USPGA CHAMPIONSHIP THREAD [SPOILERS]

corban

i'm hoping to land a punt from one or two of these six:

harrington (patriotic)
clarke (just a feeling he's coming good again)
perez...dunno why but i like him
casey + poulter
finally.... cink

who do you reckon will win?

stringy

Retief Goosen

Boo Weekly

Zach Johnson

and I'm not gambling, paddy power has taken enough off me this year, although harrington winning the open did make up for some of it

PAU

Singh and Cink maybe for E/W value.

redarmy

hopefully clarke has good tournament, leftys week i think;)

Woodgate

This one can tend to throw up an unexpected winner.

I'm going to go for Bubba Watson or Woody (choker) Austin.

madds

Westwood has been in a rich vein of form lately. I'd love to see him land this one. Hopefully he gets streaky with the putter.

gipo2

Westwood

Garcia

Harrington

Andystoran

Goosen

poulter

Jimenez

Harrington

Im gona pick 2 of these, not sure yet.

Matt Santos

Mickelson is the one now that the "other" man is not playin...
It is hard to believe how far ahead he is to the rest now. It is only that the "other" man is so far ahead of him that you dont notice!!
I really think that its there sitting up for lefty to collect but you know golf.. Anything can happen..
The others in the frame are..
1. Goosen- Ice flows thru this guys veins and these greens are gonna need that in a guy. A Par 70 does not yield many birdies but the goose has the game for this.
2. Poulter- Its a hugely controversial choice but hey I love this guy. He has sipped from the cup of glory but he really wants a gulp! Has the game, the temperment, the attitude and the will to take it to the top.
3. Allenby- Has been in a huge vein of form of late and can mix it with the best.
4. Kim- His all round game suits this scenario. He is solid in all areas and can win from the front or in the chase. A cert for Ryder Cup glory and may take this just to prove that!!
5. Villegas- His swash buckling antics at Birkdale caught the imagination of all and had every one watching. He is not afraid of the front either and should be in the shake up come Sunday.

DubCul

History is against a non-American win.

Would love to see Harrington do it, Clarke will come good some day soon.

Lefty to win but odds are not attractive, few euro on Mahan might not be bad bet.

Mister Sifter

Hunter Mahan and Garcia have my few quid for the week. I'll do my usual 1 euro on Monty but i've zero expectations of him even making the cut let alone winning the thing.

WaldenByThoreua

oliver Fisher

premierstone

Gone with -

Westwood - Form Horse
Clarke - Patriotic to a fault
Di Marco - Course form and played well last week

Adiaga 2

Not much hubbub about the final major of the year. Should be exciting with a lot of players in with a good chance. Would love to see Harrington have a good run at it. 3 good rounds for him last week. I'll go for Michelson to win - such a great player to watch imo. As an outsider, I'd pick Ross Fisher.

Trampas

big phil is still asleep 2 over after 2

Adiaga 2

Yeah Ross Fisher +2 also :pac:

Robert Karlsson started with a double then had 4 birdies in his next 5 holes. He has top 10s in all the majors so far this year.

Trampas

awake now birdie on 3rd. the 10th seems a hard hole. alot of bogies on it

kenco

Westwood to win
Perry and Kim for top 5s

Frisbee

Have money on

Harrington
Clarke
Poulter
Ames
Scott

Fancy them all to do quite well...

JCDUB

Stuck a few quid on Appleby e/w, 45's in PP, worth it for the place alone I reckon.
It's startin on SKy now in 10 minutes..

Daysha

Perfect start for Harrington

03mcgs0

Harrington crazy stuff

After 1st hole -1
After 2nd hole -2
After 3rd hole -3

He hit the bloody flag on the par three third!!! He should have had a hole in one! Can't believe it, couldn't be any better of a start!!!

KevIRL

03mcgs0 wrote: »

Harrington crazy stuff

After 1st hole -1
After 2nd hole -2
After 3rd hole -3

He hit the bloody flag on the par three third!!! He should have had a hole in one! Can't believe it, couldn't be any better of a start!!!

hmmmm I dunno, the perfect start would probably have included a slight twinge of his elbow

juvenal

Great stuff, he was a tad lucky with the third hole, but that's what the pin is for if you can hit it!

Woodgate

Matt Santos wrote: »

2. Poulter- Its a hugely controversial choice but hey I love this guy. He has sipped from the cup of glory but he really wants a gulp! Has the game, the temperment, the attitude and the will to take it to the top.

