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As for the USPGA, Bell is looking in good shape again!!!
A bit late in the day, but I'll declare my bets for the USPGA:
Ante Post
Gmac 40/1
Kuchar 40/1
Rose 40/1
Harrington 45/1
Oosthuizen 50/1
Van Pelt 70/1
Dyson 175/1
Cabrera-Bello 250/1
In Running
Poulter 60/1
Curtis 100/1
Singh 125/1
Fernandez-Castano 300/1
and I'm waiting to pull the trigger on Tim Clark 80/1 ish and Trevor Immleman 60/1ish, should they get off to a decent or even steady start today.
looking good til final round then unmitigated disaster. only poults to cheer and ive never really been a fan (im being nice here) but fair do's he had a great tourny. sad day for golf when mr ill turn up to the 4 majors and a further 4 tourneys all year wins the years last big accolade. and if u say squat back home (as ive done all nite dash weekend) ur getting dirty looks galore, give me gmac padraig darren, even peter lawrie shane lowrie and michael hoey any day of the week but hoestly i cannot have mr mcilroy it must coincide with my dislike of conceited up their own ar s e holes pr ats
but well done to those who backed!!!! terrific golfer by the way. but thats not the be all
well done a second of what id presume will be many more if he keeps his eye on the prizes ahead
john daly is an utter ledge. hes been in good solid form of late. and the donaldson price as you said is too good to be true for a guy at the top of his game. but agreed Petterson looks the one, and the 20's in places rates good value in my book
others ive considered are Lucas Glover @ 200's, Scott Brown 250/1 and Garth Mulroy @ 300's
ill try to wittle them down to 3 and a usual crack at the 1st round market
Main bets
Petterson 18/1 outright £20
Arjun Atwal 150/1 £5 e/w
both are tournament winners and at closer examination there seems to be a steady number of returning winners so happy with these 2, also wouldnt discount 2 time winner of this Davis Love 3rd to go well before leading his troops out in the upcoming Ryder cup.
Other notables with previous course form are Ryan Moore and David Toms amongst others but im happy with what I have and concentrate on 1st round leader market which I tend to have a flutter on,
Petterson 25/1 £10 e/w Atwal 125/1 £5 e/w
finally both of these guys have spent a fair numbe rof tourneys at the top end of leaderboard end of day 1 so in a field missing alot of big names ill be backing both first round leader
Ken Duke and Blake Adams £10 e/w each both 66's
different bookies if sky go best price i do it there but i prefer doing it in cash at local shop/s cos if you win you dont blow it like monopoly money!
Picks for Wyndham Champiosnhip
Nick Watney 40/1
Creeping back to form, if he is even close to his best this week, 40/1 will look silly.
Ryan Moore 50/1
Very consistent season, has looked like a winner in waiting and won this tournament in the past, I'm certainly hoping for a place return.
Andres Romero 55/1
Patches of good performances, when he does click he can compete with anyone.
Ricky Barnes 150/1
I like his price in this field, if he had been half that price he'd have made my short list, but 150/1 is well worth a punt.
Graham DeLaet 150/1
I seriously believe this guy is going to win before the end of the season, I'd have preferred a long course that would play to his strength of being one of the best drivers on tour, but there are other attributes to his game that will get him up the leaderboard.
I'm surprised he's 150/1, maybe it's because he's Canadian
I've also backed him ew at 22/1 for top rest of the world player.
David Toms £ 2.50 E/W 28-1
Josh Teater £ 2.50 E/W 50-1
Good Luck !!!!
great shout on Harris - I've backed him several times this year would be nice if he could win even though I've not backed this time. having a blinder today at minus 6! as is chad campbell at - 7
But a mixture of the same reasons have been behind my picks so lets hope the homework wasnt all in vain and Im branching out on the european tour this week to boot, 2 of Sergios fellow countrymen who went well at Gleneagles in the Johnnie Walker last year. Worth a punt they will feed off his success and maybe my first choice of the pair give another fellow spaniard , ryder cup captain Olazabal a headache when it comes to his 2 picks.
PABLO LARRAZABAL £5 E/W OUTRIGHT 40/1 £10 E/W FIRST ROUND LEADER 50/1
IGNACIO GARRIDO £2 E/W OUTRIGHT 100/1 £2 E/W FIRST ROUND 100/1
A very tough looking Barclays and many can be given a shout, including Tiger who has won a US Open here 10 years ago, an in form Zach Johnson (at a big 66/1 IMO), a victorious last time out Sergio, a bang back to form this year Vijay Singh whos Barclays record is incredible and a whole host of others.
