Archive for September 2019
Selections for September 26 to 29.
This week we are in Scotland on the European Tour and in Napa, California on the USPGA tour. In Europe, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship takes place at three courses, St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. Those golfers competing here play one round at each course and a final round at St Andrews again for those…
John Rahm – is something stopping him becoming a true golf superstar?
John Rahm is often referred to as ‘the next Seve Ballesteros’, hailing from Spain, hitting the ball long and playing daring shots. But does he have what it takes to levitate to true superstar status? John Rahm is currently second on the European tour’s stroke average and sixth in the Race To Dubai. On the…
Read MoreSelections for September 18 to 21 2019.
This week, September 18 -21, we are at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Mississippi. Wentworth is a course steeped in tradition and was for a long time the home of the world match play championship. Francesco Molinari won this tournament last year and lines up again…
Sergio Garcia – can he contend in 2020 for the majors and the other top tournaments?
Has Sergio Garcia got his mojo back? Can he have an Indian summer to his career? If not, what is stopping him? Sergio certainly has the talent to contend in any tournament with his excellent shot making. Now that he is settled in his personal life and has just won again on the European tour…
Read MoreThe Greenbrier Classis kicks off a new USPGA tour season
We are up and running again this week, September 12 to 15, on the USPGA with the Greenbrier Classic, a memorial to the U.S. armed forces. The tournament takes place at the Old White Course in White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia. It is their reach around season on the USPGA tour for a few…
The BMW Championship and the Czech Masters
A stellar result last week for the tips with Patrick Reed winning at 40/1 on the USPGA tour and our Matchbook tournament match bet also won. There were two losers as well. The tips are well over 100 points profit for 2019 to date. This week we have the BMW Championship at Medinah (where the…
The Open Championship – bets for Portrush.
A top week for the tips last week as we found Bernd Weisberger at 40/1 in the Scottish Open. A very nice top-up to our profit for 2019 to date. The Open this week at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland: The rain is a factor at Portrush, which is right at the top of Northern Ireland.…
The Scottish Open and an additonal bet in America
This week the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open takes place at the Renaissance Club at North Berwick and our main pick is: Bernd Weisberger, 1 point each way at 40/1 with Skybet, 8 places, 1/5 odds. Bernd found his form last week in Ireland with a top ten finish and has a decent record on…
What’s up with DJ?
Why has Dustin Johnson’s form fallen off so badly in recent months? Dustin Johnson started 2019 as world number one . However he has regressed throughout the year and has not been competitive in the past few months, missing cuts on occasion. However he has still been going off as one of the favourites in…
Read MoreDriving accuracy – does it matter?
Driving accuracy on the European Tour – what does it count for in regard to results? By using data from the European tour and comparing the top 20 players in scoring in 2019 to September 9th to the stats for driving accuracy, we get the following: Only two of the top twenty in scoring, Henrik…
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