Typical, Xander finishes 3rd and Woodland wins it at 50+/1. Thankfully my ante-post bets for The Open are looking good value. Got Rory at 12/1, Schauffele at 40/1, Wallace at 85/1 and Woodland at 150/1 over the last 5 months or so. All odds have reduced significantly. Rahm and Scott also catching my eye.
On to the british open. My picks will be team crisps Rory McIllMcoys, Cameron Smiths, Tyrells Hatton, Jimmy Walkers
Always a little surprised that this thread on golf doesn't get more traffic. Do we not have many golfers on here? Anyway, The Players Championship this week with probably the most famous hole in golf, the 17th. Not sure if spectators are allowed but they were at last week tournament in the US that De Chambeau won. Had a cheeky fiver on Hovland for this.
Good point but I guess the 17th at Sawgrass is seen more often as The Open only goes to St Andrews every few years. Personally love the Postage Stamp at Royal Troon and Amen corner at Augusta
Tiger was doing his best Lewis Hamilton impression it seems. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/56668821 Lucky no one else was hurt or he wasn’t more seriously injured.
Love The Masters. I did think they were going to allow patrons in to this but not as many as normal. Going for Patrick Reed as his putting is the best on tour and outside bet on Hovland
Great minds think alike! I've went for: Schauffele Reed Scheffler Hovland Bezuidenhout All very small stakes (£15 across all 5) and all e/w (8 places). Just something to keep me entertained for a couple of days. Also liked the look of a special on SkyBet so did this at 66/1 (£5) Spieth&Thomas Top 10 Fleetwood&Westwood Top 20 Langer to make the cut
Incredible round from Rose. Good news for him is that plenty of those expected to be in contention (Thomas, DJ, Koepka, McIlroy) seemed to struggle today.
Rose was just awesome from hole 8 onwards, as you say an incredible round. My own small bets were on: Mickelson - T52 Si Woo Kim - T8 Thompson - T13 Kisner - T13
Xander and Reed placed for me so pretty much broke even (80p down). Matsuyama was excellent (bar a couple of crazy shots on the Par 5s on the back 9) and really deserved his win.
Yep Reed got me my money back. I would question Matsuyama's caddy was doing on the 15th. Just lay up you idiot
Golf is a good game but not a sport. What other athletic event could have a major contender at 53 or however old he is?
Did my usual day 1 visit to The Open in Sandwich today and it was as good as it always was. Was just so nice to wander amongst thousands of other people and not worry about covid. I made a point of waiting on a tee that Bryson DeChambeau would take a wood on and it was worth the wait. I looked him in the eyes and the bloke was wild, I admit to being a little scared. If any of you ever get the chance to go I can't recommend it highly enough.
Less people than normal. How does it compare to other Opens you've been too? Always fancied going to The Open but never got round to it
