US Masters 2010 tips

heviballs

Who do you guys fancy this year?
One thing that annoys me about the bookies is the way they shorten a golfer for a poor performance and leave the price as is when a fancied player has a bad tourney
Case in point in Stricker,i flagged him as my fancy for the masters last week before his win,he has gone from 22/1 with pp and is now 16/1,i think it's a disgrace,yes people may be backing him but don't tell me pp havn't got him covered
And besides any big punters i know back on betfair so it's pure bs

Fwiw my other tip for the masters is Cink,decent record here and may add to his open win

Woddle

Steve Elkington to finish as top Australian each way at 14/1

mike65

That Irish lad must be a good e/w shout.

cson

McIlroy for a top 5.

Not original I know but the lad is playing well coming up to it and Augusta should suit him. Might consider Westwood as well.

heviballs

mike65 wrote: »

That Irish lad must be a good e/w shout.

i don't think Eamoon Darcy qualified this year

heviballs

cson wrote: »

McIlroy for a top 5.

Not original I know but the lad is playing well coming up to it and Augusta should suit him. Might consider Westwood as well.

you couldn't rule out either,price for Rory is a joke though,just a little woried that his putting might not be quite up to it,his long putting is generally great but mises a lot of 5-10 footers that the likes of Woods and Michelson will get motn.
Booked the end of the week off work for this so looking forward to it big time

golfcentral

Hi Guys,

I'm going to have a good look at the Masters this weekend and post my tips on my site www.golfcentraldaily.com - i do a piece called "Bet your balls" every week

We've had a great year already with Kaymer, Dustin Johnson and Rhys Davies all winning along with several podiums.

A great site for golf stats, from etc is golfpredictor.com. Its costs a few quid but is invaluable for the punter. Unfortunately it updates after my noon monday deadline for the Irish examiner but i still get great use out of it.
Cheers
donal

In_tuition

golfcentral wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I'm going to have a good look at the Masters this weekend and post my tips on my site www.golfcentraldaily.com - i do a piece called "Bet your balls" every week

Why have you tipped up a golfer who is not entered this week?

golfcentral

Unfortunately I have to have all the tips in for the Irish Examiner copy by noon on Monday and thus have to with the PGA tour's declared field at time of writing. Sometimes guys withdraw between Monday and Thursday. Thanks for checking the site

jossnjuice

i always back the same group of golfers for the masters, including:

westwood ew
tim clark ew

but this year im going for the goose ew and a little sneak on david duval @ 200-1 ew.

Need2Know4Sure

Fred Couples e/w @ 80/1 could be a decent punt....in form at the moment

orourkeda

Need2Know4Sure wrote: »

Fred Couples e/w @ 80/1 could be a decent punt....in form at the moment

Is that on the seniors or regular tour?

heavyballs

orourkeda wrote: »

Is that on the seniors or regular tour?

if you're trying to be funny more fool you,Couples is playing great at the mo and has an each way chance for sure
btw if you are trying to be funny,try this:D

alitoast

was thinking of this on the way home today. i am thinking 20 e/way on Garcia in every major this year....the guy has to come good soon. Havent been following the tour recently, how is his current form?

Goldcupfav

alitoast wrote: »

was thinking of this on the way home today. i am thinking 20 e/way on Garcia in every major this year....the guy has to come good soon. Havent been following the tour recently, how is his current form?

His current form is terrible !!! However he is going to come good again so i wouldnt put you off having an e/w punt at a big price.. He is 66/1 with hills for next week!

Juwwi

alitoast wrote: »

was thinking of this on the way home today. i am thinking 20 e/way on Garcia in every major this year....the guy has to come good soon. Havent been following the tour recently, how is his current form?

l think u are throwing ur money away.

he has been sh1te this year mainly because of his putting .
he did well enough in the matchplay but then showed his usual true colours of sulking and moaning when things started to go wrong.

kj choi is 66/1 aswell as garcia and imo has a way better chance
of winning.
lm not saying lm backing kj yet just checked the other 66/1's.

but hey its ur money dont let some stranger put u off if u fancy him..

dezki

poulter 35/1, couples may be a good bet, but who can doubt the tiger honestly?

Collie D

dezki wrote: »

poulter 35/1, couples may be a good bet, but who can doubt the tiger honestly?

Can't see Tiger winning. If he does I will eat my words but I really can't see how anyone can turn up "cold" at Augusta and win. I noticed the bookies have finally pushed him out from his joke 3/1 price to 4/1

heavyballs

Collie D wrote: »

Can't see Tiger winning. If he does I will eat my words but I really can't see how anyone can turn up "cold" at Augusta and win. I noticed the bookies have finally pushed him out from his joke 3/1 price to 4/1

i know a local retired 'bookie' who's giving 8/1 and now 7/1 on Tiger,anyone who drinks in Dun Laoighaire in particular Dunphy's or O'Loughlins will probably know who i'm on about
a couple of years ago he gave 10/1 on Tiger and the whole pub was on him,he paid up but wasn't seen for dust for a couple of months

i just put a score on but i can't see him wining it tbh,the price was just too tempting

Speak Now

Tiger has only won 1 of the last 7 masters so he's current price can hardly be regarded as good value especailly when you take into account whats gone on in his personel life!

