(( GOLF )) PLAYERS Championship (&) Mauritius Open.

Catch Me ifyoucan  • May 7, 2015 12:54 AM BST 
Lumped on Hideki Matsuyama & Brooks Koepka for FRL as they out early.
Catch Me ifyoucan  • May 7, 2015 1:10 AM BST 
FRL added Morgan Hoffmann, David Hearn and later boys Brian Davis, Justin Thomas & Daniel Berger

How's it work - Stakes reduced by 1/3 if three joint First Round Leaders ????????

JB dreaming

Good for me... BUT JB Holmes and Oosthuizen join my favourite **** for the lead at -5... then both plonk in the water on 17 ! DIVING TURTLES ?

* J ap

See our own Kevin Phelan is still 25/1 1,2,3,4 after an excellent 68 today in the tough afternoon conditions.

Generous?

Apple....How's it work ??????

work?

for three or four joint First Round Leaders  ???

Assume DH Rules, stakes divided by 3,

Derek Fauckner acting the bolix.

Fathauer...?

Ta

Easy to miss spell Fathauer

Derek F. 300/1 FRL

There's a few Fathauers around every town.

Costing me 4 figures atm

Not often one throws darts at 2 first round leaders

NAME 3 PLAYERS THAT IMPRESSED YOU TODAY ??? (as possible winners)

Simpson
Horschell looks back to his best.
Hoffman

3 fairway and green merchants. Think that is what will get it done in the end.

Fathauer got Vertigo.

WD on the FRL bets Catch Me. Nice click.

Amazing how long Matsuyama remained solo lead. Then nearly everyone that joined him went in the drink!!

Should be a cracking weekend.

Zach Johnson could easily have been challenging for the lead himself. Had a shocker with the putter. Must be frustrating that what has been the strongest aspect of his game for so long is now what is preventing him form contending most weeks.

THE LATER times DAY 2

14:00	Danny Willett (6/4)	Brendan Steele (7/4)	Erik Compton (11/4)
14:00	Paul Casey (6/4)	Bernd Wiesberger (2)	John Huh (5/2)
14:10	Kevin Na (5/6)	Derek Fathauer (16/5)	Robert Allenby (10/3)
14:10	Sean OHair (6/4)	Stephen Gallacher (19/10)	Martin Flores (5/2)
17:25	Cameron Tringale (11/10)	Bryce Molder (9/4)	Andres Romero (10/3)
17:25	Jeff Overton (7/5)	Anirban Lahiri (9/4)	Brice Garnett (5/2)
17:35	Lee Westwood (11/10)	Shawn Stefani (9/4)	Carl Pettersson (10/3)
17:35	Morgan Hoffman (8/5)	Aaron Baddeley (5/2)	Jhonattan Vegas (5/2)
17:46	Justin Thomas (7/5)	Daniel Summerhays (2)	Michael Putnam (23/10)
17:46	Marc Leishman (7/5)	Troy Merritt (21/10)	Freddie Jacobson (9/4)
17:56	Scott Stallings (13/8)	Angel Cabrera (2)	Camilo Villegas (9/4)
17:56	Graeme McDowell (17/10)	Ryan Palmer (7/4)	Padraig Harrington (9/4)
18:07	Ben Martin (5/4)	Rory Sabbatini (2)	Stewart Cink (3)
18:07	Webb Simpson (1)	Michael Thompson (11/4)	Nick Taylor (10/3)
18:17	Chris Kirk (6/4)	Chesson Hadley (2)	Scott Piercy (5/2)
18:17	Hideki Matsuyama (5/4)	Jimmy Walker (6/4)	Ernie Els (4)
18:28	John Senden (7/4)	Boo Weekley (19/10)	Nick Watney (12/5)
18:28	Rickie Fowler (7/5)	Patrick Reed (2)	Brooks Koepka (11/4)
18:38	Bubba Watson (9/5)	Billy Horschel (15/8)	Matt Kuchar (2)
18:38	Steve Stricker (6/4)	Harris English (7/4)	Jonas Blixt (3)
18:49	Ian Poulter (13/10)	Gary Woodland (2)	James Hahn (14/5)
18:49	Rory McIlroy (7/5)	Jordan Spieth (2)	Jason Day (5/2)
18:59	Keegan Bradley (6/4)	Ben Crane (2)	David Toms (5/2)
18:59	Scott Brown (1)	Draw (15/2)	Seung-Yul Noh (11/10)
19:10	Jason Bohn (7/5)	Ryo Ishikawa (9/5)	Bernhard Langer (11/4)
19:10	Russell Knox (6/4)	Joost Luiten (13/8)	Will MacKenzie (3)
19:20	Bo Van Pelt (6/4)	Shane Lowry (13/8)	Adam Hadwin (10/3)
19:20	Jerry Kelly (11/10)	Ricky Barnes (7/4)	Gonzalo F-Castano (29/10)

George Coetzee
Scott Hend

DOUBLES ew WITH

Jason Day
Russell Henley
Jimmy Walker
Zach Johnson
Branden Grace

Jason Day's game comes and goes too much for his talent level but backing a premium player who has some course form at Sawgrass. He was T6 in 2011 followed by MC then T19 in 2013. He followed up a disappointing Masters with T4 at Zurich but went 0-3 at Match Play last week. DAY hits it a mile and gets up-and-down from anywhere. He leads the TOUR in birdie average and the all-around and is eighth in GIR.


