137th Open Championship

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Outrights:


Boo Weekley(200/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w. @ paddypower
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- - golfweek.com (6.24.08): "Boo Weekley and his wife, Karyn, had the couple?s second child June 23 . . . The baby, a 7-pound, 12-ounce boy named Aiden O?Neal, was delivered at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., and, according to sources close to Weekley, he assisted with the delivery . . .Weekley, who won his second Tour title earlier this year in Hilton Head, S.C., doesn?t plan on playing again until the British Open." . . . Last year he said he thought his own course was "the home of golf".



Stuart Appleby(80/1) e.w. @ The Masters
Stuart Appleby(100/1) e.w. @ U.S. Open
Stuart Appleby(100/1) e.w. @ The Open Championship
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- - theaustralian.news.com.au (6.16.08): "Stuart Appleby is about the most easygoing, likeable player in golf. He's usually quick with a one-liner but yesterday he stormed off the Torrey Pines course, hardly in the mood for jokes after, sadly, turning himself into one . . . The Victorian started the day leading the US Open by a stroke but seven bogeys and one double bogey later, he would have shot 80 had it not been for a putt that somehow fell for birdie on the last . . . A cruel wit in the media centre noted that Appleby got his capitulation out of the way a day earlier than he usually does; a reference to his poor showings when in contention at majors."



Justin Leonard(50/1) e.w.
- - According to his agent, Leonard played a practice round with Verplank on Sunday, Justin has been smiling and confident since he arrived, and the fairways are really narrow . . . the draw is a good one.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/sports/golf/14golf.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin



- - It's shaping up for a lot of plays - Top American, Top ROW, 1st Round Leader . . .



Matchups:

Hamilton(-155) over M.Campbell (Tournament)
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GL
 
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A good read:

http://www.golfweek.com/protours/pga/story/british-green-071408

"It was all new to (Anthony) Kim, who took last week off following his victory at Congressional. He played the front nine Sunday afternoon when he arrived from Dallas to help get over the jet lag, and those two hours made him feel even more tired.

?It beat me up,? he said. ?Everything is tiny here. The fairways are tiny. The hole may be smaller, for all I know.?

GL
 

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A good read:

http://www.golfweek.com/protours/pga/story/british-green-071408

"It was all new to (Anthony) Kim, who took last week off following his victory at Congressional. He played the front nine Sunday afternoon when he arrived from Dallas to help get over the jet lag, and those two hours made him feel even more tired.

?It beat me up,? he said. ?Everything is tiny here. The fairways are tiny. The hole may be smaller, for all I know.?

GL

i lost 4 balls on the 2nd hole alone when I played in Sept last year. :142smilie
 

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Last week's guy, Tim Clark, did not embarrass me, but he didn't win either. This week, new course, new continent, new winner.

Andres Romero to win 34.00

Too young to know he is not supposed to win or contend, I like that. He reminds me of a young Sergio, only better.
 

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TOURNAMENT MATCHUPS: (pinnacle)


Selection 1: Golf
The Open Championship
Tournament Matchups
E. Els vs P. Harrington
213. E. Els -151
Risking 151.00 to Win 100.00 CAD


Selection 2: Golf
The Open Championship
Tournament Matchups
P. Harrington vs L. Westwood
260. L. Westwood -135
Risking 135.00 to Win 100.00 CAD


Selection 3: Golf
The Open Championship
Tournament Matchups
S. Garcia vs P. Harrington
269. S. Garcia -160
Risking 160.00 to Win 100.00 CAD



:canada1
 

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Outright

Jim Furyk 25/1
Andres Romero 40/1
Justin Leonard 50/1
Fredrik Jacobson 125/1
 

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Tourney Match-ups

Tourney Match-ups

All at 5 Dimes:

Ties a push....unless the tournament is played on a day ending in "Y" in which case a tie is a loss unless the third player off the tee that day was born in the sign of Leo in which case a tie wins unless the starter wore green plaid pants in which case ties are broken with the lowest 5th hole score that day between tied players under 29 years of age.

Got it?

