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Danny Willett, the only English player to play consistently well here IMO.
Fancy him to get back on track here after missing the cut last week.
Fancy him to get back on track here after missing the cut last week.
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J elson finished 2nd and 3rd last 2 years and he is english.......but not played since october, anybody know if he is fit ????? Or playing well ????
been having a baby by the looks of twitter.....maybe getting more nappychanging practice than golf practice...
This weeks co-sanctioned Joburg Open is a tricky one to call with two courses being used over the first two days and over two hundred players teeing it up I have decided to keep stakes small ont he one angle I have spotted.Basically in the last few years home advantage seems to have great bearing and not necessarily in being South African but in particular being from Joburg/Pretoria. Last year this included Grace 1st, Fisher, Bothma and Van Zyl all tied 3rd and the year before Schartzel 1st and Aiken 3rd. Now I admit some of these were towards the front of the betting but I still think there is a case to be made so I have gone for two local residents who represent a touch of value.
Justin Walters got his card for this season via the Challenge Tour and reminds me a bit of a slighlty older version of last years winner Branden Grace. He has promised much over the years but hasn't quite lived up to expectations. Walters has made a good start to the season in an attempt to keep his card with a 14th and 20th in home events before Christmas whilst a poor finish on Sunday prevented him from finishing higher than 26th in Dubai but that is far better form than a lot of these bring to the table.He has played solidy if rather unremarkable golf here before but I get the feeling he may put himself in contention this week 0.2 ew 150/1
My second Joburg resident is Matthew Carvell who is also just beginning to live up to a solid amateur reputation. Over the last five months he led his first pro event heading into the final round before finishing 3rd at home in Johannesburg in the BMG Classic. He was 2nd after the opening round of the South African Open eventually finishing 20th. This year he has played once finishing 4th in the Telkom Pro-Am played at the Centurion GC between Johannesburg and Pretoria - he is clearly at his best playing at home. Three missed cuts in this event doesn't look great on paper but he is a better player now and has a bit of hidden form here - he won the Central Gauteng Open round the East course here in 2009 by a massive eight shots and qualified for this event in 2010 by shooting the lowest score of the day round the West. I am expecting a much improved performance this year 0.1 ew 300/1.
Justin Walters got his card for this season via the Challenge Tour and reminds me a bit of a slighlty older version of last years winner Branden Grace. He has promised much over the years but hasn't quite lived up to expectations. Walters has made a good start to the season in an attempt to keep his card with a 14th and 20th in home events before Christmas whilst a poor finish on Sunday prevented him from finishing higher than 26th in Dubai but that is far better form than a lot of these bring to the table.He has played solidy if rather unremarkable golf here before but I get the feeling he may put himself in contention this week 0.2 ew 150/1
My second Joburg resident is Matthew Carvell who is also just beginning to live up to a solid amateur reputation. Over the last five months he led his first pro event heading into the final round before finishing 3rd at home in Johannesburg in the BMG Classic. He was 2nd after the opening round of the South African Open eventually finishing 20th. This year he has played once finishing 4th in the Telkom Pro-Am played at the Centurion GC between Johannesburg and Pretoria - he is clearly at his best playing at home. Three missed cuts in this event doesn't look great on paper but he is a better player now and has a bit of hidden form here - he won the Central Gauteng Open round the East course here in 2009 by a massive eight shots and qualified for this event in 2010 by shooting the lowest score of the day round the West. I am expecting a much improved performance this year 0.1 ew 300/1.
SL Preview
http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/article/585/8471582/keep-it-simple-with-schwartzel
http://www.sportinglife.com/golf/news/article/585/8471582/keep-it-simple-with-schwartzel
early Van Zyl silly price went very quickly, alas I was too late
Megdog
Read the preview thanks. Happy to be a Schwartsel layer here unlike the writer....a month off and first event in 2013.....wants to be peaking in 2 months. Agreed CS form late last year would put him inline for a Major this year but 3-1 ish in this field first up is a lay.
