Results for tag: Phil Mickelson
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Betting.Betfair
on Dec 29, 2011 at 09:42:53 AM
[b]Can Rory make ammends and win the Masters? Will this be the year when Woods dominates again? Or will Lefty eclipse them both? Paul Krishnamurty looks ahead to the four Majors of 2012.[/b]
[b]US Masters[/b]
[i]When: April 5-8
Venue: Augusta National
Defending Champion: Charl Schwartzel[/i]
The early US Masters narrative centres on two men, with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy both trading in single figures already. Despite finishing just 128th on the PGA Tour Money List, Tiger served notice of a return to form with victory on his final 2011 start, and duly resumed his normal position as favourite for a major he's won four times. Whether he remains a shorter price than his successor as the game's principal box office attraction, however, will depend on how their respective form...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Nov 9, 2011 at 10:25:56 AM
[b]Steve may not get much sleep this week but will he find any winners? Read his thoughts on the Barclays Singapore Open and the Australian Open, where our man's hoping for a successful title defence from Geoff Ogilvy...[/b]
To sleep, or not to sleep, that is the question.
Here we go again with two through-the-night events. There's the Australian Open, which kicks off on Wednesday evening at 8.00pm UK time, and the Barclays Singapore Open, which starts some three and a half hours later. I'll start down under.
If Tiger Woods is drawing a line under the whole [b]Steve Williams[/b] race row then I guess I should too. But then what else could Tiger do? He wasn't really in a position to condemn Williams after so many had defended him and the game's governing bodies had decided not...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Aug 19, 2011 at 09:43:12 AM
[b]Three of the year's Majors have been won by the young generation - but is it really time to bid farewell to Phil and co?[/b]
There is plenty left to play for in the 2011 season, but with the majors now completed and money list finales beginning to take shape, we can already declare this to have been a year when golf changed dramatically.
The old guard is in decline. [b]Tiger Woods[/b] will not even qualify for the Fedex Cup play-off series. Also outside the top-125 of that points list are triple-major winners Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington.
Simultaneously, long-touted 20-something prospects [b]Rory McIlroy[/b] and Charl Schwartzel came of age at the Masters and US Open. Whereas these majors were widely considered as too tough for a novice, Jason Day finished runner-up...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Aug 10, 2011 at 02:43:01 PM
[b]Our man outlines the factors that he thinks will determine the winner of the year's final major and given all the evidence, he fancies Watney might just Nick it...[/b]
"Glory's Last Shot" is the strapline for the year's final major and after a poor performance at both the US Masters and US Open and only a modest profit at the Open Championship; it feels a bit like that for yours truly.
The host course this week is the Highlands Course at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Georgia - a venue last used ten years ago when David Toms beat [b]Phil Mickelson[/b] by a solitary stroke, kicking off a run of three almost impossible to predict results.
Toms had been a triple-figure price and he was followed in by the even more implausible pair of Rich Beem in '02 and Shaun Micheel in '03 but...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Aug 8, 2011 at 10:01:39 AM
[b]Golf betting on Betfair doesn't stop once the tournament starts with In-Play markets running across all four days and in some cases right up to the final putt. Paul Krishnamurty runs through the best ways to make a mint on the 2011 USPGA...[/b]
Atlanta Athletic Club has hosted several majors throughout it's history, most recently the 2001 USPGA, when David Toms edged out [b]Phil Mickelson[/b] on the final green.
The Highlands Course has since been renovated, with holes lengthened, fairways narrowed and bunkers deepened. Elsewhere on this site, I've tried to evaluate which types of players will be best suited to the layout, and the key stats to follow. Next, we need a plan for once the tournament gets under way, to maximise [b]in-running[/b] betting opportunities.
Firstly,...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Jun 16, 2011 at 10:29:13 AM
Lee Westwood will tee off later at 8.06am local time as the 13.0 US Open favourite, a tick ahead of compatriot Luke Donald in the market and well clear of home favourite Phil Mickelson at 17.0.
With three top tens in 11 US Open appearances, including a third place finish in 2008, his liking for the event is plain to see. And with three tournament victories this year, his current form is clearly not a concern.
Whether his price is 'true' or artificially short thanks to the weight of English money behind him is not a question I'm equipped to answer. But Westwood's popularity with his 'home' fans is not in doubt and at double figure odds they don't need much of an excuse to throw a few quid at him. It'll certainly make cheering him on that little bit more enjoyable.
Something similar...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Jun 15, 2011 at 02:51:20 PM
With Sunday's results fresh in mind, there is a temptation to conclude that backing the market leaders is a mug's game. In the States, Harrizon Frazar became the 15th triple-figure priced winner on this year's PGA Tour, ending a 354 tournament losing streak. Italian Open winner Robert Rock was a likelier pick at 70.0, but he too had never previously delivered in a decade of trying. Such results strengthen the new consensus that golf has never been more open, illustrated by the fact that there is nobody trading in single figures for the US Open.
That certainly doesn't mean, however, that the favourites are poor value. Far from it. Run of the mill tournaments are one thing, the US Open quite another. Whereas at least 50, perhaps 100, different players could plausibly have won the St Jude...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Feb 15, 2011 at 03:44:34 PM
With DA Points becoming the fifth straight triple-figure outsider to win in the States on Sunday, most golf punters have endured a tough beginning to 2011. At odds of 90.0, and that in a field restricted to 30 players, Kapalua champion Jonathan Byrd is the shortest priced winner on the PGA Tour schedule so far.
There is no need to panic, however, such is the nature of this wide-open sport. In direct contrast to the PGA Tour, the European equivalent produced three consecutive winning favourites in January, at decent enough prices to compensate for bad runs at other times. I'm a great believer in the law of averages when it comes to matters like this, and was not surprised to see that Race to Dubai sequence of favourites end with a shock winner in Qatar. One of the big names is going to...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Feb 2, 2011 at 08:27:09 AM
[b]Tiger's turmoil continued on the weekend with a 44th place finish at a venue, Torrey Pines, where he was previously impregnable. And yet he is still odds on for a major win in 2011, says a shocked Ralph Ellis[/b]
On holiday in Spain I once found myself playing what must have been the world's only 13 hole golf course. Unlucky in more ways than one. It wasn't meant to be that way. It had been built, snaking through beautiful orange groves, with 18 challenging holes surrounded by luxury villas.
Sadly for the people who had moved there with promises of a golden retirement the money for maintenance ran out, the developers disappeared, and the only solution had been to leave some of the greens to go wild.
If they are still there, the remaining residents can feel proud of that this...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Nov 30, 2010 at 05:09:14 PM
I hate feeling sorry for multi-millionaire sportsmen. It's a character flaw which goes beyond preposterous - and that's even before I check my monthly bank statement, or assess my own athletic ability. In fact, I'm going to make it my New Year's resolution to stop. But before I do, permit me one last journey where I scale the heights of Mount Ridiculous and throw myself off its peak... this time for thinking Ernie [b]Els needs a little TLC[/b].
Save your breath, I've heard the riposte. Three Majors, two World Golf Championships and 60 other professional titles to his name, numerous lucrative endorsements, it's not a bad CV. As for the personal side of things... privileged upbringing, attractive wife, sweet kids and a healthy appetite for good food and wine. There are worse fates, I suppose....