Deutsche Bank Championship

Aidric

The next round of the fed-ex cup playoffs kicks off tomorrow and runs till Monday. Harringtons form of recent weeks has been encouraging and he looks likely to pick up a win soon. Woods has been consistently good if not his lethal best. Vijay Singh is twice a winner of this tournament and Mickelson has also won it. It's a stellar field again and should make for a great few days golf.
I'm gonna plump for Harrington and Stricker as my picks for this week.
The action kicks off on Eurosport @ 8pm on Friday.

Tee Times: http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r505/tee-times.html

Betting: http://www.paddypower.com/bet/golf/deutsche-bank-championship?ev_oc_grp_ids=49587

blackwaterfish

Zach Johnson looked very good - not sure TPC is his type of track tho.

Hunter mahan is very consistant here.

Wonder will Phil show up this week?

its notable how many "experts" on the pga website have opted for padraig as their top-pick when usually if tigers around they all tend plumb for him exclusively.....

.....out of 10 experts 3 went for harrington - 7 for woods... doesnt sound too hot but its not often it happens.

padraig is 16-1 on paddy power to win outright..... not bad at all. he's 10-1 without woods.

zach johnson 4-1 to finish in top 10...... charlie hoffman 12-1 top 10

Aidric

blackwaterfish wrote: »

its notable how many "experts" on the pga website have opted for padraig as their top-pick when usually if tigers around they all tend plumb for him exclusively.....
.....out of 10 experts 3 went for harrington - 7 for woods... doesnt sound too hot but its not often it happens.

You're right there, I took notice of that as well. You would have to be impressed with his recent accuracy & length from the tee. If he can get his short game back to his brilliant best then he could go on a streak. I'm definately having a few quid on him this weekend.

blackwaterfish

And we're off! ... Sweeeeet!

According to shottracker padraig just hit a 364yd drive off #14..... !!!!

i know shottracker can go a bit mad at times but its just showed his pitch in from the 364yd point.

364yrds!?.... i'll have some of what he had please!

Aidric

Harrington is -1 through seven, Verplank is burning it up on -5 through the same mark.

Cremated

Aidric wrote: »

Harrington is -1 through seven, Verplank is burning it up on -5 through the same mark.

Harrington did start on the back 9, just saying incase you didn't know,

he's now on the par5 18th...

blackwaterfish

WHOA PADRAIG.... HOLY CRAP... SWEEEEEEET

-3 THRU 9 HOLES!

WHAT A PUTT!:D

Cremated

Padraig just Eagles the Par5 18th, and is now -3 so far...

Aidric

Harrington is after sinking a monster eagle putt on 18 to go three under through nine.

Cremated

blackwaterfish wrote: »

WHOA PADRAIG.... HOLY CRAP... SWEEEEEEET

-3 THRU 9 HOLES!

WHAT A PUTT!:D

What length was the putt?, what did he drive to get on the green for Eagle?...

Aidric

The shot tracker option on pgatour.com is a great tool, live video as well.

http://www.pgatour.com/shottracker/?pgat_cid=tour_09_103#/current/r505/1/player/20766/

Cremated

Aidric wrote: »

The shot tracker option on pgatour.com is a great tool, live video as well.

http://www.pgatour.com/shottracker/?pgat_cid=tour_09_103#/current/r505/1/player/20766/

Thanks for that, nice tool there, is it updated often?...

Aidric

Cremated wrote: »

Thanks for that, nice tool there, is it updated often?...

So far it's been updated every couple of mins, shot by shot analysis at each hole. There's only video on some holes afaik.

blackwaterfish

Cremated wrote: »

What length was the putt?, what did he drive to get on the green for Eagle?...

HOLE # 18 looks like the easiest hole of the back 9 at least..... he hit a decent drive, was in the first cut of rough.... looks like he hit his 5 wood to just on the fringe, pin high, but had at least 55 feet left to the pin...

He bevelled it in.

shot o the day no doubt.

almost all are going for the green in 2 though... such is the difficulty ( or lack of ) of the 18th

could be a phenom. finishing hole.

Cremated

PH just makes a 24ft putt to make a Birdie on a Par3 2nd hole, now on -4...

Aidric

Harrington has dropped a 24ft putt for birdie on the par three third to go to -4.

blackwaterfish

Podge bombs in a 24 ft putt for a bird on hole 3...

he's an animal!!!!!

