Category: Golf

In-Running Betting at the Masters: Beware the 10th!

TQ marks your card for the in play betting at Augusta “It doesn’t matter if you are Tiger Woods 6.6 or Phil Mickelson 15.5 you will not win this tournament from outside the top ten at the halfway stage. To be really fair it is unlikely you have much of a chance outside the top four or five such is the record of the frontrunners in this tournament.” Augusta National is loved by so many because of the mystique that surrounds it. The Masters has an aura that no other tournament has and cannot be replicated. In many ways a lot of it was built up over the years by the annoying lack of coverage that the outside world was permitted to see. It is still not great but much better than it used to be and is a great help to in-running punters. Golf is a notoriously difficult sport to punt on in-running with broadcasters often showing slightly delayed pictures

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Apr 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Four Great Comebacks: Can Tiger top any of these?

Ahead of Tiger Woods’ return to sporting action at Augusta, Eliot Pollak looks at how a famous quartet fared on their comebacks “Sixty-eight seconds into his comeback, Eric’s third touch sets up Nicky Butt for United’s opener, before with 20 minutes to go, Cantona bangs in the equaliser from the penalty spot. It was like he’d never been away” The irony of Tiger Woods returning to competitive golf, at a course on which a woman is not allowed to be a member does not need spelling out. In case it does, Woods prolonged self-imposed absence from the game was of course due to issues surrounding women and his own member.

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Apr 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

The Punter’s picks for the US Masters

The Punter thinks it’s time to leave Tiger alone, but does he think he can win? Read his US Masters preview here…. “Chad has shown a real aptitude for Augusta and already has a second and third place to his name. He’s also playing fairly well at present and if I was to pick one player I’d be most confident of a good showing at a fair price, he’d be the one.” The wait is almost over and we’re now just hours away from one of the most eagerly awaited golf tournaments of all time, and the big question is… Why isn’t Tano Goya defending his Madeira Open title? What do you mean you don’t care? If I’m honest nor do I, though I will be backing my ole mate Jorge Campillo in Madeira…But of course, this week is all about one event and maybe even one man… The US Masters has a really strange feel about it this year, and has done for months for me, I really haven’t had a strong feel or fancy for the event at any stage, and with just a day to go before kick-off I still feel like that. Anyway that’s enough negativity; let’s start in the obvious place, with Tiger Woods… It was really good to see his press conference go so well on Monday; I was starting to get a bit fed up with the constant bad press he was getting

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Apr 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Three Against the Field at the US Masters

Our regular US golf watcher Dan Geraghty picks his trio to trust at the Masters “I’d be genuinely surprised if McIlroy’s not in the top half dozen here and would advise backing him in the top GB & Ireland market as well as outright.” I would likely follow Phil Mickelson over a cliff and I’m not going to stop now.

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Apr 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

US Masters Betting: Tiger, Tiger, cool and contrite

Tiger Woods used yesterday’s press conference to signal his intention to improve his conduct not only in his private life but also on the golf course. But will this make him a better or worse player? Ralph Ellis reports. “Tiger is 5.8 favourite to make good his hopes of coming back with a win, while Ernie Els is 17.5 after opening the season with two tournament wins. So that’s that, then. Tiger says he’s going to turn into a kitten. All fluffy and cuddly and soft for little children to play with.

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Apr 06, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

US Masters Betting: Two big-names to back, and two to oppose at Augusta

When looking at the Masters odds it’s the household names that stand out but we shouldn’t be swayed by all of them. Paul Krishnamurty identifies a pair to keep onside and a pair to get against “I’ve already advised bets on Tiger to win exactly two and three majors this season , and also strongly recommend an in-running trade at Augusta. All it needs is for Woods to get within a couple of the lead on the opening day, and his odds will shorten to their normal prohibitive level.” Tiger Woods It appears that many of the golf punting community have taken leave of their senses, doubtless swept along by the endless torrent of media hype about Tiger Woods’ ‘problems’ and comical speculation about whether retains his golfing ability. That can be the only explanation for why the great man is available to win a fifth Masters title at 5.8 , twice what he would usually be.

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Apr 06, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Find Me a 100 Winner – Masters Special!

It’s a major so Paul Krishnamurty gets four attempts at landing a winning bet at three figures – read on for his selections “Graeme McDowell might appear to be one of the lesser lights among the strong European contingent, but he shouldn’t be under-estimated. Not least because, unlike many of his Ryder Cup team-mates, he tends to reproduce his best form in the States.” Matt Kuchar @ 100.0 Those with long memories may recall a fresh-faced kid running away with the top amateur prize in 1998, having spent the first three days amongst exalted company on the first page of the leaderboard. Twelve years down the line, we’re at last seeing Matt Kuchar fulfil his potential

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Apr 06, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

The Punter’s De-Brief: The Shell Houston Open

The Punter suffers yet more frustration as Graham DeLaet, backed at a humongous 600.0 , misses out on a place in the play-off in Texas by just a solitary shot…. “DeLaet became my fifth triple-figure priced player to finish in the top three in as many weeks! Surely I’ll bag a biggy soon.” Anthony Kim moves on to Augusta with the fillip of his first title in a couple of years, after he edged out Vaughan Taylor in a play-off to win the Shell Houston Open, thanks in part to a pathetic par putt attempt, criminally left short by Taylor, on the first play-off hole. My bets It’s now fair to say I’m on a poor run. After a decent enough start to 2010 Lady Luck seems to have well and truly deserted me. Graham DeLaet, backed at 600.0 , was by far the best of my best original picks this week but in finishing just one shot shy of the play-off, in a tie for third alongside Charl Schwartzel; he became yet another frustrating huge priced near miss . Although he lost by the narrowest margin possible, he never really looked to have a chance of winning, and as a result he never traded below 18.0 , so although he came mighty close, I didn’t get anything out of the bet. I’ve now had a pre-event pick at 50.0 or bigger finish in the top 3, in each and every week stretching right back in to February! In fact DeLaet became my fifth triple-figure priced player to finish in the top three in as many weeks! Surely I’ll bag a biggy soon….

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Apr 05, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

US Masters Betting: Top South African market

The Punter takes a close look at this year’s South African challenge at Augusta… “In such strong current form Ernie’s a short-priced priced jolly but considering he’s missed the cut here the last three years, I think he’s worth opposing.” South African golf is in an extremely healthy state at present with Ernie Els, Charl Schwartzel and Louis Oosthuizen all notching wins in 2010. South Africans also have a great recent record at Augusta, last year was the first time in six years that nobody from the Republic finished in the front three…. Of the seven that line up this time around, the only one to have experienced success at Augusta National is 2008 winner Trevor Immelman , but he’s spent a long time out of the game through injury and he hasn’t yet got close to rekindling his form of two years ago and has to be overlooked .

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Apr 05, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

US Masters Betting: Time with Jack will boost McIlroy’s Augusta chances

Bill Elliott tells us why after metting the great Jack Nicklaus, young Rory McIlroy will be in better shape to tackle Augusta this year, a course where his game should see him come good one year and allow him to don the famous Green Jacket. “What he also is, is smart. Smart enough to take up the opportunity a week or so ago to have lunch with Jack Nicklaus at the great man’s Muirfield Club in Ohio. The idea was not just to digest some decent food but to plug into the most strategic brain ever to grace the game. He thinks it worked.” Is it too early for Rory McIlroy to win a Masters? Almost certainly. Would it be foolish to overlook him when considering the eventual champion? Absolutely

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Apr 04, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
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