Congrats Splash! My Ryder cup bets: Top Overall Points Scorer - Money Back Special Jim Furyk @ 20/1 Top Overall Wildcard Points Scorer Ian Poulter @ 15/8 Top European Rookie Points Scorer Jamie Donaldson @ 11/8 (in a double) Top European Points Scorer - Money Back Special Sergio Garcia @ 13/2 Event Correct Score - Money Back Special 17.5-10.5 Europe @ 25/1 GL everyone! Posted by mrdavies
Hey Mr Davies, just a word of warning for u. Check that your double was accepted ok, as I suspect it wasn't, and u maybe due an unpleasant surprise should it come up. Your bet is what they call in the industry a 'related' bet. Whereby the result of one part of your double (ie Poulter top overall wildcard) affects the outcome of the other (Donaldson top European rookie) because Gallagher is in both markets.
Edit:- I just tried the same double with skybet, and it was knocked back.
My bets are Europe 17-11 20/1, 16.5-11.5 12/1, 16-12 11/1. Rory top European 4/1 and Garcia top European 6/1. Also on Europe to win as part of an acca.
My bets are Europe 17-11 20/1, 16.5-11.5 12/1, 16-12 11/1. Rory top European 4/1 and Garcia top European 6/1. Also on Europe to win as part of an acca. Come on and kick ar@e!!! Posted by joesman1
Also had a tenner on Speith at 22/1 for overall top scorer so was a bit back and forth this afternoon but finished in profit with Justin Rose . (Cheers Hunter for that last hole - what was he thinking)
In Response to Re: Get in the Hole! 2014 Season! (The Ryder Cup) : Nice one! I was on 5% of that right? Posted by MAXALLY
Of course Alan... I even had the foresight to back Johnson to win the 18th at 5/2, so making up for 17-11 becoming 16.5-11.5.... U can have 5% of that too
Been out all weekend, but followed bits n pieces of it on R5L, who are amazing at golf commentary. I watched the highlight's show when I got home, and I must say WOW! doesn't the ryder cup always deliver some almost GOD-Like golf and some of the shots were breathtaking! Matt Kuchar's holing out from an Iron Shot in the fairway, and Justin Rose stiffing it from an almost impossible position in the rough..
AND THEN!
Then there was donaldson's magnificent Iron into the green to a foot away "seal the deal" and WIN the ryder cup, was just awesome!
There was just the ONE deciding factor in what really WAS a very close event. The foursomes. The American's Losing the foursomes by 7-1 was just inexcuseable. There's also been alot of heat in the press bout what Mickleson was saying in the aftermath, and I think, YES he is highlighting what was done right when they Won, but that is something which SHOULD be said in a few days time, when looking back and the dust has settled.
Basically by Saying it NOW, when the trophy had only been given out that very same day (probably minutes/hours ago) he really HAS undermimed Watson as Captain and sent out totally the Wrong Signals!!!
Basically, my oppinion is this!
"Come on Phil, If YOU, think that YOU have all the Bright Ideas, they why not YOU step up, Be Captain, and then when we win the ryder cup AGAIN in your OWN backyard, THEN try and tell us what IS/ISN'T right about America's Strategy!"
I think the basica fact at present, is that currently Europe has a Golden Age of Golfer's and that our guys have far more Talent than the American's and are alot more closer-Nit than they can ever DREAM of being...
Whilst this remains in place, I can't see the Americans winning the Ryder Cup much before my Little Niece of 8-9 Months old Goes to Primary School!!!!
Well that's My Rant over with! Happy with the result anyhoo!
In early this week... Giving Grace another go in this event as he owes me nothing having won it for me before, 100/1. Weisberger 50/1. Willet 40/1 they are all with paddy power ew 1st six... I've also backed Rock 125/1 and Siem 150/1 ew 1st five with skybet.
Just think it's safer to leave the Ryder Cup boys alone this week. Though I might get tempted to back Dubuisson win only, as he was lightly used, and likes playing in the wind.
I've spread the love a bit this week. Like Neil I've avoided the Ryder Cup boys as they probably still have a hang over. (Saying that, Rory would still win with a hangover if he plays anything like he has been lately.)
did this bet after an offer of money back as a free bet if it loses up to £10
Just watched the last 3 holes and i can,t see him holding his bottle. Despite being 3 shots ahead going into the final round he,s still 4/1 so i might lay some of it off
Ps - Could have really done with him taking one of those birdie chances at the end but his putting looks terrible
Done my brains in this week on the golf. As well as above, had in running bets on Woods, Dubuisson, and topped up on Siem... But just want to say, I'm really chuffed for one of the good guys in the game. Well done Oliver Wilson, at long last, the monkey is off your back. U could see how much it meant to him and his Mrs.
