Shell Houston Open

Aidric

Real exciting field for this one. European Tour players in the field include Karlsson, JM Olazabal, Westwood, Harrington, Ross Fisher, Schwartzel, Oosthuizen & F Molinari.

Tee Times

Betting

My bets are De Jonge for a top 10 finish @ 7/1 & Mahan e/w @ 16/1.

fonda

Looking at Kuchar and Leishman, have a feeling Westwood might do good too.
Maybe an outside bet on JJ Henry. Dont have odds for any of them yet as cant check them in work.

heavyballs

Kuchar and Brian Davis e/w

bigtimecharlie

Eric Compton e/w

LuckyGent88

Great field for this event so expect a top player to come out on top.
Going with Robert Allenby at 45/1 e/w

fonda

I ended up going with Kuchar as my main bet at 14/1

Put a few small e/w bets on

Leishman @ 40/1
Glover @ 66/1
JJ Henry @ 66/1
Simpson @ 80/1

AdpRo

€10 E/W on the following:

Freddie Jacobson @ 80/1
Hunter Mahan @ 18/1
Charl Schwartzel @ 25/1

Aidric

Some tasty numbers around, 3 way tie at the top currently with Rollins, O' Hern & Miller on -6. Harrington out in ten minutes in a group with Els & Woodland.

Cremated

Harrington -2 through 3...

Parky2010

Paddy dunks it in the water on the par 5, 4th, easiest hole on course too.. got away with the par though. Should be birdieing holes like that though!

LuckyGent88

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Great field for this event so expect a top player to come out on top.
Going with Robert Allenby at 45/1 e/w

Good man Robert. 4 under today will do nicely for me. Keep it up now ya hear me!!!!!!!!
What is it with Paddy these days and par 5's.....he seems to play them poorly and miss out on birdies on them a lot where the rest of the field would.

heavyballs

Parky2010 wrote: »

Paddy dunks it in the water on the par 5, 4th, easiest hole on course too.. got away with the par though. Should be birdieing holes like that though!

thanks for the update,funny thing is......i,like most:rolleyes: people here have internet access to keep up with the golf
he's -2 ffs no need for the play by play.....

Parky2010

heavyballs wrote: »

thanks for the update,funny thing is......i,like most:rolleyes: people here have internet access to keep up with the golf
he's -2 ffs no need for the play by play.....

keep the knickers on yeah?

Aidric

Harrington -3 to the turn, decent golf.

k.p.h

Harry not doing to bad. Good put their was motoring :rolleyes:

WHIP IT!

Paddy is rockin the beard today! lookin very Don Johnson... crackin shot from 50-odd yards into the par four there.

dvemail

Harrington going well so far. Mickelson doesnt really seem too bothered about the
competition tbh, seems more interested in trying to cut every shot he hits getting ready
for next week.

Ben1010

Go on paddy!!!

Has anybody ever won a event prior to winning the masters??

heavyballs

Ben1010 wrote: »

Go on paddy!!!

Has anybody ever won a event prior to winning the masters??

yes Phil did in 2006,the year he brought the 2 drivers (i think)

Ben1010

If paddy can get the driver/3 wood on song ,i reckon he be there or about on sunday providing he can avoid the double/triple bogeys...single bogeys are acceptable..

Think i will put a few euro on him to win the masters.

staker

If he gets through this weekend without worse than a bogey score,I'll be doing the same.

k.p.h

Westwood going to win the masters lad's, he's got the game I reckon he could life a jug and wear a jacket this year. Seriously he hitting that ball pure awesome and its consistent a hell.

dvemail

Ben1010 wrote: »

Go on paddy!!!

Has anybody ever won a event prior to winning the masters??

I think Olazabel or Sandy Lyle might have done it also.

Adiaga 2

Woosnam did it the year he won the Masters.

Harrington has played some good golf this year(especially in R1/R2) but hasn't been in contention on sunday for a good few months.

fatherbuzcagney

k.p.h wrote: »

Westwood going to win the masters lad's, he's got the game I reckon he could life a jug and wear a jacket this year. Seriously he hitting that ball pure awesome and its consistent a hell.

i would like to see him win one but i think that he will choke when it comes to it,

Miley Byrne

k.p.h wrote: »

Westwood going to win the masters lad's, he's got the game I reckon he could life a jug and wear a jacket this year. Seriously he hitting that ball pure awesome and its consistent a hell.

He has a chance, but I think his short game & putting just won't be good enough at Augusta. I wouldn't rule him out but I just don't think he'll do it. It's Phil for me to retain the jacket.

blackwaterfish

Did Padraig just chip in off the green to go to -7.... !?

highest of fives... o bearded one

PhilipMarlowe

now -8
5 birdies in his firs 8 holes... niiiiice

plonk

Any1 got a link its not on sky till 7

blackwaterfish

wonder if i can squeeze out a beard between now and tomorrow morning on the tee.

WHIP IT!

blackwaterfish wrote: »

wonder if i can squeeze out a beard between now and tomorrow morning on the tee.

Magic marker??

blackwaterfish

plonk wrote: »

Any1 got a link its not on sky till 7

well ph is on the 18th now... which is the Kodak Challenge Hole.... and lo and behold... no visuals.

WHIP IT!

No linkage lads, no?

blackwaterfish

nope, sorry.

Parky2010

Paddy dropping down now after a real promising start!

PhilipMarlowe

Beard isn't the solution so....

WHIP IT!

Bogeyed 2 & 3 (his 11th & 12th), Par-five fourth coming up, hopefully he can get one back straight away.

PhilipMarlowe

/gazes into shot tracker crystal ball....
Nope, I predict* a bogey 6, hitting his second into the water.

WHIP IT!

Jesus H Christ...

Aidric

Harro's love affair with the drink continues.

Myksyk

Ah JAYSUS!!!!

Ben1010

Calm down people...he making a few bogeys...just the SINGLE ones. At least he is still not that far away...2-3 shots in nothing!!! And its only Round 2:):)

WHIP IT!

Eagles 8 to go back seven-under!

Myksyk

Wohoo!!

Ben1010

There u go harry, back in business!!! Good golfing

Ruu_Old

Just logged on to check shot tracker, what a mad scorecard!

MiniGolf

WHIP IT! wrote: »

No linkage lads, no?

http://mypremium.tv/

Choose Sky Sports 3 then choose stream no. 3. Wait for ad to close - Quality is good!
Watching LPGA at the moment..... Houston on at 8!!

LuckyGent88

A boy Paddy. Nice to see ya back on track. Still some wayward stuff there too.

WHIP IT!

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

A boy Paddy. Nice to see ya back on track. Still some wayward stuff there too.

As someone said though, at least there was no disasters in there. Very sloppy and lotsa bogeys but no doubles or worse. He must be close to top form.

dvemail

Today used to be the kind of day when Harrington would have ended up shooting a 75 or
something. Good to see he came away a few better than par. Strong weekend is in order
for confidence sakes.

Super round from Anthony Kim of 8 under. His thumb must be getting better.

aster99

I can't take to Kim for some reason, don't really like him