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The Golf Tips Thread

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  • #122
    jjll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭jjll


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    Risky. If he makes any kind of good start at all his price will collapse. Even if he starts slow his price won't do what you want it to. He'll need to throw in a take of bogies, in which case his price mightn't disappear, but his chance probably will.


    Tiger price wont go out much til after 2nd round if he outside 6 shots from lead....


  • #123
    jjll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭jjll


    Anyone thinking justin rose next week


  • #124
    bobwilliams
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭bobwilliams


    jjll wrote: »
    Anyone thinking justin rose next week
    Yeah before I saw his putting 2 weeks ago


  • #125
    bobwilliams
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭bobwilliams


    I think this Billy Horshell @12/1 is way too short.Looking at him last week i would say when it comes to a crunch in a pretty big comp like this week his emotions will get the better of him.
    I'm not saying he won't win 1 it's just the prices for him imo are way too short,time will tell.


  • #126
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    bobwilliams wrote: »
    I think this Billy Horshell @12/1 is way too short.Looking at him last week i would say when it comes to a crunch in a pretty big comp like this week his emotions will get the better of him.
    I'm not saying he won't win 1 it's just the prices for him imo are way too short,time will tell.

    It's golf, that's just the bookies not taking any chances.


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  • #127
    jjll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭jjll


    Can still see billy blowing up


  • #128
    Dolph Starbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 4,536 ✭✭✭Dolph Starbeam


    jjll wrote: »
    Can still see billy blowing up

    Either can I. Took him at 5/4 this morning.


  • #129
    fatherbuzcagney
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭fatherbuzcagney


    small bet on ryan palmer now @22\1


  • #130
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    Please don't think I'm being arrogant here...I don't know it all, but i am a very experienced golf punter.

    NEVER back a player on a Sunday who had a whopper of a day on the saturday. 98% of golfers, in my experience of watching golf, and i watch ALOT, can never follow a great day with even a good day. They are nearly always over par or Par.

    Palmer had one of the best rounds yesterday and he's working on a horror round today. Same with bud cauley...and basically anyone else who had a great round yesterday. If you think I'm talking nonsense, keep an eye on it. :)


  • #131
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    Billy Horschel's short game, the last two days anyway, is among the worst I've seen in a long time. His driving is superb but he is turning birdie chances into bogies


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  • #132
    redzerdrog
    Registered Users Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    Billy Horschel's short game, the last two days anyway, is among the worst I've seen in a long time. His driving is superb but he is turning birdie chances into bogies

    he scrambled brilliantly yesterday and his putting has been the best in the whole tournament


  • #133
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    redzerdrog wrote: »
    he scrambled brilliantly yesterday and his putting has been the best in the whole tournament

    I mean with his lofted clubs...if you've been watching you'll know that he's used them very poorly. Driver and putter saving him


  • #134
    redzerdrog
    Registered Users Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    Dicky Pride wrote: »
    I mean with his lofted clubs...if you've been watching you'll know that he's used them very poorly. Driver and putter saving him

    so you mean his wedges and not his short game at all and yes i have been watching and his short game has been brilliant but his wedges/short irons have been wayward


  • #135
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    redzerdrog wrote: »
    so you mean his wedges and not his short game at all and yes i have been watching and his short game has been brilliant but his wedges/short irons have been wayward

    You're splitting heirs now. If you have been watching, then you know what I meant.

    I'm kinda rooting for him now.


  • #136
    Dicky Pride
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Dicky Pride


    That was a lot better!


  • #137
    RandolphEsq
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,296 ✭✭✭RandolphEsq


    Laird was 50/1 with PP just before today's round, and was only 4 back from the lead.


  • #138
    jjll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭jjll


    goin with phil after reading he is not carrying a driver this week he is taking that modified 3 wood out same one he won with and hit 85% of fairways that week


  • #139
    Dolph Starbeam
    Registered Users Posts: 4,536 ✭✭✭Dolph Starbeam


    US MASTERS 2013

    KEEGAN BRADLEY @ 28/1 I have been backing Bradley all season and he is going to come good soon, he already has a host of top 10 finishes this season. He definitely has the long game to match Augusta. I mentioned him a few weeks ago when he was available at 40/1 so I hope some people got on him back then. If it comes to Sunday and he is in contention there are not many people I would rather be on. And some more incentive for you, Keegan has been playing a few practice rounds and getting some extra course knowledge from a close friend and someone who knows the course as well as anyone, Phil Mickelson.

    MATT KUCHAR @ 35/1 Kuchar has had a nice year so far that includes 1 win at the WGC matchplay. He has good performances in all of the majors so we know that the pressure does not get to him, his best finish at a major in T3 at The Masters last year.

    My outsider pick will be RICHARD STERNE @ 200/1 He hasn't played on the European Tour since his easy victory over Charl at the Joburg Open, he has played a few Sunshine Tour events to keep his game in check before his big week. He had a tie for 25th in his only other appearance here in 2008 so that is not a bad showing for a first timer. I think he will surprise a few this week. Also might be worth noting that before Schwartzels win in the 2011 Masters he also won the Joburg Open.