Els -130 over Mickelson (WON 1 unit)
Rose -125 over Harrington (LOST 1.25 units)
Mahan +100 over Kim (LOST 1 unit)
Woody +100 over Perez (WON 1 unit)
Boo -110 over Monty (LOST 1.1 units)
Sergio -130 over Mickelson (LOST 1.30 units)
Allenby -130 over Monty (WON 1 unit)
Jiminez +100 over Ogilvy (LOST 1 unit)
Leonard -105 over McDowell (WON 1 unit)
Hansen +100 over DL III (PUSH)
Quinney +100 over Imada (LOST 1 unit)
Letzig -125 over Taniguchi
Cink +100 over Ogilvy (WON 1 unit)
Pampling +100 over Clark (LOST 1 unit)
Casey -120 over Poulter (LOST 1.20 units)
Immelman +110 over Karlsson (LOST 1 unit)
Furyk -130 over VJ (WON 1 unit)
Ames -110 over Choi (LOST 1.10 units)
Westwood -145 over Harrington (LOST 1.45 units)
Rose -105 over Karlsson (LOST 1.05 units)

LOST 7.45 Units (check the Letzig play; not sure on who 5 Dimes was talking about as I cannot find this player)
 
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just a quick weather update for anyone posting round by round plays, its quite warm here - was humid this morning then got blustery late morning, early afternoon before being glorious later afternoon. will post update tomorrow, on paper looks like could be similar with wind dropping late on.

am not there until thursday but have a couple of mates who are up there today/tomorrow so will post anything interesting up then as well.
 

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Round 1 play (2pts):

Richard Green to beat Anders Hansen -137 @ Unibet
Taking a cautious approach for round one with just one play, but should be able to find more value once the tournament is under way with over 10 hours of continuous TV coverage tomorrow alone! In terms of this matchup, these are two players with very different aptitudes to links golf. Green is a fine player near the sea, of which his 4th place finish at Carnoustie last year is just one example, whereas Hansen's successes tend to come on inland parkland courses, with his best record in this event being 57th from five previous atttempts. In fact, he has yet to finish ahead of Green in either this event or any event over the last three months
 

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you there at all Stanley? heading up tomorrow and friday myself and possible saturday.

speaking to a couple of lads today and you'll be pleased to hear that Mr Green was hitting the ball very well apparently. Played with Immelman and one other yesterday, only one to hit the 11th in 2 shots. they followed him for a couple and said he looked good.
 
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Euro Golf / Game
Line:
Tom Lehman (Tourn) 7/17/2008 2:00:01 AM - (EST)
+100
Opponent: Mark Calcavecchia (Tourn)


Euro Golf / Game
Line:
Boo Weekley (Tourn) 7/17/2008 2:00:01 AM - (EST)
-105
Opponent: Colin Montgomerie (Tourn)

Phil Mickelson - Finishing Position - The 2008 US Open
Finishing Position
Finishing Position 07/17/08(01:30 ET)
Over 20.5 (-115)
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Short list as open not my fav cup of tee for wagering--temperment-and endurance as much a part as shot making IMO

On plays above Mick has much lower over/under total @ pinn (12) but odds much worse -154 and both numbers have had same result in 12 opens he's gone under 12 twice and over 20.5 10 times--generally feast or famine "temperment"

Saw several liking Bo here--personally can't believe odds vs monty--must be sentiment because huge mismatch on paper. Bo beat Monty in last years open 35th vs cut and has never lost to him in 6 events in common since--winning 15 of 18 rds.
Having same tee time a plus as no weather adv to slip in--making 1st rd play quite good also--but will not use as official play.

Lehman /Calc--again fading Calc on physical condition this week--match is off the board now at a couple books.

Bodog has bet set of props I've seen in a week--numerous scoring props I love but not at B.O. especially with rain projected. Too unpredictable for this one.

Many other props there--some quite unusual -check these out :)

Anyone have any inside info on any?

British Open 2008 - What colour will Ian Poulter's outfit be on the first day of the British Open?

British Open 2008 - Will Jean Van De Velde get his feet wet at the British Open

British Open 2008 - Will Rafael Nadal be at Royal Birkdale to cheer on Sergio Garcia in the 2008 British Open

British Open 2008 - Will Colin Montgomerie throw a tantrum at the British Open?

British Open 2008 - Will a member of the Spanish Royal Family be at Royal Birkdale on the final day to watch Sergio Garcia?
 

