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Only 3 weeks till the best major gets underway.
Anyone spotted any early value in the market?
Anyone spotted any early value in the market?
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Geoff Ogilvy looks like he's built his season around peaking for this... a previous winner and usually goes well when its a tough scoring course....and this will be the case. 80/1 available with books seems fair enough ( had he won this year he'd be 33/1 at best ). The signs of an imminent return to top form have been showing up over his last 4 tournaments....tbh, still struggling to forgive him losing in a play off to the pensioner Peter Senior in Oz a couple back as I'd had a big bet when he was well behind, then had it in the bag and blew it....but maybe he'll return the loss with a bit of interest
 Backed Rickie Fowler @ 86 on purple when he was about to lose his maiden tag and layed back @ 52 for a nice freebie but would want 66/1 to re-bet and thats doubtful pre tournament.Love the US Open and its always been a source of profits in this camp so can only hope the trend continues. Go Go GO  |
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Currently only 10 of the top 30 players best priced on here.
Can see Rory 11.5 / Charl 65 and Webb @ 75 going off shorter on the day. Hoping a big chuck will drift when the full field is added. |
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Can't see Webb ever winning a U.S. Open, unless he improves on his driving accuracy.
Having said that, if they grow the rough like they did last year, then he might be a good thing at that price. My guess is that the rough will be more punishing than ever, to make up for last year's debacle. |
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My only bets so far ( apart from laying Stenson @ 20s in a piddly amount), Dufner @ 100s, laid off @ 42s, and a lay of Bubba @ 36.
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I have laid all the listed runners for a small profit already, and with over 70 runners still to be added I will be hoping for a shock winner for a bumper no risk payday
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Wouldn't back Webb myself.
But wouldn't be surprised to see him going off at 65 or lower. |
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Webb drifted massively before the Masters and unless he does something between now and then I can see him hitting 3 figures again with Dufner killing it, peoples love of Ricky growing with his win and guys like Jason Day finding a little form a few will need to be pushed down and he will be one of them barring a good showing before San Francisco.
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I seem to remember the rough being virtually unplayable last year. All anyone could do was hack out sideways !!
The lad who won it only hit it off the fairway once.....and still managed a Par. By the way,a look back at last years selections does make very interesting reading !! |
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Not sure which tournament you were watching, Heinz, but obviously not the U.S. Open 2011.
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Can only imagine Heinz is thinking of the USPGA ??? the US Open was on a comparatively easy course...they won't let anyone win on -10+ this year....will be back to the good old days of Winged Foot/Shinecock Hills style scoring, hopefully....its a far sterner test and much more interesting. Last year was just like most weeks on PGA tour.Can't fault the way Rory won but it was the easiest a US Open course has played in my memory by a long way.
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I think you'll find that the rough at Congressional was virtually unplayable maggot......that would explain why only 2 out of 156 players reached double figures,you see.
The trick was to keep it on the fairway......one lad managed that exceptionally well |
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You're getting muddled, Heinz. You must be the only one on the planet with that opinion.
Congressional, last year, played just about as easy as any course in U.S. Open history. |
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Maggot listen to the genius, the winner managed par apparently. Oh hang, maybe the guy who managed par finished about 20th ..................... hmmm not sure about all this
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Sorry ladies,but the rough was punishing last year.
Pray explain why the lad had to play out sideways,back to the fairway,on the 5th,on Saturday,if,as you are trying to claim,the rough not punishing ? You girls have been out in the sun too long !! |
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'Still managed 'A' Par,drivel.......Kanga Burgers must be getting to you,mate.
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Ok Mugerian, yes the rough at Congressional last year was penal
I wish I lived in your world, the fantasy sounds great |
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We were discussing the 'punishing' rough,Rhino,Wee Buddy.