Russell Henley was eight-under (65-71) after two rounds last year and was in the hunt before 80 on Saturday killed any chances of contention. Instead of mailing it in he rebounded with 66 on Sunday to finish T17.


Jimmy Walker's last three years go T35 then T15 and T6 last year. While he loves this track and doesn’t hit too many fairways, he finds plenty of greens though and his short game is ace. His closing 65 last year included two bogeys. He’s posted 14 of 18 career rounds at par or better and six of those have been in the 60s.


Zach Johnson racked up 9of10 weekends including his last six and found form last week in San Fran. MC at Harbour Town but fixed something because he rebounded to win two of three matches last week at Harding Park. With so many premium players struggling to figure this track out, Johnson has a nice risk-reward element this week.


Branden Grace confirmed his reputation as one of the European Tour's best closers by carding a 6-under-par 35-31=66 to win the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Yes, a 31 back nine to claim his second title of the 2015 season and exemption into the limited field at the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National for the fourth consecutive time by virtue of a top 10 in the Race to Dubai standings.
GRACE is now ranked 40th in the OWGR, the third highest South African behind Louis #24 and Charl #39, and currently lies 5th in the RTD standings.
A winner in three of his last eight worldwide starts - twice on the European Tour and recently on the Sunshine Tour - he is looking to transfer that success to the PGA TOUR. His title at the Dimension Data Pro-Am in his native South Africa contributes only to his earnings on the Sunshine Tour, but it's more proof that he's a flat-out winner. Grace followed a solo 54th at Doral with a T62 at Bay Hill and made his second career start at Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio playing on a foreign exemption to finish in 30th position. Shooting 75, 73 was a second MC at The Masters after a T18 in his first try in 2013.

Added Louis Oosthuizen (OWGR #24 from No.30 last week) to those Mauritius Open doubles. He said last weekend he was healthy and feeling great and the results have backed that sentiment. He’s racked up four top 10s in seven events since early March and has only found four rounds over par during that stretch. He backed up his T19 at Augusta with T7 at RBC Heritage and was a beaten quarter-finalist last week at Harding Park beating scrappers Keegan & The Mechanic then Bubba & Fowler before going down to Smiley Jim. He’s eighth in SGTTG and ninth in SGT. He hits PLENTY of GIR and that’s a key this week. Was on my radar before 17/18 yesterday, losing 3 shots to the field - a big ask now.

If i had known that piece of info on Russell Henley Catch i would have a score on him  at the start, only 20/1 now,

Well done catch,

Jason Day's game comes and goes too much for his talent level but...... wtf

HAVE WE HAD THE DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS YET ?


Diving Turtle wins the day...

http://www.golfchannel.com/news/grill-room/video-diving-turtle-makes-big-splash-again-players/?cid=twitter-gc-a-video-diving-turtle-makes-big-splash-again-players-051114

Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli about to start singing to.....

TIME TO SAY..... cheerio cheerio cheerio

TO +2 boys
Singleman Dufner,
Dan Willett - now that he’s eligible for unlimited exemptions for the rest of the season he should be free as a bird and should let it rip! (72,74)
Mr Lee John Westwood OBE,
Johnny J Walker,
Brooks Koepka,
Scraper Bradley,
Mahan,
Sneds,
Spiethless,
Jason every Day,
Lowry,
Harry English,
Phil - his third consecutive MC at the tournament following 11 consecutive paydays, including the 2007 title,
Streelman,
Ryan Palmer,
Donald,
Woodland,
BAD deley,
Casey & Clarke WD


Leeds United fans will not be pleased
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0TVEDh8-u8

77 players at EVEN PAR (same cut line for the last 3 years)

Coetzee/Grace ew double @208/1

George Coetzee did pretty well in last week’s WGC-Cadillac Match Play, beating Martin Kaymer and Thongchai Jaidee after extra holes but an opening defeat to eventual semi-finalist Jim Furyk (3-0 in the group phase) proved decisive. Before that, his strokeplay form was excellent with a win in the Tshwane Open and third places in the Investec Cup and Trophee Hassan II in Morocco. He’s one of the European Tour’s best putters and will have an obvious winning chance this week. WINWINWIN !

