The Masters - Who are you Betting on?

slumped

OK, so the Players whetted our appetites for some top class golf on an amazing course. Congrats to the few who backed Ames early.

Now, who are you backing for the Masters?

My tips are

Mike Weir - former winner, back to form, currently 50/1 with Gamebookers.ie

Jose Maria Olazabal - in form, former winner, currently 66/1 with game bookers.

I am avoiding Tiger until his dad is better, or whatever. Avoid the Irish also.

Oberholser looks like a promising young golfer, but first time out at Augusta will surely be too much.

Back Olly E/W at 66/1 and stick a euro or two on Weir to Win.

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css

I've had Ernie backed for the last few weeks... But haven't really looked at the rest yet to be honest..

As for the Players, the less said the better..
Love - shot an 83 on day 2.
Scott - shot 80+? on day 3.
VJ - shot a +5 on final day..

Not a good championship for me anyhow!! :eek:

TheDoc

I'm backing, yet again Sergio. I alwyas abck him for everything caue i love him to bits.

But atfer this weeks performance, and currently im watching him do well in the Tavistock cup, i think he has a major chance, he is putting really well.

slumped

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote:

I'm backing, yet again Sergio. I alwyas abck him for everything caue i love him to bits.

But atfer this weeks performance, and currently im watching him do well in the Tavistock cup, i think he has a major chance, he is putting really well.

Yeah but he is like Darren Clarke, shoots three great rounds and F*cks up one. Capable of shooting 66, 68, 67, 82


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badbrian

I'm backing Els. Not a great price but he has a pretty good record round there. Also on the record as really liking the changes.
Clarke apparently burnt it up last year (in practice) and flopped. He has the patriotic bet. Very inconistent I know.
Of the rest might do DiMarco (assuming recovered) if a big enough price.

Paddy Power have the worst odds by far for the Masters, particularly the Irish ones.

TOm Kelly

You can compare bookmakers odds for golf ... and other sports at this site - worth doing particularly in golf as there can be huge differences ... one bookie may be 33/1 and another 50/1 etc.

www.oddschecker.com

Marshy

My fiver's on David Toms at 40/1 ... as long as his bottle holds up

andyman

I put a fiver on Sergio Garcia. After seeing TPC I was going to put it on Olazabel. I just can't see him do it though.

css

The goose mightn't be a bad bet, he's been playing well for the last few weeks and is a good iron player.. He has the bottle too, which helps!

Apart from that, i'm not really sure to be honest.. Like i said i've got ernie done too..

BillyBoy

I think i'll throw a few euro on Olazabel. If players have to hit long irons into greens because Augusta is so long, then Jose is the one person I'd put money on cause his iron play is so good.

Trampas

If Jose can put it in the short stuff of the tee he will have a chance if his driving goes he will be nowhere

css

The odds on the goose and jose have plumetted in the last week thanks to their good showing at the last 2 tourneys..

TheDoc

i have sergio at 33/1

TabulaRasa22

I'd put a fiver on Sergio too...

The jock

Fred Couples 125/1
Joe Ogilvie 250/1
Ted Purdy 200/1

D'arkness

Back
Goosen E/W
Els E/W

Long shots worth a couple of €

Harrington at 60.0
Sabbatini 180.0
Michael Campbell 180.0

Hole in One 2.6

From Betfair

Quattroste

DiMarco at 50/1. He is proven on the course and 3rd time lucky.
Westwood at 100/1. I always have a bet on Westy!
I will do another bet but its between Furyk(who I hate watching but is playing well) and Toms.

Pighead

5pts E/W Phil Mickelson 9-2(Betting w/O T woods). In the form of his life,won the bell south classic by a country mile. In with a great chance of claiming another Major.

2Pts E/W Retief Goosen 9-1. Played beautifully in the final round of the Bell South Classic last weekend. Hardly missed a put.

1 Pt Each Way Scott Verplank 100-1. Rarely has a bad tournament. Should give a run for your money at a big price.Seems to have a habit of fading away in final rounds. though

Culchie

S. Garcia 38/1 €5.55
P. Harrington 60/1 €4.00
D. Howell 75/1 €4.00
T. Bjorn 220/1 €4.00
C. Montgomerie 200/1 €4.00
J. Leonard 250/1 €4.00
M. O Meara 920/1 €4.00

abakan

Culchie wrote:

P. Harrington 60/1 €4.00


C. Montgomerie 200/1 €4.00

Has Monty not pulled out of the Masters?? saying he was gonna give it a miss bacause he has missed the last 4 cuts

Good odds on Harrington - i have him at 40/1 with Paddy power - should shop around more

Culchie

lol, I was on holidays last couple of weeks, so would have missed news on Monty ... I think it will be a void bet on betfair if he's a non starter anyway.