But I'm not not alone in backing half the field and still not getting a return.... I think with Flash and Darty we covered nearly 20 players, avoided all the Ryder Cup players - which was a good move - and still zip, nil, nada.... Unless Flash had Tommy boy ew, then at least he got his money back.
Well, work got in the way of golf and general armchair sports participation over the last couple of weeks, but I managed to catch up with a bag of pain over the weekend with the Dunhill Links.
As Neil posted above, between us I think we took care of virtually every possible scenario except one and that was the feel good win for Oliver Wilson.
As my main pre tournament bet, 100/1 shot Chris Wood dropped from the lead down to 6th, thanks to a belated 2 shot penalty on the first, as my final fling of the dice in 18/1 shot Richie Ramsay went 2 shots clear with 3 to play, only to go bogey, bogey, par, as I chuckled a little as Rory putted his third shot into the road hole bunker on 17, the one outcome I couldn't begrudge was watching Oliver Wilson bounce back into fulltime European Tour golf with the win.
I didn't see a single shot of the Ryder Cup, more importantly I missed the announcement of new arrival Anna Splashies, so belated but sincere congratulations to the Splashies family!!!
Well, work got in the way of golf and general armchair sports participation over the last couple of weeks, but I managed to catch up with a bag of pain over the weekend with the Dunhill Links. As Neil posted above, between us I think we took care of virtually every possible scenario except one and that was the feel good win for Oliver Wilson. As my main pre tournament bet, 100/1 shot Chris Wood dropped from the lead down to 6th, thanks to a belated 2 shot penalty on the first, as my final fling of the dice in 18/1 shot Richie Ramsay went 2 shots clear with 3 to play, only to go bogey, bogey, par, as I chuckled a little as Rory putted his third shot into the road hole bunker on 17, the one outcome I couldn't begrudge was watching Oliver Wilson bounce back into fulltime European Tour golf with the win. I didn't see a single shot of the Ryder Cup, more importantly I missed the announcement of new arrival Anna Splashies, so belated but sincere congratulations to the Splashies family!!! Posted by TheDart
Done my brains in this week on the golf. As well as above, had in running bets on Woods, Dubuisson, and topped up on Siem... But just want to say, I'm really chuffed for one of the good guys in the game. Well done Oliver Wilson, at long last, the monkey is off your back. U could see how much it meant to him and his Mrs. But I'm not not alone in backing half the field and still not getting a return.... I think with Flash and Darty we covered nearly 20 players, avoided all the Ryder Cup players - which was a good move - and still zip, nil, nada.... Unless Flash had Tommy boy ew, then at least he got his money back. Posted by joesman1
Bit embarrassing, I totally forgot I backed Tommy. I knew I had him in my fantasy team, but thought I'd skipped backing him as he was 28/1. I was actually hoping he didn't birdie the last so Ollie could win, what a clown, if only I had remembered I actually wanted him to win hahaha!! I did have him e/w so got some returns there. I also got paid 6 places on Lowry, but as it was a 3 way tie for 6th I only made about £2 on that bet! Think I must of made a little bit this week, but mot much, maybe break even at worst.
1st in again this week, as I've money to re-coup... Took the 50/1 ew about Ilonen before it disappeared. More to follow....
Edit:- Additions are Weisberger 16/1 ew - just think he's due to win very soon. Siem 50/1 ew - a streaky player who having shown form last week will I feel kick on. Why Illonen?? Dunno, just gut feeling..
Right then only one tournament this week so plenty of time to study and post picks. In the meantime, I've a little teaser I recently came across some notes I made on a player from 2010. This person does post on here, who do you reckon my player notes are for, bearing in mind this thread didn't exist in 2010, so said player was a complete stranger to me back then.... good player, bullied me in £15k final with 45 bluff, showed it on tv, nice bloke Posted by TheDart
Just realized I didn't reveal who my notes were on....
No doubt really, it could only be Joesman1.
Though I would say back in 2010, I thought virtually everyone on the site was a good player
Opposite strategy to Flash for me, I'm indulging myself with a few bets and setting myself up for a bit of armchair excitement on Thursday.
Portugal Masters, if you look at the results history of this tournament it's easy to establish the profile for the type of player you should be backing this week, someone who plays well in the wind and is comfortable on open links type courses.
Previous winners Lynn, Lowry, Lewis, Green, Westwood, Quiros and Webster all fit the profile as do the top 15 or so players in the betting, so I think we have a wide open event in Portugal this week.
