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05 Dec 12
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Most people seem to not be looking forward to the Nelson Mandela Championship from Royal Durban but I see it is a challenge which may well favour the punter. A new course and a quirky one at that built inside Greyville racecourse at the end of a long and tiring season despite it being the start of the new European season and with some iffy weather makes it an interesting conundrum to unravel. With that in mind I have spread my bets to cover lots of different bases!
Tyrone van Aswegen was the first price that jumped out at me when early shows were 175/150. Returning from a fairly successful Web.com campaign where he had four top ten finishes he lost in a playoff in Cape Town two weeks ago. The other players in that playoff like Roos and Van Zyl are much shorter than him and he had Otto and Fichardt behind so at the price it is a no brainer to me 0.2 ew 125/1
Brazilian Adilson da Silva is as straight as they come and the track should suit him down to the ground as he hits a staggering 85% of fairways. Whilst he is yet to win a big event in South Africa he has won plenty of smaller ones 0.15 ew 110/1
Julien Quesne jumped off the page as well as a player who seems at his best on short tight tracks and who won on the main tour in Spain earlier this year - quite why he is 150/1 this week is beyond me 0.1 ew 150/1
Jacque Blaauw won the South African amateur at Royal Durban in 2008 but to be honest hasn't totally trained on but there must be something in the Durban air he likes as he has been 3rd twice at the nearby Durban course in the Suncoast Classic the last time just six weeks ago in similar weather conditions. He only got in via the qualifier yesterday shooting a good round and is worth a small bet 0.1 ew 250/1
Talking of the Suncoast Classic - the winner of that was a talented young player Ruan de Smidt whose accurate game will be well suited this week. He has had a good first season as a pro having won the Sunshine Tour Q school at the beginning of the year when still an amateur 0.1 ew 250/1
Last but not least one round one play on Jaco Ahlers who shot a 65 round here in IFQ for the Open in 2009 to gain entry into his first Major. He has suffered with a bit of a bad back of late but he has been 2nd and 5th after round one one in co-sanctioned events before 0.1 ew 125/1
Tyrone van Aswegen was the first price that jumped out at me when early shows were 175/150. Returning from a fairly successful Web.com campaign where he had four top ten finishes he lost in a playoff in Cape Town two weeks ago. The other players in that playoff like Roos and Van Zyl are much shorter than him and he had Otto and Fichardt behind so at the price it is a no brainer to me 0.2 ew 125/1
Brazilian Adilson da Silva is as straight as they come and the track should suit him down to the ground as he hits a staggering 85% of fairways. Whilst he is yet to win a big event in South Africa he has won plenty of smaller ones 0.15 ew 110/1
Julien Quesne jumped off the page as well as a player who seems at his best on short tight tracks and who won on the main tour in Spain earlier this year - quite why he is 150/1 this week is beyond me 0.1 ew 150/1
Jacque Blaauw won the South African amateur at Royal Durban in 2008 but to be honest hasn't totally trained on but there must be something in the Durban air he likes as he has been 3rd twice at the nearby Durban course in the Suncoast Classic the last time just six weeks ago in similar weather conditions. He only got in via the qualifier yesterday shooting a good round and is worth a small bet 0.1 ew 250/1
Talking of the Suncoast Classic - the winner of that was a talented young player Ruan de Smidt whose accurate game will be well suited this week. He has had a good first season as a pro having won the Sunshine Tour Q school at the beginning of the year when still an amateur 0.1 ew 250/1
Last but not least one round one play on Jaco Ahlers who shot a 65 round here in IFQ for the Open in 2009 to gain entry into his first Major. He has suffered with a bit of a bad back of late but he has been 2nd and 5th after round one one in co-sanctioned events before 0.1 ew 125/1
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free free free nelson mandela
free tips = free money = free christmas cheers muppet for all your insight this year |
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Cheers Donny - sadly it hasn't been the best of years, one more week to go then a well earned rest - well from the golf anyway!
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Gone with Canizares,Horsey,Storm and Baldwin.
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Still to start , ground waterlogged apparently . Would that not be unusual for Durban ? -- although it fits in with the rubbish weather worldwide this year .
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how likely would it be for them to get 72 holes in? any guesses?
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They are still hoping im guessing a smaller cut and 36 on sunday whether permitting
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$10 on keenan davidse @ 1000
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Reading players and caddies on Twitter - one mother of a storm over Durban tonight - apparently they will be surprised to see any play tomorrow either
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thanks looks like 54 holes then
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Huge storm overnight and 30mm of rain has forced a further postponement of the first round of the #NelsonMandelaChamp until Saturday morning
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Seems as if they are playing this now as a par 65 with 8 par 3,s,never seen that before.
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just to echo donny's thoughts,cheers TMM for your insightful contribution this year,oh and i've had afew quid on Shaun Norris.
Good Luck All. |
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now a 36 holes tournament
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Following the disruption on Thursday and Friday, it was announced that the objective of the tournament was to achieve 36 holes by Sunday evening or Monday. If 36 holes were to be achieved come Sunday evening a result would then be declared.
http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2013/tournamentid=2012094/news/newsid=181637.html#clark+kofstad+make+early+moves+durban |
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which makes the price for Tim Clark big on here
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Thanks Megdog,if thats the case it seems as if it will be a result on here but not on the daq.
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some very good in-form players from the CT here. Expect them to be right there on the main tour come 2014. Kofsted interesting as Chubby has him and that will free his mind into just playing golf.
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Can't find a price for a 59.
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lol
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would a 59 count for those bets for a 59 on the tour at some point of the season, what with tees altered and lift and place.
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Will be a shoot out tomorrow just the 68 within 5 shots, 93 within 6!
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What an absolute farce of a tournament this has turned out to be.If they wanted to start the tournament,why not make it 54 holes?Next weeks event is in South Africa also,so it's not like the players have a mass of travelling ahead.Surely they could have played another 18 holes on Monday morning to make it a three round event and the players could travel upto Leopard Creek for the Dunhill on Monday evening?54 holes at least feels something akin to a tournament.The European Tour don't seem keen on Monday finishes for some reason.
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so the final insult, waiting all morning and can't even see live coverage even though the bloody programme has started
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yup, will be interesting to see if clarke can put up a solid round to take it down tho (when it goes live).
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hes very short given the scores on eurotour website
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What a joke this has turned out - it looks a game of pitch and putt on the muddy lawn of some council estate
I suppose high street bookies won't void it like they should do - claiming a 'result' would have been reached |
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And The European Tour wonders why it can't attract sponsors...Maybe they could go for a northern hemisphere version of this and have a 36 hole shootout annually on a muddy golf course on the infield of a UK racetrack?Southwell could prove a fitting venue
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Tim Clark - dear oh dear oh dear
Oh and GO ON WEBBO! |
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OMG---course looks like a council
No bet want web to win |
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NORWICH!!!!
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ROB!!!!!
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DAN!!
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