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The Bush State Farm

The Bush State Farm

72 holes @ Pinn
Y. Tseng - 115 vs Jee Young Lee
Na Yeon Choi + 105 vs A. Park
Hee - Woon Han -110 vs V. Hurst
S. Prammanasudh -120 vs S. Steinhauer
Ji Young Oh -105 vs K. Hull

@ Oly
Tournament Matchups
Yani Tseng vs Angela Park
Yani Tseng (-125) [pending]

@ 5d
Line:
Na Yeon Choi (Tourn) 7/17/2008 8:00:01 AM - (EST)
-110
Opponent: Angela Stanford (Tourn)

Sport / Period: LPGA Golf / Game
Line:
Stacy Prammanasudh (Tourn) 7/17/2008 8:00:01 AM - (EST)
-120
Opponent: Pat Hurst (Tourn)

Sport / Period: LPGA Golf / Game
Line:
Michelle Ellis (Tourn) 7/17/2008 8:00:01 AM - (EST)
-115
Opponent: Young Jo (Tourn)

OOPS sory -thought I had started new thread
 
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Small Dog Warning

Small Dog Warning

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Link: http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1823408,00.html?section=si_latest

SOUTHPORT, England ? Small Dog Warning, an obscure American band named for a cheeky weather forecaster, should play the official soundtrack for the 137th British Open at Royal Birkdale. Steady at 20 mph but gusting up to 25, this is the kind of wind that turns one's thoughts to the bichon frize and its utility as a kite.

How low can a golf ball be hit before it's topped horribly or missed completely? That was the question as players hit into the teeth of a gale on the driving range on Wednesday.

"Everybody's improvising," said Aaron Baddeley. "We don't play in wind like this. It's supposed to blow even harder tomorrow."

Lob wedge shots ballooned into the air and seemingly came back to the players before landing, and subsequently were hit only during warm-up. The sawed-off 3-wood, Tiger's signature shot (how ironic), was the specialty of the day.

Mark O'Meara's drives flew "probably only about 200 yards." Paul Casey topped a shot as he tried to find a way to keep his ball beneath the wind. Lee Westwood hit three balls off the turf with his driver, but all hooked badly.

"You might need anything out here to keep the ball along the ground and out of the wind," said England's Westwood, a trendy pre-tournament favorite who finished third at the U.S. Open last month, a shot out of the playoff. "Normally the guy with the best short game is the best wind player."

Thursday's forecast is for more of the same weather. But it could be even worse: cloudy with periodic light rain; winds of 15-20 with gusts 25 mph. Gusts could hit 30 mph Friday before the wind calms down for the weekend.

"The media tent is about to blow away," Trevor Immelman said at his Wednesday press conference as the enormous, white structure creaked and groaned like an old sailboat.

Phil Mickelson, among others, will be adjusting his arsenal of clubs accordingly. First on the agenda for the notorious equipment junkie will be to replace his hybrid club with a 2-iron to achieve a more penetrating ball flight. He'll hope to replicate the feat of Tom Watson, whose 213-yard 2-iron on 18 set up a two-putt for his fifth Open win in 1983.

"My caddie said, 'Quit hooking,'" Watson said earlier this week, "and I said, 'The wind will bring it back.'"

It did, of course, because Watson was a quick study at links golf, at the top of his class in low-altitude flight school.

Justin Leonard, who won the Open in 1997 and lost a playoff in 1999, is just such a player. He won the Stanford St. Jude earlier this summer. He's little. He's gritty.

When looking for a good wind player, of course, you start with Texans, like Leonard. Former Oklahoma Sooner Anthony Kim played nearby, and his two victories in his last five starts also make him an obvious favorite.

Paul Lawrie, who beat Leonard at Carnoustie in '99, is showing a bit of form. So is Todd Hamilton, who has largely disappeared since he won the 2004 Open at Troon.

All have thrived in wind, as has two-time Open champion Ernie Els, also showing flashes of his old self.

"The thing about this golf course is that it doesn't run north and come back south or east and come back west," John Daly said. "It's all over the place. The holes go in so many different directions, so it's going to be very difficult to judge the wind. ... The three-quarter shot is just going to have to work."

The wind is one reason why Birkdale is already being rated more difficult than Carnoustie last year. Another reason is that the course features no par-5s until the 15th hole, which is unreachable in two shots.

"You wait all day for a par-5," Geoff Ogilvy said, "and then you get 15 playing into a 50 mph wind or a 20 mph wind or whatever."

"It's tough for a professional golfer not to get thrown a par-5 every now and then," Immelman added. "Because that's kind of where we make our living."

Throw in Birkdale's numerous partially blind tee shots, its relative lack of intermediate rough, and the ever-present crosswinds, and you can appreciate why Immelman calls this Southport links, "The toughest course I have played on the Open rota."

His press conference ended without incident; the media tent did not blow away. But it was still creaking. Back on the range, Baddeley said he had failed to reach the 436-yard, par-4 11th hole with a driver and a 5-wood. "And I hit a really good driver," he added, shaking his head.

Can it really get worse? Might one of the 156 players in the field fail to break 90? Will Westwood hit driver off the deck in competition? With the wind whipping up white caps on the Irish Sea, anything seems possible, even a flying Chihuahua.