    I have also backed, Dustin Johnson @ 28/1, Gonzo @ 200/1, Fredrik Jacobson @ 125/1 and Brian Gay @ 300/1. After reading Mickelson will not take a driver I will also have a bit on him.

    Whether I win a cent or not I think this is going to be a great weekends golf. So many players playing in to form at just the right time. Good luck everyone.


  • #140
    redzerdrog
    Registered Users Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    am gona back mickelson each/way but just deciding which to go with:

    16/1 paying 5 places
    or
    12/1 paying 6 places


  • #141
    jjll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,200 ✭✭✭jjll


    redzerdrog wrote: »
    am gona back mickelson each/way but just deciding which to go with:

    16/1 paying 5 places
    or
    12/1 paying 6 places

    he will be in top5 i would say never far away at augusta


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  • #142
    loadwire
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭loadwire


    Have gone for a few straight win bets on BF. Will look to trade just to cover my stakes if I get the chance.

    Mickelson @ 15
    Knows how to do it and if he can get in the mix on Sunday he's the player I'd like to have my money on. I don't think he's playing his best at the moment but if he can just stay in touch with the leaders by the weekend he'll go close.

    Bradley @ 42
    I got that price a couple of weeks ago, it was my only early bet as I fancied he might do well at Houston. In the end he was only tied for 10th but his price has come in a bit anyway. High, straight and long off the tee which should give him a chance if he's in form with the putter.

    Rickie Fowler @ 70
    Has done okay at Augusta so far - two years ago he was 5 under going into the weekend but fell away. Last year he was never in contention but did okay at the weekend with 72, 70. I was impressed with his chase of Tiger at Bay Hill even if he eventually came up short. I just think he might have served his apprenticeship on the course and could put four rounds together this year.

    Thorbjorn Olesen @ 240
    Shot in the dark admittedly, has been injured and had to withdraw from Houston - has brought his price out. Just a massive talent and if he is able to swing the club properly he could be a 'story'. Obviously lack of practice and lack of course knowledge are issues but I just had a gut feeling he might go under the radar and would be cursing myself all weekend if he did get in contention.


  • #143
    bobwilliams
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭bobwilliams


    The prices are mad,none of the top half of the field want this so i think the prices should be reversed.
    Anyway......for starters i'm on [EMAIL="Olesen@66/1"]Olesen@66/1[/EMAIL] , Brian gay @50/1 and David [EMAIL="Toms@66/1"]Toms@66/1[/EMAIL].


  • #144
    Gringo180
    Registered Users Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭Gringo180


    bobwilliams wrote: »
    The prices are mad,none of the top half of the field want this so i think the prices should be reversed.
    Anyway......for starters i'm on [EMAIL="Olesen@66/1"]Olesen@66/1[/EMAIL] , Brian gay @50/1 and David [EMAIL="Toms@66/1"]Toms@66/1[/EMAIL].

    Does this be televised at all?


  • #145
    Walter lemon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭Walter lemon


    brian Gay at 300/1
    Henrik Stenson 60/1
    Bubba Watson 35/1
    Bill Hass 66/1
    Colsaerts 90/1
    Sterne 150/1
    Kuchar 35/1
    Sergio Garcia 40/1
    Snedeker 35/1
    Harrington 55/1

    I have a feeling a European might nick it??

    All small bets, hoping on some return, all in all I love the masters and cannot wait for the coverage


  • #146
    byronbay2
    Registered Users Posts: 1,772 ✭✭✭byronbay2


    Gringo180 wrote: »
    Does this be televised at all?

    Yeah - live on Sky Sports 1 HD tonight. Wozniaki is caddying for McIlroy.


  • #147
    Gringo180
    Registered Users Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭Gringo180


    byronbay2 wrote: »
    Yeah - live on Sky Sports 1 HD tonight. Wozniaki is caddying for McIlroy.

    Cheers :D


  • #148
    Nuri Sahin
    Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Good to see a few of us the same golfers, we'll crash n burn together so :D

    All placed in the last week or so:

    Rose @ 20/1
    Bradley @ 28/1
    Oosthuizen @ 28/1
    Kuchar @ 35/1
    Garcia @ 40/1
    Stenson @ 50/1
    Jacobsen @ 125/1

    Been awhile since I've had more than 5 bets in an event but I like all of these so I'll go with the flow.


  • #149
    bobwilliams
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭bobwilliams


    i have a small ante post win bet on Kucher @60/1.
    I think the newcomer that might surprise is Scott Piercy @225/1.
    He didn't get a great draw though,paired with 2 top players so won't be able to go under the radar for the first 2 days.
    Havn't decided on my other bets yet.


  • #150
    Username exists
    Registered Users Posts: 564 ✭✭✭Username exists


    D Johnson @ 33/1
    B Watson @ 35/1
    R Fowler @ 50/1
    I Poulter @ 40/1

    N Colsaerts @ 100/1
    B Gay @ 200/1
    G Fernandez Castano @ 200/1

    Love the masters and love the fact that it's on the Bbc. I don't know is it to do with watching it years ago as a kid but there's just something special about it.


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  • #151
    Walter lemon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭Walter lemon


    Even the fact that they do the preview and the build up on bbc its magic stuff

    Crazy the differences in odds on golfers, brian gay is 300/1 with pp and i got colsaertd at 90?


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