HSBC Golf Championship (Abu Dhabi)

FixdePitchmark

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012004/teetimes/index.html

Ok , I need to get with the system, I'm a slow learner.

This is the Euro Tour, from Asia again. I've to drop all notions of continental Plates. But, it is not the Euro Tour it is the race from Africa to Asia and back to Asia. This is more like phileas fogg.

Anyway, what a field lads.

I'm throwing away money on

Tom Lewis 100 /1 3 euro E/W
Shane Lowery 66/1 3 euro E/W (bad odds btw)
Paddy H 35/1 3 euro E/W (sick poor odds)


The staff and Paddy go to the back room and laugh hard.

What the hell , Padraig hits a few greens last week his odds are halfed.

denishurley

I wouldn't get too bogged down in nomenclature Fdp, in the last decade we've had the Leinster hurling final played in Thurles and the Ulster football final in Croke Park! The 07.40 tee-time looks tasty - Donald, McIlroy and Woods

FixdePitchmark

denishurley wrote: »

I wouldn't get too bogged down in nomenclature Fdp, in the last decade we've had the Leinster hurling final played in Thurles and the Ulster football final in Croke Park! The 07.40 tee-time looks tasty - Donald, McIlroy and Woods

I'd take a trip to Thurles for a munster final over a trip to UAE anyday. Well except that kip of a hotel.

Anyway , great group. Who will win that group, that may be a good bet for a laugh. Hard to call Woods form. I'm sure Luke has been enjoying Christmas.

basillarkin

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012004/teetimes/index.html

Ok , I need to get with the system, I'm a slow learner.

This is the Euro Tour, from Asia again. I've to drop all notions of continental Plates. But, it is not the Euro Tour it is the race from Africa to Asia and back to Asia. This is more like phileas fogg.

Anyway, what a field lads.

I'm throwing away money on

Tom Lewis 100 /1 3 euro E/W
Shane Lowery 66/1 3 euro E/W (bad odds btw)
Paddy H 35/1 3 euro E/W (sick poor odds)


The staff and Paddy go to the back room and laugh hard.

What the hell , Padraig hits a few greens last week his odds are halfed.

Padraig is 45/1 with Corals and Bet 365

denishurley

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I'd take a trip to Thurles for a munster final over a trip to UAE anyday. Well except that kip of a hotel.

Anyway , great group. Who will win that group, that may be a good bet for a laugh. Hard to call Woods form. I'm sure Luke has been enjoying Christmas.

PP have Rory 6/4, Tiger 7/4 and Luke 2/1 to win that threeball

FixdePitchmark

basillarkin wrote: »

Padraig is 45/1 with Corals and Bet 365

Was thinking that was mad. Goes to show Paddy takes the Paddy piss out of the Irish.

Even 45/1 is poor odds.

FixdePitchmark

denishurley wrote: »

PP have Rory 6/4, Tiger 7/4 and Luke 2/1 to win that threeball

That is the order i would have called it. Luke worth a bet , well 2/1 in a 3 horse race, the other two are major winners , I've talked myself out of it.

Hard to call. as there is no real form.

Nemesis

Was telling my son that Paddy might be worth a flutter e/w if you could get 40/1 or 50/1 but have to agree 35/1 is a little mean!

Dr.Silly

seriously...people backing paddy...even at 50/1 is just an awful awful bet

Johnny_Fontane

has harrington been shooting 59's in practice or something?

No way harrington should be 45/1 - way too short.

Johnny_Fontane

mcgrane played well recently and has some form in the desert. 830/1 on betfair is not bad....

I like horsey at 360/1 aswell.

Apart from that CMON TIGER!

poteen

Its just a tricky field for betting on. The first time we really get to see a big field in 2012. Id maybe look at players with form in recent weeks . Maybe a few quid on Aiken who is a solid player has got back to the course already this evening and might be in shape to do alright (80/1). Also hard to discount Alvaro Quiros in the dessert (30/1) .

Of the shorter odds (win only players) - Mcilroy, Kaymer and Garcia for me.

charlieIRL

I'd say Schwartzel would be worth a punt. Maybe Colsaerts?? Few lads playing well enough - even if it was in a small field last week, and for lot of the big guns this is the first week out.

murphdogg11

Maybe those odds @ 35/1 are for PH to make the cut!

poteen

enough of the Harrington bashing. People should show Irelands greatest golfer and a three time major winner some more respect.

Speak Now

Thought i'd stumbled into the gambling forum for a minute

Sergio for me!

Dr.Silly

poteen wrote: »

enough of the Harrington bashing. People should show Irelands greatest golfer and a three time major winner some more respect.

I LOL'd

breffni bogballer

donald shud be fav,so [EMAIL="10ew@12s"]10ew@12s[/EMAIL],5ew[EMAIL="5ewgrace@50s"]grace@50s[/EMAIL] maybe [EMAIL="dyson@66s"]dyson@66s[/EMAIL] :mad::mad:

Benny Cake

breffni bogballer wrote: »

donald shud be fav,so [EMAIL="10ew@12s"]10ew@12s[/EMAIL],5ew[EMAIL="5ewgrace@50s"]grace@50s[/EMAIL] maybe [EMAIL="dyson@66s"]dyson@66s[/EMAIL] :mad::mad:

Why so angry?