Juwwi

agree with collie d there cant see tiger winning either.

for any1 thinking of doing him paddy power are refunding bets on him if he leads at the end of any round and fails to win.

eldrickwoods

I'm coming back at the masters but don't like my own chances to be honest. Seriously though even Tiger can't handle the pressure that'll be on him for 72 holes this week.

when it comes to masters betting tips there's one thing that is essential to know; nowadays the course majorly suits right handers who high the ball far and high and draw it fom right to left. It is an unusual course in that respect. It then, of course, suits awkward lefties who hit a high fade with good distance.

right hand draw hitters include Kenny Perry, Ernie Els and The Goose. On the flip side Mickelson and Steve Flesch like to hit a left hander fade.

for what it's worth, my hard earned pennies are going on:
Kenny Perry at 159/1
Phil Mickelson at 11/1
steve flesch each way at 250/1

heavyballs

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Tiger has only won 1 of the last 7 masters so he's current price can hardly be regarded as good value especailly when you take into account whats gone on in his personel life!

i don't think anybody said 7/2 or 4/1 was good value

heavyballs

Tim Clark and Chad Campbell

jive

In_tuition wrote: »

But he has won 3 of the last 9. And on other occasions in the last 4 year's he has been 2nd, tied 2nd & tied 3rd.

He is one of a handful of players to shoot back-to-back mid round 60's @ Augusta. (to which he has done on several occasions).

What's gone on in his personal life has nothing got to with his course form.

He won 6 times in 09 (returning from injury).

Of the 16 tournaments he played last year he ranked in the top 5 in 10 of those tournament for greens-in-regulation.

He will win the Masters with considerable ease.

HUGE CALL IN BOLD. ohhh shi-. u will be dubbed a fool or a genius :P

mailburner

In_tuition wrote: »

But he has won 3 of the last 9. And on other occasions in the last 4 year's he has been 2nd, tied 2nd & tied 3rd.

He is one of a handful of players to shoot back-to-back mid round 60's @ Augusta. (to which he has done on several occasions).

What's gone on in his personal life has nothing got to with his course form.

He won 6 times in 09 (returning from injury).

Of the 16 tournaments he played last year he ranked in the top 5 in 10 of those tournament for greens-in-regulation.

He will win the Masters with considerable ease.

Yikes!
I'm heading to Dun Laoighaire asap

thedini

No wonder he does writeups on the paddy power site, if anybody follows his tips its easy money for pp with stupid statements like this.

Speak Now

In_tuition wrote: »

But he has won 3 of the last 9. And on other occasions in the last 4 year's he has been 2nd, tied 2nd & tied 3rd.

He is one of a handful of players to shoot back-to-back mid round 60's @ Augusta. (to which he has done on several occasions).

What's gone on in his personal life has nothing got to with his course form.

He won 6 times in 09 (returning from injury).

Of the 16 tournaments he played last year he ranked in the top 5 in 10 of those tournament for greens-in-regulation.

He will win the Masters with considerable ease.

Tigers putting from the 15 - 25 feet range is the key, i was surprised how poor he was last year when i looked at the stats. Everything else he was good.

Speak Now

heavyballs wrote: »

i don't think anybody said 7/2 or 4/1 was good value

I dont think i said they did :P the 7 or 8's though in your local is
Dont think Tiger has ever broke 70 in round one so might do a lay to back for a free bet hopefully :cool:

Collie D

heavyballs wrote: »

i know a local retired 'bookie' who's giving 8/1 and now 7/1 on Tiger,anyone who drinks in Dun Laoighaire in particular Dunphy's or O'Loughlins will probably know who i'm on about
a couple of years ago he gave 10/1 on Tiger and the whole pub was on him,he paid up but wasn't seen for dust for a couple of months

i just put a score on but i can't see him wining it tbh,the price was just too tempting

Can't blame you...I don't see him winning either but at 7/1 you'd be silly not to have a few quid

In_tuition wrote: »

He will win the Masters with considerable ease.

That's a big statement. Here's mine. Tiger will not win. If he does I will be amazed and it will prove once and for all that he is the greatest. Tiger to be outside top 10 @ 5/2

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Tigers putting from the 15 - 25 feet range is the key, i was surprised how poor he was last year when i looked at the stats. Everything else he was good.

His putting was really poor last year (by his standards). The USPGA was a point in case. He could have wrapped that tournament up on Saturday if he had been usual self on the greens.

Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »

Dont think Tiger has ever broke 70 in round one so might do a lay to back for a free bet hopefully :cool:

QFT

Collie D

Anyone going six places? Only one I've seen are that Bodog crowd. Another interesting offer I've seen is VC's. If your selection fails to win but finishes ahead of Tiger you get your stake back as a free bet.

eldrickwoods

no sign of the 6 places yet but PP went 6 last year on the week of it. Bruce betting tended to make a play with extra places in the past 2 years on the masters too but their prices aren't the mae west. they are offering just 5 for now.

eldrickwoods

In_tuition wrote: »

But he has won 3 of the last 9. And on other occasions in the last 4 year's he has been 2nd, tied 2nd & tied 3rd.

He is one of a handful of players to shoot back-to-back mid round 60's @ Augusta. (to which he has done on several occasions).

What's gone on in his personal life has nothing got to with his course form.

He won 6 times in 09 (returning from injury).

Of the 16 tournaments he played last year he ranked in the top 5 in 10 of those tournament for greens-in-regulation.

He will win the Masters with considerable ease.

sham of a statement. I know that he handles pressure well but next week will be so intense. I don't think he'll be in the shake up.

Mickelson has 9 top ten finishes out of the last 10 masters. had a bit of a 'mare yesterday in sheel houston but the good news from that is that his price has drifted.

Royal Seahawk

I cannot believe no one has mentioned Ernie Els.

Collie D

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

I cannot believe no one has mentioned Ernie Els.

Very hard to ignore with his current form - looks to have completely rejuvenated himself. Short game looks really good. Have him on my shortlist but very short price at around 12/1. Still, with Tiger hopefully being rusty and Mickelson not at races at all he probably should be fav so price might not be too bad.

I like Harrington's chances too. Seems to be back to himself and I like the 20/1 for a player who I consider to be second best in the world when on his game. Probably speaking through green-tinted glasses but he really does have it all. Good ball hitter, great putter and IMO in top two or three in the world for short game. Putting and chipping essentials for Augusta. Definitely having a few quid on him.

Collie D

Put the handbags away, lads...more golf talk please

charlesanto

Harrio !

postalservice

golfcentral wrote: »

Unfortunately I have to have all the tips in for the Irish Examiner copy by noon on Monday and thus have to with the PGA tour's declared field at time of writing. Sometimes guys withdraw between Monday and Thursday. Thanks for checking the site

Golf Central Daily lol

Fair play for getting it to the top google search over the tv show! :rolleyes:

Harri or Mickelson will win imo or Goosen perhaps. Anders Hansen e/w as an outsider :pac:

postalservice

btw I put money on Woods to miss the cut at 6/1 :eek:

Woddle

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

I cannot believe no one has mentioned Ernie Els.

Got Ernie a few weeks back at 20/1 def an each way shout, Choi @ 50/1, Villegas @ 33/1, there all each way and I have Tiger @ 4/1 to win, I really don't think Tiger would be there to make up the numbers, so if he's there its because he believes he can win it.

Juwwi

Collie d where did u see 5/2 for him not tobe in the top 10.?

l like the sound of that

jive

might throw a few bob e/w on harrington and a bigger outsider e/w. gonna wait till later in the week to do it

i think westwood might be a good shout e/w at least, he did well at the masters last year i think he might take 1 this year

Collie D

robbie1977 wrote: »

Collie d where did u see 5/2 for him not tobe in the top 10.?

l like the sound of that

Sorry - I read Hills were going 5/2 in paper this morning. Just checked their site and it's only 15/8. Having second thoughts about it now at the price. Will wait until Monday or Tuesday to see if any other firm are taking bets on it

Need2Know4Sure

I really cant see Woods doing well.....He'll he under savage pressure.

Someone mentioned 6/1 not making the cut.....That could be worth a few quid.

lopppy

Collie D wrote: »

That's a big statement. Here's mine. Tiger will not win. If he does I will be amazed and it will prove once and for all that he is the greatest. Tiger to be outside top 10 @ 5/2


QFT

Where did you see that price?? Cheers

Need2Know4Sure

lopppy wrote: »

Where did you see that price?? Cheers

Read just above...It was a mistake...should be 15/8

Jimdagym

Main bet is the Goose. In great form of late.
Smaller bets on Villegas and Kim, although Kim will be no value after this weekend. I'll throw in one or two 100-150 to one lads for the hope of a place too.

eldrickwoods

Jimdagym wrote: »

Main bet is the Goose. In great form of late.
Smaller bets on Villegas and Kim, although Kim will be no value after this weekend. I'll throw in one or two 100-150 to one lads for the hope of a place too.

not liking Villegas around augusta. good putter and all but hits the ball too low. high trajectory is preferred if the weather is good and therefore greens hard.

good call on Goose as he is well suited to the course but shy of a few wins in recent years. Few golf betting tips here... for what it's worth.

prettyboy81

The Big Easy e/w for me 12/1 not great price & Anthony Kim 33/1 both prices with bet365....

dezki

there hasn't been a european winner since 1999 and can't see that changing. I may have said harrington but after his shocker last sunday can't see it happening. Els, Goosen, Weir always a good bet but Tiger's in it to win it, i can't see him losing.

x PyRo

Ernie Els - @ 12/1

Paul Casey - @ 30/1

Two bets for me to keep me entertained for the few days.