CELTIC MANOR, WALES - Rory McIlroy is favourite to be the top European points scorer at Celtic Manor at best odds of 6/1 (bet £1 to make £6 profit) with Sky Bet. The young Northern Irish ace, who is ranked seventh in the world, is favoured ahead of world no 3 Lee Westwood, who is [...]
Posted in Golf on August 31, 2010 @ 9:31 am
CELTIC MANOR, WALES – European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie has announced his three wildcard selections to play in the prestigious competition in early October.
Padraig Harrington, Luke Donald and Eduardo Molinari will all play in the Ryder Cup while Justin Rose and Paul Casey will miss out. The choice of Harrington over Casey is possibly [...]
Posted in Golf, Sports on August 30, 2010 @ 12:00 pm
CELTIC MANOR, WALES - Bookmakers are betting on who will be Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin’s wildcard selections for the Ryder Cup team. Both captains have three wildcard selections which they can award to players who they feel are in the best form and will add to their team, even though they failed to make [...]
Posted in Golf on August 25, 2010 @ 10:00 am
SHEBOYGAN, WI - Germany’s Martin Kaymer won the USPGA Championship in a playoff against Bubba Watson. But that simple statement does little to describe the drama of the final hour of play at Whistling Straights in the final Major of the year.
In the three hole playoff Watson birdied the first hole to take the lead, [...]
Posted in Golf on August 16, 2010 @ 10:15 am
SHEBOYGAN, WI - Nick Watney heads the betting with 18 holes to go at the USPGA Championship at best odds of 13/8 (bet $8 to make $13 profit) with Sky Bet. The 29 year old American holds a three shot lead at -13 and will go out in a final two ball with Dustin Johnson, [...]
Posted in Golf on August 15, 2010 @ 12:23 pm
SHEBOYGAN, WI - Tiger Woods was cut by bookmakers to 10/1 (bet $1 to make $10 profit) favorite with Betfred for the USPGA after shooting a one under par first round to leave him four shots off the lead. However many players failed to complete their first round due to a three hour fog delay [...]
Posted in Golf on August 13, 2010 @ 10:04 am
SHEBOYGAN, WI - The odds of Tiger Woods winning this year’s USPGA Championship at Whistling Straights, WI continue to drift as bettors abandon him in the light of his dreadful recent form. Tiger can now be backed at 16/1 (bet $10 to make $160 profit) with a large number of bookmakers.
Woods’ dire performance in shooting [...]
Posted in Golf on August 11, 2010 @ 4:57 pm
Tiger Woods is favourite to record his first win since returning to golf at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational this week. The world number one has won here seven times and has not been beaten at Firestone since 2004, with bookmakers going 9/2 (bet £20 to win £90 profit) that he can take advantage of his course record and get his career back on track.
Posted in Golf, Sports on August 5, 2010 @ 11:05 am
Lee Westwood is favourite to win the Race to Dubai after an incredible start to the season that has seen him come within touching distance of the world number one ranking. The Englishman's second-placed finishes at lucrative events such as the Dubai Desert Classic, the Masters and the Open Championship brought in, along with other top performances such his victory in the St Jude Classic, €1,822,738 to put him second in the current standings.
Posted in Golf, Sports on August 2, 2010 @ 4:36 pm
KILARNEY, IRELAND- The Irish Open sponsored by Three begins tomorrow at Kilarney Golf Club in County Kerry. It features a strong field but with Rory McIlroy grabbing most of the headlines. Other challengers include U.S open champion Graeme McDowell, Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke and defending champion Shane Lowry, who was a 500/1 shot when he triumphed as an amateur last year.
Posted in Golf, Sports on July 28, 2010 @ 4:08 pm