It's amazing how people think, I am not a fan of his and his temperment is suspect to be honest. He did great in the Open, but has bottled a lot of tournaments before. He has attitude and a decent game but I couldn't see him winning this or any Major.

juvenal

Could be -4 after four for PH with that approach!

Edit: Putt never broke, he'll be a little disappointed with that read, still nice to be -3 after four.

BillyBoy

Put your money on Harrington and Scott lads. I was going to put money on them but decided not to, so they are guaranteed to win now!! Happened with Harrington in the Open and Immelman in the Masters. Was going to back them both but talked myself out of it and put my money on some other donkey instead!! Typical!!

newballsplease

how is he guaranteed to win??? anything could happen

juvenal

newballsplease wrote: »

how is he guaranteed to win??? anything could happen

I think it was tongue-in-cheek, as he didn't back them.

TheScript

Keep it up Harry and you're beginning to push for major titles these days! Im beginning to believe in ya man!

juvenal

TheScript wrote: »

Keep it up Harry and you're beginning to push for major titles these days! Im beginning to believe in ya man!

Another great approach and birdie chance on 5.

I know it's only Thursday, and there's a lot of golf to be played, but if he keeps this up he's in with a real chance. He seems to be playing with a real confidence and spring in his step and the second major means that he'll never have to worry about that one-major club.

corban

if anyone doesnt have sky u can watch it here:
http://www.justin.tv/xs_sports

madds

Great start from Paddy. -3 after 5 holes. I hope he doesn't get down on himself after missing gettable putts on the last 2 holes. The wind seems to be picking up which will suit him down to the ground as he likes a course to be playing tough. Clarke's had a couple of birds in the opening 3 holes also, but missed the green long and left on the last and doubled the hole so he's a couple over now. Keep it going lads - 4 steady rounds will win this.

Sandwich

corban wrote: »

if anyone doesnt have sky u can watch it here:
http://www.justin.tv/xs_sports

Thanks. Much appreciated.

neckedit

Corban you are a total LEGEND!!!:)

darkman2

If Podge can finish around Even Par that would set him up nicely for the second round.


EDIT -1 now. A little careless at the 8th but nice second shot. Leader Goosen -4.

corban

no problem lads

stockdam

Go paddy go....ooops sorry I'm not allowed to call him that.

Hopefully all the Ryder Cup potentials have a good tournament especially Darren.

JerryHandbag

Have a feelin it'll be a rare European winner this week, with Karlsson and Garcia being my picks

stockdam

Thanks for the link corban and nice talking to you

juvenal

Play suspended due to bad weather. . .

DubCul

God, I'm a good judge, I said few euro on Mahan:mad: +11 hehe

Mister Sifter

DubCul wrote: »

God, I'm a good judge, I said few euro on Mahan:mad: +11 hehe

It's not easy playing with those slaves' shackles around his ankles i suppose.

I had a few quid on him too... spend it wisely Mr Power.

Adiaga 2

He's probably happy now that he'll be able to order a Dominos and play his Xbox while all those Ryder Cup suckers are at their fancy dinners.

Silver-Tiger

horror show for my picks and most other from what ive read

cink + 5 struggling
perry + 9 gone
westwood + 7 from reading his interview i think he's just interested in his holliers
furyk +1 good old jim, will never be gone after round 1 (he'll just wait till sat to break my heart)

ckarsenal

for anyone wanting to watch harrington's round live at the moment he's the featured group being shown on skysports.com at: http://www.skysports.com/golf/microsites/story/0,23730,14918_3944290,00.html
currently +1 after 5holes playing with Cabrera & Immelman

lisbon_lions

Thanks for that, Harrington needs to get of that bogey streak. 3 in a row now.

juvenal

Harrington finished +5 after 36 holes. Will make the cut. Current leader is -2. He'll disappointed with a 74 today, really put a dent in his chances.

I fancy Robert Karlsson to be there or thereabouts at the death. He's the only player to have top ten finishes in the three majors this year, this could be his calling.

JerryHandbag

juvenal wrote: »

I fancy Robert Karlsson to be there or thereabouts at the death. He's the only player to have top ten finishes in the three majors this year, this could be his calling.

You put the kiss of death on him there, hes havin a 'mare +6 for 10 holes...
J. B. Holmes is sittin pretty in the clubhouse..isnt he the guy who change his name from John Holmes to avoid being confused with the porn star!?

If Sergio can keep his head he'll be in great position over the weekend to finally bag his first major

Mister Sifter

He's my favourite player by a mile, but Colin Montgomerie can't possibly go to the Ryder Cup.

His game, and attitude, is shocking at the minute.

stockdam

McDowell's had a great round today.

Villegas is the new Ballesteros.