Read the preview thanks. Happy to be a Schwartsel layer here unlike the writer....a month off and first event in 2013.....wants to be peaking in 2 months. Agreed CS form late last year would put him inline for a Major this year but 3-1 ish in this field first up is a lay.
that's the 100-30 on shot......Robert Rock in form and course form is the 36-1 shot
Feb 5, 2013 -- 12:49PM, Insideshrewdie wrote:
MegdogRead the preview thanks. Happy to be a Schwartsel layer here unlike the writer....a month off and first event in 2013.....wants to be peaking in 2 months. Agreed CS form late last year would put him inline for a Major this year but 3-1 ish in this field first up is a lay.
An utterly absurd price of 100/30 for the favourite in a field of 210 players. Not entirely certain if he should even be favourite with Branden Grace teeing it up as well.
tobereenha...
lay a coin toss on charl v grace and you would have a lot of people interested!
Charl to take this down comfortably...4/1 with SJ early doors was very brave.
lay a coin toss on charl v grace and you would have a lot of people interested!
Charl to take this down comfortably...4/1 with SJ early doors was very brave.
Is this a joke..........just seen the tee times..........6 players per group????????
Ski-Wiz 05 Feb 13 19:39
Is this a joke..........just seen the tee times..........6 players per group????????
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That is easily the funniest thing I've read this year!
Is this a joke..........just seen the tee times..........6 players per group????????
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That is easily the funniest thing I've read this year!
Feb 5, 2013 -- 7:47PM, mengmeng wrote:
2 courses....
Why don't the morons publish two tees time, one for each course?
havnt looked at site yet, but normally have 2 different colours nest to name, red and blue or purple or something. but euro site is joke at best of times
coetzee price is awful.reckon he will win this season but couldnt back at those odds or even double those odds.
gone for jamie elson 125/1 ew
marc wareen 60/1
david drysdale 90
gone for jamie elson 125/1 ew
marc wareen 60/1
david drysdale 90
Not like Richard Sterne to get off to a fast start.
anybody got any idea whats happened to soren hansen?? due to tee off at 5.30 am but seems to have dissapeared off leaderboard. thanks
sky tv timing is terrible.Second transmission starts at 12.30,if theyre interested in live golf by that time schwartzel et al will only have 4 or 5 left to play.
Schwartzel -2 after 14 and trading at 4.5......surely got to get to at least -4 to justify that price and no certainty in last 4 holse....
i'm on james kingston $10 @ 210
and only got $2.49 matched on tjaart van der walt @ 220
. tried to get $10 matched but failed....
stupid holiday. got too much sh1t to do and cant live bet like i want. nor do i have foxtel like in the comfort of home in perth. lump and leave it appears.
and only got $2.49 matched on tjaart van der walt @ 220
. tried to get $10 matched but failed....stupid holiday. got too much sh1t to do and cant live bet like i want. nor do i have foxtel like in the comfort of home in perth. lump and leave it appears.
@dubai_master.... not quite sure what you are at but tossed anyway and Brandon Rogers wins in a photo.
Just layed Sterne €16 @ 4.1. Was waiting and waiting but he started drifting on me so I am ok. Wont break the bank.
Feb 8, 2013 -- 8:18AM, toberaheena wrote:
@dubai_master....
For me this is a straight fight between Sterne and coetzee.I know Charl has a great record here but giving up a 5 shot lead will be a tough ask.Fancy a pillar to post win by Sterne who has won here before.
Fisher going to find it hard to kick on and and win with sterne, Charl and Coetzee kicking about but he looks impressive to me. Also, got the sort of solid, simple swing that is more likely hold up when the nerves kick in.
Will someone have a word with George and tell him it's a 4 day tournament ffs, I'm convinced he's happy to make a living just by picking up a few quid every week in place money
Sure to fire a 64 sunday and miss out by a shot!
commentators and forecast suggest thunderstorms tomorrow, possible 54-hole? Anyone any knowledge of weather in that neck of the woods?
they are starting early in 3 balls to miss the weather
thx, hope they get finished as I'm very red on Fisher...wish he would just go away.
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