Scott Hend like a lot of Aussies, what you see is what you get and big-hitting Hend is often easy to predict. On long, wide tracks he tends to thrive while on shorter, tighter tracks he finds it a bit of a struggle. His last two starts show a T60 in the Volvo China Open and a T15 in the Shenzhen International. Going well do far.

Say good boy too to...

Kokrak
Ryan Moore
Rose
Berger
Steele
Morgan Hoffman - after his maiden voyage here last year saw him post all four rounds under par to finish T17. Morgan (Yes the other Hoffman) in the top 10 this week for current form players. The 36-hole leader at Arnie's finishing solo fourth and then was T28 on his Augusta debut so current form would have been an angle here he adds T9 to a very steady three tournament run. His run of form stretches back to Riviera where he was T22 and T17 at Doral. He had two top 10s in 2014 in 32 events. He has two this year in 12.
Kuchar
Ben Crane has played here the last seven years and has made five cuts. The interesting part of this stat is that four of these are T8 or BETTER.

David Hearn 28/1 and current T3 is coming off a week in New Orleans where he finished T6 and was a whopping 14-under on the par FOURS. Read that again. He’s played the last three at Sawgrass T68, T26 and T6 last year so he's trending in the right direction.

Just hope he stays the pace when things get tight over the weekend. Let's pay to find out !

Backed Fitzpatrick @12/1 and Aiken @9/2 in Europe for small money for the interest in europe,Aiken has the wife back carrying the bag again this week lads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU

South African weekend tks

2's on Coetzee about to disappear !

Huddys,

http://adelecabanillas.com/2013/06/thomas-kate-aiken-married-marsh-harbour-bahamas/

evens Coetzee

Should be worth tuning into the final round in paradise tomorrow.

Coetzee to win.

Stenson....

Can't be missing 3ft putts.

Rory would want to get a move on.

PART I.

George Coetzee overcame Thorbjørn Olesen at the second extra hole to continue his sensational form with victory in the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open.
The South African, who lived up to his billing as the highest-ranked player in the field, birdied the 18th hole at Heritage Golf Club three times in succession – once in regulation and then twice in the play-off after the pair finished tied on 13 under par.

The last of those was enough for victory as Olesen, who had earlier overcome a four-shot deficit on the front nine with a round of 68, could only manage a par after missing the fairway and being forced to lay up.

Read more at http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015034/ne...

That David Hearn still 25/1 4 places only 2 behind ...worth a little interest for the evening

Tee off now

17:25	Bo Van Pelt (9/5)	Patrick Reed (4/5)
17:35	Zach Johnson (5/8)	Martin Flores (11/5)
17:45	Rory McIlroy (4/9)	Brian Harman (7/2)
17:55	Rory Sabbatini (15/8)	Ian Poulter (8/11)
18:05	Bubba Watson (6/5)	Adam Scott (11/10)
18:15	Jhonattan Vegas (6/4)	John Senden (10/11)
18:25	Derek Fathauer (10/3)	Rickie Fowler (5/11)
18:35	Ryo Ishikawa (9/4)	Billy Horschel (8/11)
18:45	Chesson Hadley (13/10)	Pat Perez (15/13)
18:55	Kevin Na (4/5)	Jerry Kelly (13/8)
19:05	Scott Brown (11/8)	David Hearn (1)
19:15	Justin Thomas (9/5)	Sergio Garcia (8/11)
19:25	Ben Martin (6/4)	Bill Haas (10/11)
19:35	Chris Kirk (1)	Kevin Kisner (6/5)

RORY at 16's is too big not to take ew 1-4

Front nine confounds McIlroy at THE PLAYERS

http://www.pgatour.com/news/2015/05/09/front-nine-hinders-mcilroy-s-quest-for-players-title.html

PAT PEREZ leads the field in Driving Accuracy and GIR. 50's and only 3 back is a good bet.

Andy Murray beats Nadal in Madrid.

Bill Haas - well when 49 of the top 50 players in the OWGR play the same event you surely don’t pick a guy that has missed half of his eight tries and has nothing better than T26. SURPRISE joint leader with four at -10

Harmon reckons -13 wins again

Doubt anyone will get to 13 the way they playing. Afraid of the hole the lot of them!!

Had another go off JUSTIN THOMAS @18's - 3 pars fives will get him to -11 so only need a little bit of luck in running

3 Hole PLAYOFF 16,17&18 - best aggregate score

Justin Thomas entered the week on the back of T11 at Harbour Town and T12 at Zurich which are both Dye courses and spun a 7-under-par 32-33=65 in the third round yesterday.
There are 19 players who have previously recorded nine birdies in a single round at THE PLAYERS, including Jhonattan Vegas yesterday.
Making his PLAYERS' debut, Justin blitzed TPC Sawgrass and set the new record by converting on 10 birdies of 13 opportunities, including four straight to begin his round. His 13'8" birdie putt on the par-4 first was his LONGEST par breaker on the round, dropping each of the other nine from inside of 10 feet. The 22-year-old rookie gained entry into this week's PLAYERS as an alternate and has already added his name to the record books.