Although his current US points standing of 11th for Ryder Cup selection, his wealth of experience and his excellent recent form should get him one of Davis Love's 4 picks, Im fully expecting a resurgeant Jim Furyk to be right there come Sunday evening, seemingly with a point to prove after his disasterous end to the recent Bridgestone when double bogeying the last cost him what seemed a certain victory, and this time around cement his place in the final 12 next month. A recent winner of the overall Fed Ex (even though had a hiccup in this tournament when missing his tee time!!) he also went very close to clinching the US open at Olympic. The Bentgrass greens there proved no problem for most of the weekend and he'll find the same conditions at Bethpage this week.
JIM FURYK £10 E/W OUTRIGHT 50/1 £ 5 E/W FIRST ROUND 50/1
Final selection is a huge price, and Ive been waiting on backing him since the aforementioned US Open when steamrolling into an impressive 4 shot lead on the first day, and did fantastically well to keep himself in conention throughout for a wonderful tied 2nd finish.
I have an inkling this course could suit so will happy to have a flutter considering the strength of the mans putting, Olympic was not the first time which it caught my eye this season, and in hope as much as anything that he could get off to another sensational flyer!
MICHAEL THOMPSON £2 E/W OUTRIGHT 300/1 £5 E/W FIRST ROUND 200/1
Ricky Barnes led all week at the course until final day here in 2009 US Open and may also be subject to a little tickle in 1st round market @ 150/1 , but no more than a tickle.
I don't think I have ever seen a betting market like the Outright at Bathpage, the first 12 in the market are all priced 25/1 or less in the worst case odds.
I'm very much on the name of Graham / Graeme this week:
Graeme Mcdowell - 40/1 ew, in great form, most consistent record in majors this year and what I really like is, that I was on GMac for the 2009 US Open at Bethpage and I recall Gmac was in the wrong side of the draw for the weather conditions which were horrendous, but he 'won' that side of the draw and went on to finish top 20, even though conditions conspired against him. Plus his game has obviously come on leaps and bounds since 2009.
Graham DeLaet - 300/1 ew, I've not been able to resist recent 3 figure prices on Delaet, even when perhaps course conditions were not ideal, that said he still posted some good scores / results. This week Bethpages length should play in to the hands of Delaet and as I've said before I think he's close to a big win. Of course it's a big ask in this field where so many of the top players have good course form, so I will also be hedging my bets on 45/1 ew for top ROW and 10/1 for a top 20 finish.
Bo Van Pelt 50/1 ew, just in case it's a bad week for people called Graeme / Graham, I'm also on Bo Van pelt, always near the top of the driving stats which should be vital this week and must be growing in self belief based on the high level of consistency he has brought to his game.
Johnnie Walker at Gleneagles
Mathew Baldwin 100/1 ew, In my opinion this guy is the real deal, in his first season on tour he finished 5th at the Scottish Open and if it wasn't for a double bogey on his 71st hole at the British Open he would have finished tied 9th, instead of a still credible tie for 23rd.
Marc Warren 50/1, former winner of this event and had this years Scottish Open in his grasp (not sure if that's actually a good point), but I'll give him a go at 50's.
Rafa Cabrera-Bello 40/1, needs a big week and probably a win to force his way in to the ryder cup team.
When I was checking recent results at Gleneagles I was sure I would find Cabrera-Bello's name on at least a couple of yearly leaderboards, but to my surprise he's failed to make the cut in 3 attempts! I'm ignoring the course form at my peril, as I believe that today he is the type of player that should find the course and conditions to his liking and he's maintained his form virtually all season.
I'm also going for the doubles this week, including a life changing double of DeLaet and Baldwin.
Good Luck All!!!
Zach Johnson 66-1 £ 2.00 E/w
Ian Poulter 50-1 £ 2.00 E/w
Bo Van Pelt 50-1 £ 2.00 E/w
Good Luck. I need some.
well thats just typical padraig ive put the kitchen sink on you all year and wanted a slight breather as my pocket was feeling the strain!!!!!! to be fair im delighted its a big big statement to Olazabal but hell need to keep it up. heres hoping the great man does!!! picks this week not great, not even sweat for 1st round but Jim Furyk in particular will go super low tomorrow ive a sneak feeling of it!
As for my own bets, it definitely wasn't a day for men called Graham / Graeme, I don't know what happened to GMac, he will probably put it down to just a bad day at the office and shoot a sub par round today, as for DeLaet, well he played like a 300/1 shot
I've still got some live bets, so all is not lost. (Yet!)