Results for tag: USA
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Sep 24, 2012 at 09:48:12 AM
Humans have always been a pattern-seeking breed, desperate to make deductions about the world around them. However, this thirst for explanation has led to some false steps throughout history (the Flat Earth Fan Club is all out of subscribers) which is why we have science to pick up the pieces of our own innate biases and misunderstandings.
Unlike chemistry and physics, golf isn't a perfect science. Lazy theories get bandied around in the faint hope of penetrating an impenetrable game - and seldom are they more in evidence than during Ryder Cup week. Wildcard selection normally provides the hottest topic of debate, as hacks and commentators dissect the potential fault-lines in each captain's pick. But this year renewal of the biennial battle at Medinah has been remarkable only for its...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Dec 8, 2010 at 12:48:41 AM
[b]The Betfair Contrarian is in pretty good form at the moment and intends to build on that. Here's why red-hot favourittes Europe need to come to terms with why they won't be winning the Mosconi Cup on home soil...[/b]
The Contrarian was left celebrating yet another winner last week as Russia - who he tipped at 3.4 in July - were chosen to host the 2018 World Cup. But while Europe was divided by FIFA's beauty contest, the pool-playing public of England and Holland (and Finland and Germany too) will need to be united from Thursday to Sunday as Europe scrap with USA for the Mosconi Cup - the nine-ball pool version of the Ryder Cup. Europe are 1.7 favourites but the Contrarian doesn't fancy their chances. Here's why...
USA are the holders...
USA were comfortable winners of last ...