Impressive! This looked foolish to me.....shows what I know. Great play!
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Round 3
Glta[/QUOTE]
Impressive! This looked foolish to me.....shows what I know. Great play!
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