GL
 

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M JIMENEZ wins BritishOpen pick @+30.00
E ELS wins BritishOpen pick @+13.00
J FURYK wins BritishOpen pick @+20.00

E ELS OV/P HARRINGTON pick @-1.20
J ROSE OV/P HARRINGTON pick @-1.15
 
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I'm playing so many ANGLES it will take the rest of the evening to get my plays posted, and proof the whole mess for accuracy:


Outrights:

Boo Weekley(200/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4-5-6) e.w.
- - See above.

Stuart Appleby(100/1) e.w.
- - See above . . . Shortly after Appleby missed the cut at Birkdale in 1998, his 25-year-old wife Renay was killed in a car accident at London's Waterloo Station. http://www.theage.com.au/news/golf/applebys-thoughts-return-to-events-of-1998/2008/07/16/1216162959300.html

Justin Leonard(50/1) e.w.
- - See above.

Retief Goosen(40/1) e.w.
- - I've been betting against him with modest success for the better part of two seasons, but with much less frequency of late, and now I'm turning and going the other direction. It will be odd as hell for lostinamerica to be pulling for Mr. Goosen a few hours from now.

Hunter Mahan(50/1) e.w.
- - Far too popular for my liking, but he has the right stuff. Driving will be his ticket to anywhere thereabouts.

Richard Green (80/1) e.w.
- - He's not miles away, just those few inches between his ears.


Top European:

Paul Lawrie(100/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4) e.w.
- - The weather forecast brought this name into focus.


Top British or Irish:

David Horsey(80/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4) e.w.
- - From elsewhere: "Course record holder at Lytham (during Amateur strokeplay rounds last year), amateur wins at Saunton and Burnham, two wins in the last month, won on this stretch of land (S&A Bowl), was best GB&I performer at County Down, best Euro Tour effort came on sandbelt in Melbourne. He was +3 after 3 holes of IFQ yet ultimately qualified with a bit to spare" . . . " a superb links player - he also won Q school stage 1 very comfortably at St Annes Old - same designer/revampers as Birkdale - in fact his amateur career is littered with top class links forms and according to (some) he has the balls to go with it for a change!"

Damien McGrane(66/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4) e.w.
- - Is this his first major championship? The championship plays to his strengths, until favorable weather turns it into a second shot event.


Top American:

Scott McCarron(100/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4) e.w.
- - See below.

Charles Howell(66/1)(1/4 for 1-2-3-4) e.w.
- - Word on the Third is that his caddy thinks his prices are an insult. :SIB


1st Round Leader:

Hennie Otto(200/1) e.w.
- - A notion I've been carrying around with me for weeks, going on months . . . Playing with Kevin Stadler, and I believe it was Craig Stadler who had the 1st round lead at Birkdale in 1983.

Scott McCarron(250/1) e.w.
- - Loves everything about links golf and the Open Championship, and IMO has been just a spark away from triggering some noteworthy play. (From 2005: "The man with traces of Scotland in his bloodline wants a British Open more than any other title . . . "Everything about it is great," he said. "It?s the way golf is meant to be played. The mounds, the bunkers, the wind, and the links make it special. The fans are the best and it?s wonderful. I loved playing Muirfield (McCarron finished four strokes behind 2002 winner Ernie Els) and look forward to the Open Championship every year."")



Damien McGrane(175/1) e.w.
- - Looking at the names on my shortlist, most have similar profiles: A big price, something going on with their season, some links credentials, the potential for some wide-eyed enthusiasm over this special experience, a big price, and the name came easily to me and I asked myself, ?Why not, what's his price??, rather than a case of my instincts drawing a blank, and I went around trying to scratch up a name to play . . . McGrane stays.

David Frost(200/1) e.w.
- - A first round specialist to the point of at times seeming to be about a first 14 hole specialist? Links credentials . . . He stays.



Matchups/3-Balls/Groups/Propositions:

Total Players Under Par Will Be 8 and Under(+135)

Goosen(+100) over Karlsson (Tournament)

Els(-125) over Mickelson (Tournament)

Horsey(-120) over Edberg (Tournament)

Hamilton(-155) over M.Campbell (Tournament)

Jimenez(-120) over Stenson (Tournament)

Cink(-110) over Karlsson (Tournament)

Mahan(-110) over Kim (Tournament)

Verplank(-130) over Johnson (Tournament)

Green(+125) over Calcavecchia/A.Hansen (Thursday)


GL
 
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