I mean to say,if it wasn't that 'punishing',why not just go for the green in Two ? The lad played it perfectly. Unilke Westwood,Mickelson,who were hacking out and cursing their errant drives. They can grow the rough to Ten Feet this year.........no problem at all for someone who can drive it straight. ( Tigger must be licking his chops )  |
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I'm sure most on here remember the last Olympic US Open - Lee Janzen's win in 1998 - course set up was crazy...seem to recall John Daly having an uphill 2 footer at 18 which horseshoed out and went 30ft behind him, winning score even par but course made for cracking viewing...apparently USGA Exec Director predicting first 6 holes to be toughest ever start in a US Open...obviously not looking for a -16 Rory repeat! Course has been lengthened but still reckon the winner profile will be similar to Janzen's....accuracy and touch...enjoy...
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Luuukkee
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Your right about Congressional, due to the pre tournament weather, it was softer than they anticipated which meant far more guys hit the fairways and then greens in reg, hence the overall scoring was more in keeping with a regular event. The aim of the organisers is to find a winner with a score of around about level par and the course will be set up to achieve this. NorwichRob is correct that the winners profile will most likely be an accurate player, not necessarily long off the tee, but in my view,a more important factor will be an even temperament, a few players fit this bill, Donald being the most obvious one.
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us open qualifier at walton heath yesterday ...
q-Alexander Noren, Sweden 67-68 -- 135 q-Marc Warren, Scotland 70-65 – 135 q-Lee Slattery, England 71-66 -- 137 q-Gregory Bourdy, France 67-70 -- 137 q-Mikko Ilonen, Finland 66-71 -- 137 q-George Coetzee, South Africa 66-71 -- 137 q-Soren Kjeldsen, Denmark 68-69 -- 137 q-Matthew Baldwin, England 67-71 -- 138 q-Matteo Manessaro, Italy 69-69 -- 138 q-Peter Lawrie, Ireland 67-71 -- 138 q-Raphael Jacquelin, France 70-68 -- 138 ----------------------------------- A-Sihwan Kim, Korea 66-72 -- 138 A-Jeev Milkha Singh, India 71-68 -- 139 Benjamin Hebert, France 70-69 -- 139 Gregory Havret, France 71-68 -- 139 Niclas Fasth, Sweden 67-72 -- 139 Ross McGowan, England 73-66 -- 139 Richard Bland, England 67-72 -- 139 Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 68-72 -- 140 Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 67-73 -- 140 Joel Sjoholm, Sweden 70-70 --140 Thomas Aiken, South Africa 72-68 --140 Robert Coles, England 72-68 -- 140 Jorge Campillo, Spain 70-70 -- 140 Oscar Floren, Sweden 71-70 -- 141 Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain 67-74 – 141 Markus Brier, Austria 69-72 -- 141 Chris Wood, England 70-71 -- 141 Bernd Weisberger, Austria 70-72 –142 Shane Lowry, Ireland 72-70 – 142 Andrew Johnston, England 74-68 -- 142 Ross Fisher, England 71-71 -- 142 Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 70-72 -- 142 Marcel Siem, Germany 71-72 -- 143 Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 66-77 -- 143 Carlos Del Moral, Spain 73-70 -- 143 Darren Fichardt, South Africa 68-75 -- 143 Mohd Siddikur, Bangladesh 70-73 -- 143 Ricardo Santos, Portugal 74-69 -- 143 Romain Wattel, France 71-73 -- 144 Gary Boyd, England 72-72 -- 144 Johan Edfords, Sweden 69-75 -- 144 Jean-Baptist Gonnet, France 73-71 -- 144 Gary Murphy, Ireland 73-71 -- 144 Rikard Karlberg, Sweden 74-71 -- 145 Rhys Davies, Wales 73-72 –145 Simon Khan, England 75-70 -- 145 Alejandro Canizares, Spain 71-74 -- 145 Matthew Zions, Australia 71-74 -- 145 Peter Hedblom, Sweden 73-72 -- 145 Fabrizio Zanotti, Paraguay 68-77 -- 145 Andrea Pavan, Italy 69-76 -- 145 Jbe Kruger, South Africa 69-77 -- 146 Tommy Fleetwood, England 71-75 -- 146 Anton Haig, South Africa 73-74 -- 147 Himmat Rai, India 74-73 -- 147 Marcus Fraser, Australia 72-76 -- 148 Scott Hend, Australia 76-72 -- 148 Sean