Paddy Power usually worst site for golf value odds.

Use http://odds.bestbetting.com/ to shop around for your best markets....in golf there are huge differences

stringy

David Toms 40-1 so consistent this year
David Howell 50-1 (fantastic stats this year, www.pgatour.com)
Henrik Stenson 66-1 playing great stuff this year

J.R.HARTLEY

abakan wrote:

Has Monty not pulled out of the Masters?? saying he was gonna give it a miss bacause he has missed the last 4 cuts

Good odds on Harrington - i have him at 40/1 with Paddy power - should shop around more

harro has no chance of winning it, it'll be tiger, vijay, mickelson, goose territory, harro hasn't played well enough to inspire any confidence, plus the more advantaged golfers in regard to money and technology have the better chance, you need a guy who's very strong and long but not wayward, and has to be good with the long irons, i'd expect tiger to only be hitting about 75% drives, if he starts that unleashing he could go anywhere, and the course is too hard for lads going all over the place,

ps i think they ruined some of the holes with the length

mike65

The last time the Bel South and Masters were won back to back was 1988 so Mickelson is unlikely to make anyone rich.

Luke Donald might be worth a fiver....

Mike.

Culchie

J.R.HARTLEY wrote:

harro has no chance of winning it

Maybe, Maybe not. I don't begrudge putting a few quid on him at 60/1, he is certainly value at that price.

He is Irish.... when you think they will win they let you down..... when you write off their chances, they give it 'loads'.

Methinks he'll be in and around the house.

charlesanto

Loving These picks - will do the same

stringy wrote:

David Toms 40-1 so consistent this year
David Howell 50-1 (fantastic stats this year, www.pgatour.com)
Henrik Stenson 66-1 playing great stuff this year

charlesanto

N.o'hern 150/1

H.stenson 50/1

David Howell 50/1

slumped

I take it then that nobody snapped Olly up at 66/1 with gamebookers.ie except me? He is now in to 28/1!

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prospect

My Bets,

Mickelson €10 To Win @ 6/1
Weir €2.50 E/W @ 40/1
Toms €2.50 E/W @ 40/1

JustMac

Can never seem to bet on the outright winner so:

€10 @ 5/1 L.Donald - Best European
€10 @ 4/1 H.Stenson - Top Debutant
€10 e/w @ 10/1 S.Garcia (-8 shots) - 72 Hole Handicap (PP)
€10 Langer, Calcavecchia, Bjorn & Couples all to make the cut

denachoman

The 2 Davids for me -

€10 e/w on Toms (40/1) and Howell (50/1).

prospect

JustMac wrote:

€10 Langer, Calcavecchia, Bjorn & Couples all to make the cut

What odds did you get on this?

JustMac

prospect wrote:

What odds did you get on this?

Accumulator - Langer 4/7, Calcavecchia Evens, Bjorn 8/11 & Couples 4/9.
I put this through a accumulator calculator thing and it works out just under 8/1 (78.xx for my 10euro hopefully!!!)

prospect

Cool,

Also, in relation to earlier posts, I see Monty is down to tee of at 11:40am local time?

Scottty2Hottty

Backed Oberholser at 125/1, Happy days so far

BillyBoy

Backed Olly. ah well there is always next year and the grand national is on Saturday so i can lose some more money there!

Ruu_Old

Its a gamblers nightmare right now third round just ended a few mins ago, nailbiting stuff. I expect Tiger to put on a show in the final round, but its anyones game.

Trampas

If you backed Garcia in powers you have got you money back as he birdied the 72nd hole.

Money back special

RuggieBear

i've each way on vijay....he's on the cusp of making me money....:D

rag2gar

Had an ew on couples and he came joint thirds with 5 others what does this mean??

5 euro 1/4 odds @ 125/1. He came top5 so i get payed right??

RuggieBear

rag2gar wrote:

Had an ew on couples and he came joint thirds with 5 others what does this mean??

5 euro 1/4 odds @ 125/1. He came top5 so i get payed right??

yep...in and around 120 euro back

sweet

Dman_15

I had Mickelson FTW and Olazabla EW

Trampas

US Masters 2006 Refund!
Money Back Special
The 1st major of the year has resulted in a major refund for Paddy Power customers. As they birdied the 18th hole of their final rounds, we are refunding losing outright singles on the following players:
- Tiger Woods
- Padraig Harrington
- Sergio Garcia
- Ernie Els
- Mike Weir
- Tim Clark
- Chad Campbell
- Shingo Katayama
- Ted Purdy
- Ben Curtis.

Powers wont be happy

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