Frys.com Open, first event of the 2014/15 season, with a right mixture of regular tour players and newbies, some who have had a break, some who have been keeping pretty busy. It feels like picking the winner here is like throwing darts in the dark and the best strategy may well be leave it alone, but I'm set up for a Thursday of armchair viewing, so I've at least got to have a stab in the dark.
I've paired my picks this week, for singles and a double:
Couple Number 1 Chris Wood - 50/1, after calling a 2 shot penalty on himself on the first at St Andrews on Sunday and still finishing tied 9th, I expected a bit of a punters love in for Chris Wood this week, particularly as his fitness and form is on the up. He hasn't played this event very much, but he did finish tied 10th on his debut. I was hoping to grab 33/1 from the early prices, I'm very Surprised he's still available at 50/1 or even 40/1.
Brooks Koepka - 28/1, looked like winning this event on his debut last year, before eventually finishing 3rd. Now has his card for the PGATour and has been playing very well over the last few months.
Couple Number 2 Nicolas Colsaerts - 40/1, last year David Lynn came back to Europe in the Autumn after playing most of the season on the PGA Tour and in doing so won this event. Nicolas Colsaerts has followed a similar path to Lynn this year and to boost the confidence, he was tied 4th last time out at the Wales Open and was tied 15th last season. I was very surprised to see him priced as big as 40/1.
Graham DeLaet - 25/1, my excuse here is that I liked the idea of a double with 2 bombers, so its the Belgium Bomber and the Bearded Bomber for me.
Couple Number 3 Matthew Baldwin - 150/1, sometimes when players pull off a shock win, they will tell you during the winners interview, that they have been playing well for weeks, things just hadn't quite clicked into place, that they knew they were ready for a big week and so on, when you hear this you are left thinking I wish I'd known that!
Well Matthew Baldwin has missed his last 3 cuts and is seemingly struggling, but this is what he said when he was staring at a missed cut in Scotland last week...
'As daft as it sounds currently sat at 4 over my golf game is so close to being the best it's ever been.'
'Game, focus and concentration and a great week is just around the corner. Need to have the patience to wait for that week.'
Matthew Baldwin has the player profile that fits this course, he was tied 15th last year and has shot under par in each of his last 7 rounds here.
Could this be the week for Matthew Baldwin? At 150/1 ew first 5 it would be a darn good week to do it.
Bo Van Pelt - 66/1, he had some good to exceptional rounds towards the end of last season. His game, form and confidence is heading in the right direction and you'd expect him to be raring to go this week.
Couple Number 4 Andy Sullivan - 100/1, playing very well at the moment, his best results have been at events where you'd expect conditions to be similar to this week. Decent performances here in the last 2 years despite coming into the event in fairly ordinary form. Good ew value at 100/1
Justin Thomas - 80/1, Purely based on the fact that he appeared to be the best performer on the Web.com Tour last season and that 80/1 looks good value for a player that could well settle in on tour very quickly.
In Response to Re: Get in the Hole! 2014 Season! (Wales Open) : Just realized I didn't reveal who my notes were on.... No doubt really, it could only be Joesman1. Though I would say back in 2010, I thought virtually everyone on the site was a good player Posted by TheDart
I remember that was my 1st main event win... Totally ran over the f/t, finally finishing with 18 heads . Thought the record would stand for ever... But it only lasted 2 weeks til a female player took 21... I've only won Primo once though, think Mr Flash can beat that in a month??
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£5.00 Single
Market
Selection
Price
Hcp
Top European - Ryder Cup 2014
Top European
Rose, Justin
7/1
Total stake
£ 5.00
Estimated return
£ 40.00
Full stake
£ 5.00
AND THEN!
Then there was donaldson's magnificent Iron into the green to a foot away "seal the deal" and WIN the ryder cup, was just awesome!
There was just the ONE deciding factor in what really WAS a very close event. The foursomes. The American's Losing the foursomes by 7-1 was just inexcuseable. There's also been alot of heat in the press bout what Mickleson was saying in the aftermath, and I think, YES he is highlighting what was done right when they Won, but that is something which SHOULD be said in a few days time, when looking back and the dust has settled.
Basically by Saying it NOW, when the trophy had only been given out that very same day (probably minutes/hours ago) he really HAS undermimed Watson as Captain and sent out totally the Wrong Signals!!!
Basically, my oppinion is this!
"Come on Phil, If YOU, think that YOU have all the Bright Ideas, they why not YOU step up, Be Captain, and then when we win the ryder cup AGAIN in your OWN backyard, THEN try and tell us what IS/ISN'T right about America's Strategy!"