Whiffin, England 70-79 -- 149 Tom Lewis, England 73-76 -- 149 Anirban Lahiri, India 73-77 -- 150 Richard McEvoy, England 77-74 -- 151 Zhiqun Lam, Singapore 75-77 -- 152 Michael Jonzon, Sweden 76-76 -- 152 Oskar Henningsson, Sweden 73-80 -- 153 Ian Keenan, England 77-77 -- 154 Andrew Dodt, Australia 68-WD -- WD Scott Jamieson, Scotland 76-WD -- WD Gareth Maybin, Northern Ireland 72-WD -- WD Richie Ramsay, Scotland 80-WD -- WD Pelle Edberg, Sweden 74-WD -- WD Lorenzo Gagli, Italy 78-WD -- WD Brett Rumford, Australia 73-WD -- WD Edoardo Molinari, Italy 79-WD -- WD Julien Quesne, France 75-WD -- WD Fredrik Andersson Hed, Sweden 75-WD – WD Shiv Kapur, India 74-WD -- WD George Murray, Scotland 72-WD -- WD Thomas Levet, France 73-WD -- WD Pablo Martin, Spain WD-WD -- WD Jose Manuel Lara, Spain WD-WD -- WD |
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Currently 98 players listed in the market.
How many more to add? |
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Heinz been eating strange mushrooms
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About time Lukkke stepped up the plate.
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1998
Lee Janzen, 33, made four birdies and no bogeys over the final 15 holes at The Olympic Club in San Francisco to come from seven strokes behind Payne Stewart and claim his second U.S. Open Championship in six years. Ironically, he also overtook Stewart to win in 1993 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J. "I seem to bring out the best in Lee," said a disappointed Stewart, who had led for more than 60 holes of the championship. Janzen began the day five strokes behind Stewart, who led for the first three days and was the only player under par heading into the final round at 3-under-par 207. Playing two groups ahead of Stewart, Janzen started at 2-over 211 but dropped two more strokes behind when he bogeyed the difficult second and third holes. Janzen gained momentum with his good fortune on the par-4 fifth. His tee shot found the trees on the left and looked to be lost, but as he was heading back to the teeing ground to replay a second tee ball, his first ball dislodged and fell from a tree into the deep rough. Janzen chipped back to the fairway, hit his approach over the green, and then chipped in for par. "I can't tell you the feeling I had walking to the sixth tee," said Janzen. "I was looking at six and I made four." Janzen still didn't appear to be a threat to Stewart. More apparent challengers were Tom Lehman at 1-over, who was playing in the final group for the fourth consecutive year, and Nick Price and Bob Tway in the second to last group, each starting the final round at 2-over. None, however, could make birdies like Janzen. His final round of 2-under 68 was one of only three sub-par rounds on Sunday. Janzen earned a share of the lead with birdies on the par-3 12th and par-4 13th before carefully navigating pars on the incoming holes, including the most difficult 486-yard 17th, where he reached the green with a 3-iron and 2-putted from 40 feet straight downhill. Stewart, who won the Open in 1991 and also led after 36 holes in 1996, made bogey on the 16th after finding a greenside bunker with his approach. His last chance to tie Janzen came at the finishing hole, where he had a 25-footer for birdie. His downhill putt broke left and slid inches below the hole, giving Janzen the biggest come-from-behind win after 54 holes since Hale Irwin came from five back in 1973. "I feel complete satisfaction," said Janzen, who could barely stand to watch Stewart's birdie putt on the final hole from a television in the scoring area. "I went out and played my absolute best in the championship I love most." There were only 26 rounds under par for the championship. Janzen had two of them, the lowest of which was his 66 for the second round, which brought him into contention after an opening 73. The lowest round was Paul Azinger's 65 on Sunday, capped by a birdie at the 18th. Nineteen-year-old amateur Matt Kuchar had one of those under-par rounds as well. His 