Chris Kirk is falling through the cracks today as he hasn’t given us any reason to pay attention in 2015 - besides a T8 at Valero. That’s not an easy course to navigate and neither is Sawgrass. Last year Kirk figured it out on the weekend with 70-67 to finish T13 for his best finish in four tries.

Kevin Kisner tacked on a 5-under-par 31-36=67 in the third round of THE PLAYERS to post 9-under. It was a tale of two nines for the 31-year-old, circling five birdies in a bogey-free outward half. He then relied on some adept short-game skills to navigate his way to an even-par back nine, scrambling for pars on Nos. 13, 14 and 16. Kisner, part of the 2005 University of Georgia National Championship team, is in a prime position to redeem a playoff loss three weeks ago at the RBC Heritage but may also be falling through the cracks today after bogeys at 4&5.

Kevin spun a bogey-free 7-under-par 32-32=64 in the final round of the RBC Heritage and then lost on the second playoff hole to Jim Furyk.
The 31-year-old came oh-so-close to becoming the first South Carolinian to win the tournament in its 47-year history. Kisner came to the 18th hole needing birdie to force a playoff and he delivered, calmly sinking a 6'8" putt to go to extra time. He buried a mid-range birdie on the same green on the first hole of the playoff, but his try for birdie on the par-3 17th never threatened, thus opening the door for Furyk to take the title. His consolation was a career-best finish on the PGA TOUR.

Rickie Fowler in five tries he’s finished second and T77. The other three are MCs - 'nough said.

Backed Sergio earlier at 9s. Doing some study for next wk. Had decided couple hour ago that Fowler was top of the hit list. Hoped he wouldn't finish too strong and catch the judges eye. He has royally fuc ked me over!!

Since moving to May in 2007 Sergio Garcia has finished second, WON, T12 and was T8 and third the last two years. To say TPC Sawgrass fits his game and eye is a major understatement. He found some joy at Augusta after a quiet run up to the Masters but it didn’t carry to San Fran in the Match Play. This will be Sergio's sixteenth start at Sawgrass so there won’t be many angles or shots he hasn’t seen. He has the experience to win this again. THIS IS NOT OVER !

PLAYOFF please

Some putt.

Fowler reduces the last six to pitch and putt -17 shots ...2  4  3  3  2  3 
what a sensational finish -deserves to win it for that.

Yeah, great finish. Though a lot easier do that when you think you cant win. 18 was hugely impressive though.

Could yet be 5 way playoff.

KISNER birdies 18 to WIN

Feck off!!

  I put a bet on Kisner at 10/1 Callit, win or lose great stuff

A well. another late night

Looked in, good putt. Fowler must be sick. Has to put off celebrating with the missus for awhile longer. She looked eager to get things started earlier!!

There will be a few Post-mortems with the lads who finished just behind the top 3, Flower to win now for me.

Garcia really should have put it to bed earlier, not be relying on a Hail Mary on 17, and an Our Father to keep Kisners putt out on 18. Had it by the bollix, and let it go when he could have killed it.

Spieth, Rory, Tiger, Phil kill them.

Fancy Kisner big time at 3.7 in this playoff ......

I hadn't looked at the betting. Big ask for Kisner, but I certainly wouldn't have been been a layer at 3.7. He may just go and grab it, while other two are caught ball watching.

There betting to 107% WHICH IS DISSAPOINTING.

Not surprising Frank. Once playoff teed off, it impossible for most to have a fair bet. Sky pics be at least 2, prob 3 mins, behind live.

tRUE .

1.8 millon for the winner;the old pot herbs wont be the best,

This is top class golf. Just going at it. Great to see. Ryder Cup Roar!!

Brilliant TV .... Still fancy Krisner to hole this !!!

So do I!! Think his putt easier than Rickys.

Balls of a Bengali Tiger !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

x 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ......... great stuff

great  stuff

Who sh1t in me van!!

Sergio will have to go for the last.

sergio 11 ... a little bit of value ?????

not with my money dingle.

Well done Ricky.

Boy has become Man methinks. Man will **** in Woman soon methinks!!

Brilliant Stuff ... Roll on Royal County Down !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shes a well know model Callit,

Some tournament.

Some final few holes from Fowler as well as a near perfect play off.

WD Huddys, he finally clicked for you. Cab Bello must be a cert next wk

Is she Frank? She doesn't look great there tbh. Nice pins. Boat race didn't look great. Doubt the Tiger be chasing that!!

Fowler played the famous seventeenth three times today and birdied it each time.

5 out of 6 this week.

He has a very poor win ratio for a fellow with plenty of guts,also hits the ball some distance for a slight man.