Cremated

And now he is going to a 298yard Par4, another Birdie on the cards,:D well we hope...

blackwaterfish

AIDRIC

next hole is a 300yrd par 4.... index 18.... Surely he's goin for the flag here

seriously tho.... just a bird would be here supersweet

blackwaterfish

hehehe.... you guys are quick!

Aidric

Easiest hole on the course, he'll definately have a cut at it from the tee.

blackwaterfish

tenner says he bogeys it after trying 2 cream it on the green

id love 2 be wrong

Aidric

He's hit it in a front bunker, 40yds from the hole. A bird is still on.

Edit: He's knocked it in to two feet from the sand.

neckedit

Are Eurosport showing this Live?

L.O.F.T

Harrington has 1ft 4'' left for a birdie, on the 4th, to go to -5

Cremated

Hits from the bunker to 1ft 4 of the pin, birdie is on big time...

blackwaterfish

thats some bunker shot...

more poultry on the way!

Aidric

neckedit wrote: »

Are Eurosport showing this Live?

Coverage from 8 tonight.

blackwaterfish

Thats pure Poultry in motion

-5

excellent

blackwaterfish

pin position on 5 looks very interesting... nice drive by PH... looks a very straight forward hole after a decent drive.... wondering why its index 1

Cremated

Poultry?, Golf term?, :eek:, still PH at -5 looking good...

neckedit

Aidric wrote: »

Coverage from 8 tonight.

Thanks man. just read your OP, top link to the shot tracker.

blackwaterfish

wonder what driver padraig has in the bag this wknd?.... whatever it is its doing its job very nicely.

is it an R9?..... was it an FT-i last week no?

whatawaster

Harrington for the Fedex Cup?

blackwaterfish

Cremated wrote: »

Poultry?, Golf term?, :eek:, still PH at -5 looking good...

poultry in motion..... sure its pure poetry!

blackwaterfish

PH is over 90% greens in regulation today so far.... christ he's going along smoothly at the mo.

no question of his form.... mentally he just needs to keep some tinder dry for the last 9 on monday night.... assuming he's in with a shout.

blackwaterfish

dang... an hour drive home now... gonna miss the end a this round.

feck!

Aidric

Jaysus, Stricker is on fire. -8 after 13 holes. 5 birdies in a row.

blackwaterfish

thats all the pent up frustration after he duffed that putt on the 18th last week.

-8 under tho... course record under threat.

tiger must be enjoying strickers company today

Aidric

First mistake of the day from Harrington, a three putt on the par four 6th, makes bogey to go back to -4.

blackwaterfish

Aidric wrote: »

First mistake of the day from Harrington, a three putt on the par four 6th, makes bogey to go back to -4.

always going 2 happen... pars all the way home would be just great

... well maybe 1 more example of poultry in motion!

Aidric

He should pick up a birdie here at the par five seventh if he can hit a good second in.

Aidric

Right, after day 1 Furyk & Stricker share the lead on -8 after shooting serious 63's yesterday. Harrington lies four off the lead after a good 67. He goes out at quarter to six Irish time this evening so should be able to catch some of his round on Eurosport. Their coverage kicks off at 8.

who_ru

is this available online?

corban

http://www.justin.tv/espn2k9/popout

after 9pm

webels

Padraig at -8...... 4 off lead

Cremated

You shoot -4 twice and still come up four shots short, feck me ,

will the top boys slip up?, how do they go under pressure, Furyk looking good, but Goosen can blow up time to time...

soundsham

is tiger wearing the stanford "S" on his shirt coz college football starts today or is there another reason?....anybody know

another good 67 for ph today -8 for a t11 position 4 off the lead

copacetic

soundsham wrote: »

is tiger wearing the stanford "S" on his shirt coz college football starts today or is there another reason?....anybody know

another good 67 for ph today -8 for a t11 position 4 off the lead

yep, Nike have all their players wearing their college logos to 'celebrate the start of the season'

Aidric

At the start of today I said I'd be happy if PH shot another 67. Fair enough he's four off but it won't stay that way imo. I had a vision that PH would shoot 4 consecutive 67's to win the tournament... Watch this space!

mag

was anyone able to get a feed of this? tried myp2p.eu but none of the feeds were working.