70-69 start put him at 1-under and in a tie for fourth place, just two strokes behind Stewart, who entered the weekend at 3-under. The reigning U.S. Amateur champion finished tied for 14th, the lowest finish for an amateur since Jim Simons was tied for fifth in 1971. He was the only one of six amateurs in the field to make the cut and earned exempt status for the 1999 championship. The minimum of 60 players made the cut, which came at 7-over 147. Rocky Walcher axed three former champions from the field when he made par late Friday night, playing in the third to last group. The USGA accepted a record 7,117 entries for the championship, none of which a stir like the entry of Casey Martin, who was awarded the right to use automotive transportation in the championship because a physical disability (leg). Martin, a member of the PGA Nike Tour in 1998, finished tied for 23rd. Lee Janzen, 73-66-73-68-280 $535,000 Payne Stewart,66-71-70-74-281 Bob Tway, 68-70-73-73-284 Nick Price, 73-68-71-73-285 Steve Stricker, 73-71-69-73-286 Tom Lehman, 68-75-68-75-286 David Duval,75-68-75-69-287 Lee Westwood, 72-74-70-71-287 Jeff Maggert, 69-69-75-74-287 Jeff Sluman, 72-74-74-68-288 Phil Mickelson, 71-73-74-70-288 Stuart Appleby, 73-74-70-71-288 Stewart Cink,73-68-73-74-288 Paul Azinger, 75-72-77-65-289 Jesper Parnevik, 69-74-76-70-289 a-Matt Kuchar 70-69-76-74-289 Jim Furyk, 74-73-68-74-289 Colin Montgomerie, 70-74-77-69-290 Loren Roberts, 71-76-71-72-290 Frank Lickliter II, 73-71-72-74-290 Jose Maria Olazabal, 68-77-71-74-290 Tiger Woods, 74-72-71-73-290 Casey Martin, 74-71-74-72-291 Glen Day, 73-72-71-75-291 |
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you should have held your nerve on rickeeeeee queenie
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Well that's changed things.
Boy wonder out to 18 and Tiger in to 7.6. Good news for outsider backers. Should be some tasty prices available. |
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Anyone have a link to the field yet or are there still more entrants to be decided?
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us sectional qualifiers today
field should be more or less sorted http://www.usopen.com/en_US/news/qualifying/sectional.html and follow the links .... |
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Paul Lawrie and Thomas Bjorn for me. Watching the 98 Janzen/ Stewart footage a couple of nights ago. If it's set up anything like that you're going to need a straight driver and a sh!t hot chipper. Bjorn is one of the best as is Lawrie. I also think that (despite their respective tempers at a younger age) these two have got older heads on their shoulders and will be able to deal with the inevitable Bogeyfest and play through it. Despite his cr@p putting, I've always been impressed with how Westwood can get through bad holes and be patient. You're going to need that sort of attitude round Olympic. Could really see some of the less experienced players blow up
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paul lawrie not taking his us open spot, god knows why not....all the cheap air fares gone?
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Snapped up all the 16.5 on Mr Westwood yesterday !!
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Do we get shot tracker during the US Open?
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Nope,but Maggot does pass around his Fairy Cakes.
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they have playtracker, but its not shot by shot as far as i remember
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Thanks Donny
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remember Janzen winning it,i was on nicky price and remember doing my nut when janzen kept getting the breaks which included hitting it up a tree only for it to belatedly drop down for a good lie.
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Is anyone actually backing tiger woods at the current price?
 a genius flop shot wins him last weeks tournament and now he is 11/2 fav for the us open..oh dear  |