Aidric

Garcia & Francesco Molinari e/w.

FixdePitchmark

All low stake E/W

Paddy Harro 35/1
Paul Lawrie 125/1
Shane Lowery 66/1

I'm laughing at my own bet. The odds in Powers are a joke.

My dad went 10 euro E/W on Woods, was a deal on him at 10/1.

Dr.Silly

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

My dad went 10 euro E/W on Woods, was a deal on him at 10/1.

it's a great bet IMO
along with sergio garcia

death1234567

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

My dad went 10 euro E/W on Woods, was a deal on him at 10/1.

I went for the same bet, surely he can get a place at least...

JerryHandbag

Great start from McIlroy & Maybin. Very solid looking card from Tiger, 2 birdies 16 pars.

poteen

Dr.Silly wrote: »

I LOL'd

You were the only one

Keano

Sergio gets a hole-in-one at 12th - 7-iron, 193 yards.

FixdePitchmark

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Sergio gets a hole-in-one at 12th - 7-iron, 193 yards.

First shot I watched of the day, he said it was the first of the Euro Tour, cool.

FixdePitchmark

Nice to see McDowell going well.

He was trying to talk himself up as a bad player for the last 6 months.

mikeunt

poteen wrote: »

You were the only one

no, i lol'd too

Dr.Silly

mikeunt wrote: »

no, i lol'd too

lol

hawkelady

mikeunt wrote: »

poteen wrote: »

You were the only one

no, i lol'd too

So did I. Hilariously funny IMO

FixdePitchmark

Ok , it is day 1.
And he is a good bit back.

But who would have put Paddy ahead of or equal to.

Jason Day
Luke Donald
Lee Westwood
Sergio Garcia
Daren Clarke
Alvaro Quiros
Brendan Grace
Shane Lowry

I think if your going to slag off Paddy , you need to put your hands up too and say fair enough.

Look it is day 1, but the lad is smiling and seems to be a change in him, (big fall for me in am. ),

Anway , I'm happy with my outsider bets.

But the wind plays a part in these parts.

Deeper Blue

Woods was very impressive imo, very few poor shots.

Keano

Not the best of starts for the 'big 3'.

Rory slipped back to -2 but back-to-back birdies and he's now back at -4.

Harrington ends with -4.

Trigger13222

I know it might be a bit early to say but Harrington does seem to have a way more control in his swing.

ThunderCat

Enjoyed watching Tiger yesterday. The way he compresses the ball is incredible. He seems to take a divot with every single club except the driver. Looking forward to seeing how 2012 unfolds for him.

JerryHandbag

Jaysus Harrington went birdie mad there at the start. Average enough after that but still a good round.

Edit: Never mind, he started on 10th!

Keano

Huge mistake my Rory just now. Brushed some sand from in front of his ball and has been given 2 stroke penalty.

Leslie91

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Huge mistake my Rory just now. Brushed some sand from in front of his ball and has been given 2 stroke penalty.

Seriously!!!?. Wow.

Had a stream but it has died, anyone got a good stream for this?.

staker

Stupid mistake, wonder who brought it to his attention? His caddy?

Just pulled a birdie on the next, back to 4 under

AGC

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Huge mistake my Rory just now. Brushed some sand from in front of his ball and has been given 2 stroke penalty.

Presume it was his shot from fairway/rough and not the green?

Leslie91

AGC wrote: »

Presume it was his shot from fairway/rough and not the green?

Last I saw was he was on the bunker on left of 9. So it must have happened there.

Keano

Going to drop another 1 maybe 2 now

Keano

Leslie91 wrote: »

Last I saw was he was on the bunker on left of 9. So it must have happened there.

That's where it happened.

Keano

Only 1 shot dropped by Rory after a very poor shot from the bunker...it went into the bunker at the other side of the green!

Whyner

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Only 1 shot dropped by Rory after a very poor shot from the bunker...it went into the bunker at the other side of the green!

He's all over the shop. Love the way he hit into the hospitality tent yesterday and still made birdie......

Still prone to big errors but with all the birdies he makes he'll give himself a chance

L.O.F.T

Whyner wrote: »

He's all over the shop. Love the way he hit into the hospitality tent yesterday and still made birdie......

Still prone to be big errors but with all the birdies he makes he'll give himself a chance

As unfair as it was at the time Westwood made the statement he is right:
Westwood: “I’ve played with Rory and he does snap-hook under pressure.”

Whyner

L.O.F.T wrote: »

As unfair as it was at the time Westwood made the statement he is right:
Westwood: “I’ve played with Rory and he does snap-hook under pressure.”

Cool, I've got something in common with Rory, minus the pressure bit.

I'd love to be watching this, with the tennis on as well.

Is there any shot tracker? That's got to be up there with the videprinter.

Everyone has a bad shot

Whyner

Rory just birdies the 490 yards par 4 14th. As you do...

L.O.F.T

Whyner wrote: »

Is there any shot tracker?

No Tracker, just this: http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012004/tournamentcentre/index.html

Or if you can: http://www.stream2watch.me/golf/abu-dhabi-golf-championship-live-stream

Whyner

No streaming here

Text updates are decent

The European Tour says: Watching McIlroy hit driver in the flesh is a site to behold; a thrilling and audible zip as the ball cuts through the air, boomed down 14.