The Golf Thread

[headhunter]

Respect to your mate re the Ogilvy bet.

Was well pleased tstl

 

[Burgey]

C'mon Pete Lonard - tied for the lead after 16 in the Zurich!!

 

[Anil]

C'mon Pete Lonard - tied for the lead after 16 in the Zurich!!

nope...missed out by one...he wouldn't be too unhappy though, got into the masters...

 

[Burgey]

Yep, one of pmy favourite players tbh. I played a pro am with him at the NSW Open about 3 years ago - top bloke (shot 64 in the pro am iirc as well).

 

[Burgey]

Bring on the Masters. Favourite sporting event of mine. Love it.

 

[grecian]

Bring on the Masters. Favourite sporting event of mine. Love it.

It is top, I agree. Trying to work out my bets, but I just think Tiger will walk it. Tempted by the 10-1 with Ladbrokes that he'll win with 4 rounds in the sixties.

 

[headhunter]

Hard to see past Tiger, will be rooting for Harrington though.

 

[Anil]

will be rooting for jeev milkha singh to do well...

 

[Burgey]

It is top, I agree. Trying to work out my bets, but I just think Tiger will walk it. Tempted by the 10-1 with Ladbrokes that he'll win with 4 rounds in the sixties.

Good bet if the weather is kind - if there's no strong winds or rain, he could well do it.
Otherwise, putting on my biased Aussie hat, Ogilvy FTW. His wins in the past few years demnstrate he can really grind it out if he's close on the last day.

 

[Anil]

Good bet if the weather is kind - if there's no strong winds or rain, he could well do it.
Otherwise, putting on my biased Aussie hat, Ogilvy FTW. His wins in the past few years demnstrate he can really grind it out if he's close on the last day.

ogilvy and vijay singh are both playing well and have some momentum coming into the tournament...

 

[Burgey]

Yep, Vijay's always good value in these big events I reckon.

Love that languid swing too.

 

[grecian]

Yeah, I love easy swingers myself.

Bang goes a fiver on Tiger, never liked him

Blighty putting up a good show so far

 

[PY]

At one stage, had 5 Englishmen in the top 20.

 

[Anil]

Bang goes a fiver on Tiger, never liked him

strange round...2 bogies and an eagle...

 

[Anil]

At one stage, had 5 Englishmen in the top 20.

an englishman and a south african at the top right now...

 

[Burgey]

strange round...2 bogies and an eagle...

How bad was his bogey on 13?

Adam Bloody Scott - 3 over. Dire. Aim up, lady man!!!

Bad day for the Aussies again at Augusta - only Lonard broke par. His best round there ever with a 71. Allenby a 72, Baddeley at +1 with a couple to play.

 

[Anil]

How bad was his bogey on 13?

Adam Bloody Scott - 3 over. Dire. Aim up, lady man!!!

Bad day for the Aussies again at Augusta - only Lonard broke par. His best round there ever with a 71. Allenby a 72, Baddeley at +1 with a couple to play.

well it wasn't an easy shot to get it up on the green close enough to the pin for a birdie opportunity which is what he was trying to do, took a risk when he could probably have played it safe and got it on the green somehow and two-putted for par...

yeah bad day for the aussies, scott, ogilvy, appleby, baddeley(was he +1, thought he was +2 or +3?) all had pretty poor rounds, and they are the ones who were expected to contend...the brits had a great day though with rose, westwood and poulter and casey was even par i think....

 

[Anil]

looks like tiger is not going to wear his fifth green jacket this year...

 

[Jono]

Its cos I have money him.

 

[grecian]

I dunno, he's still well in it. He's done okay today considering he wasn't playing at his best.

Bizarre final hole, but it was important he didn't drop a shot.

Has drifted from about Evens to 2-1, imho.