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Friday, October 26, 2007

'I should be so Lucquin - Lucquin, Lucquin, Lucquin...'

A great day, then…: In what respect exactly?
Haven’t you heard the news then?: I’m not sure Vladmir Putin’s warning that we’re heading for another Cold War crisis is anything to celebrate.
Never mind all that, I’m talking about our 4-1 drubbing of GolfPunk magazine in the six-a-side grudge match of the season: I was unaware of that momentous piece of footballing news, sorry. This is a golf website after all.
Fair enough. So what happened then?: It’s still chaos, I’m afraid, with 54 players yet to card their second round scores after Day One’s delay for lightning.
Who’s leading?: Dutchman Robert-Jan Derksen and France's Jean-Francois Lucquin share the clubhouse lead after shooting 5-under scores of 65 to lead by three shots from Denmark’s Mads Vibe-Hastrup and Ireland’s Peter Lawrie.
What about pre-tournament fave Sergio Garcia?: He was three under par after nine holes of his second round when play was suspended.
So what happens now?: Sixty players finished their rounds but the remainder of the field return early tomorrow to complete their second rounds. The third round will commence at noon after the cut has been made.
Should be an interesting weekend, then: Presumably you’ll be watching the action nursing a champagne hangover after your footballing exploits.
With a heavily-strapped right hamstring: You’re too old for this game, pal. Time to hang up the boots and start working on lowering that handicap, pal.
Thanks for the advice: You’re very welcome.
 


Brett Rumford: 'No, really, I meant to hit it here...'

There’s something funny going on…: Why’s that?
I tuned in to watch the golf and there was Tim Henman, fist-pumping his way to a rare win against someone better than him: An eight year-old child, perhaps?
No, it was Roger Federer before he became the invincible Johan Edfors lookalike he is now: It was one of those strange days all-round. Lightning halted play by midday with Andrew McLardy and Gary Murphy back in the clubhouse having carded a pair of tournament-leading 66s, which is why Sky ended up dredging the highlights barrel.
Never mind it could have been Rhona Martin’s curling team in the 2002 Winter Olympics: Or the England football team’s abject performance last week against Russia. What’s worse is that our local sandwich shop had a totally-unrelated power cut, which meant that its entire stock was binned.
Shame. What did you do for lunch?: Found a packet of wine gums in the kitchen cupboard.
How did Sergio fare by the way?: He’s tied 11th with 68, behind Joakim Backstrom, James Hepworth and Graeme Storm, who all carded 67s.
And how about the guys down at the deep end?: You mean the poor sods fighting for their tour cards? Far too early to say with only half a day’s play gone. We’re got our fingers firmly crossed for James Heath (148), David Park (166) and Robert Rock (130), but they hardly got going before play ended.
So what’s the forecast for tomorrow?: Er, sunny…?
You’ve no idea have you…: No, I haven’t.
 

Monday, October 22, 2007

'Get in there, Bet Detective!'

Three winners in the last three weeks!

I encouraged you to back a player whose form was back on the up and god bless him, Mike Weir came up trumps at a very healthy 25/1. So what if my other two tips didn’t produce their best form in Arizona? Phil Mickelson (11/2) never looked like adding to his seven desert titles and missed the cut by one stroke, while Scottsdale resident Aaron Baddeley (16/1) also took the weekend off.

If I was a bleedin' mind-reader I could also have told you to back:

Mark Hensby @ 150/1
: The Australian was never more than one stroke behind Weir during the final round and eventually lost out by only one stroke. Still, he would have made a massive profit if supported each-way.
Billy Mayfair @ 100/1: Another player with a massive starting price whose third place finish would have returned a big profit for an each-way flutter.
Carl Petterson @50/1: Held a one shot lead after three days but a final round of 74 meant he finished tied for fourth with…
Sean O’Hair @ 50/1: Briefly shared the lead on the final day but fell out of contention after dropping shots on the last two holes.

With 33/1, 7/2 and 25/1 winners in consecutive weeks, you could do worse than check out for my tips later this week. Or maybe you've already got enough money...
 

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Apologies for interrupting your viewing, but we thought we'd better let you know that there'a treasure trove of golf stuff just waiting to be won at www.ingolfwetrust.com/competitions.

Up for grabs this month at www.ingolfwetrust.com/competitions are not one, not three but two Nintendo Wii consoles, a chihuahua's weight in Srixon Soft feel golf balls, some preposterously good Peak Performance golfwear and three, count 'em, Nike Sasquatch Sumo2 Drivers. They're the square ones that look like they're from Mars or somewhere. So don't wait for your ship to come in, push the boat out and go to www.ingolfwetrust.com/competitions. That's www.ingolfwetrust.com/competitions. Terms and conditions apply, apparently.

 

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Which player became the first to shoot four rounds in the 60s at the 1968 US Open at Oak Hill. Was it...

(a) Gary Player (b) Jack Nicklaus (c) Lee Trevino

 

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