I think the basica fact at present, is that currently Europe has a Golden Age of Golfer's and that our guys have far more Talent than the American's and are alot more closer-Nit than they can ever DREAM of being...
Whilst this remains in place, I can't see the Americans winning the Ryder Cup much before my Little Niece of 8-9 Months old Goes to Primary School!!!!
Well that's My Rant over with! Happy with the result anyhoo!
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As Neil posted above, between us I think we took care of virtually every possible scenario except one and that was the feel good win for Oliver Wilson.
As my main pre tournament bet, 100/1 shot Chris Wood dropped from the lead down to 6th, thanks to a belated 2 shot penalty on the first, as my final fling of the dice in 18/1 shot Richie Ramsay went 2 shots clear with 3 to play, only to go bogey, bogey, par, as I chuckled a little as Rory putted his third shot into the road hole bunker on 17, the one outcome I couldn't begrudge was watching Oliver Wilson bounce back into fulltime European Tour golf with the win.
I didn't see a single shot of the Ryder Cup, more importantly I missed the announcement of new arrival Anna Splashies, so belated but sincere congratulations to the Splashies family!!!
No doubt really, it could only be Joesman1.
Though I would say back in 2010, I thought virtually everyone on the site was a good player
Opposite strategy to Flash for me, I'm indulging myself with a few bets and setting myself up for a bit of armchair excitement on Thursday.
Portugal Masters, if you look at the results history of this tournament it's easy to establish the profile for the type of player you should be backing this week, someone who plays well in the wind and is comfortable on open links type courses.
Previous winners Lynn, Lowry, Lewis, Green, Westwood, Quiros and Webster all fit the profile as do the top 15 or so players in the betting, so I think we have a wide open event in Portugal this week.
Frys.com Open, first event of the 2014/15 season, with a right mixture of regular tour players and newbies, some who have had a break, some who have been keeping pretty busy. It feels like picking the winner here is like throwing darts in the dark and the best strategy may well be leave it alone, but I'm set up for a Thursday of armchair viewing, so I've at least got to have a stab in the dark.
I've paired my picks this week, for singles and a double:
Couple Number 1
Chris Wood - 50/1, after calling a 2 shot penalty on himself on the first at St Andrews on Sunday and still finishing tied 9th, I expected a bit of a punters love in for Chris Wood this week, particularly as his fitness and form is on the up. He hasn't played this event very much, but he did finish tied 10th on his debut. I was hoping to grab 33/1 from the early prices, I'm very Surprised he's still available at 50/1 or even 40/1.
Brooks Koepka - 28/1, looked like winning this event on his debut last year, before eventually finishing 3rd. Now has his card for the PGATour and has been playing very well over the last few months.
Couple Number 2
Nicolas Colsaerts - 40/1, last year David Lynn came back to Europe in the Autumn after playing most of the season on the PGA Tour and in doing so won this event. Nicolas Colsaerts has followed a similar path to Lynn this year and to boost the confidence, he was tied 4th last time out at the Wales Open and was tied 15th last season. I was very surprised to see him priced as big as 40/1.
Graham DeLaet - 25/1, my excuse here is that I liked the idea of a double with 2 bombers, so its the Belgium Bomber and the Bearded Bomber for me.
Couple Number 3
Matthew Baldwin - 150/1, sometimes when players pull off a shock win, they will tell you during the winners interview, that they have been playing well for weeks, things just hadn't quite clicked into place, that they knew they were ready for a big week and so on, when you hear this you are left thinking I wish I'd known that!
Well Matthew Baldwin has missed his last 3 cuts and is seemingly struggling, but this is what he said when he was staring at a missed cut in Scotland last week...
'As daft as it sounds currently sat at 4 over my golf game is so close to being the best it's ever been.'
'Game, focus and concentration and a great week is just around the corner. Need to have the patience to wait for that week.'
Matthew Baldwin has the player profile that fits this course, he was tied 15th last year and has shot under par in each of his last 7 rounds here.
Could this be the week for Matthew Baldwin? At 150/1 ew first 5 it would be a darn good week to do it.
Bo Van Pelt - 66/1, he had some good to exceptional rounds towards the end of last season. His game, form and confidence is heading in the right direction and you'd expect him to be raring to go this week.
Couple Number 4
Andy Sullivan - 100/1, playing very well at the moment, his best results have been at events where you'd expect conditions to be similar to this week. Decent performances here in the last 2 years despite coming into the event in fairly ordinary form. Good ew value at 100/1
Justin Thomas - 80/1, Purely based on the fact that he appeared to be the best performer on the Web.com Tour last season and that 80/1 looks good value for a player that could well settle in on tour very quickly.