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Bet Detective - The Masters

Padraig Harrington: 'Remind me again what I do with this thing?'

OK, so we've had enough of wasting our hunch money on the National, now it's time to stick our fading reputations on the line on a competition we know a little more about - enough to know a horse won't win, anyway.

So many intriguing bets available here and you know you can shop around the usual suspects for the best prices. It's clear that at evens or thereabouts Tiger Woods is only worth a punt when he's eight shots back with two rounds to go. Interestingly, Paddy Power offer to refund all losing outright bets placed before the start of the tournament if Woods wins by five shots or more. So what are you waiting for?!

Padraig Harrington @ 25/1 outright betting or 15/1 without Tiger Woods in the field: He knows what it takes to win a major and last year's disappointing end to the tournament - when he faded at the last - demonstrates he can handle Augusta in difficult conditions. Has he played enough golf recently? We shall see...
KJ Choi @ 37/1 outright betting or 22/1 without Tiger Woods in the field: Yet to win at the very highest level, nonetheless there's a reassuring consistency to the Korean's game.
Jim Furyk @ 40/1 outright or 25/1 without Tiger Woods in the field: Surely he'll be there or thereabouts this year? If you're one of many golf fans frustrated by big Jim's ability to be the nearly man of the modern game, why not cover your potential disappointment, just in case...
Lee Westwood @ 66/1 outright or 40/1 without Tiger Woods in the field: It's a fair cop. Justin Rose might have the shortest odds, but in the search for an English winner, we think Westwood is best priced. He's in good form, terrific shape, and no doubt he's feeling this is his best opportunity in donkeys.
Trevor Immelman @ 130/1 outright betting 85/1 without Tiger Woods in the field: OK, we don't really believe he's going to win either. He's yet to really find his form since coming back from injury, but he loves Augusta and if not irresistible at that price, he's surely worth a couple of quid each way?

All bets from www.paddypower.com

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LPGA Tour - Day 4 - Kraft Nabisco Championship, Mission HIlls

7 Apr, 08 | Tags: Golf News | The LPGA Tour

Lorena Ochoa saved her Sunday best for afterwards after celebrating winning 2008's first golfing major in a dressing gown...

Talk of Tiger Woods winning golf's Grand Slam was put on the backburner as the world's top female with 15 sticks, Lorena Ochoa took 67 strokes to capture 2008's first major.

Ochoa won her second successive major by five-shots from Scandinavian duo Annika Sorenstam and Susan Pettersen on -6.

The celebrations were as dramatic as the golf, as the red-hot Mexican joined 20-odd family & friends for a splish & splash in the 18th greenside lake at Mission Hills before a chorus from a five-piece mariachi band belted out Spanish songs with several Mexican flags flapping in the wind.

Of the three titles she's held this year, the Mexican has notched up a combined victory total of 23 shots drawing comparisons with Sorenstam in her greatest years.

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Jack Nicklaus Wins His First Green Jacket

7 Apr, 08 | Tags: On This Day In History | The Masters

Today is the day in 1963 that a fresh-faced Jack Nicklaus defeated a slightly less fresh-faced Tony Lema by a stroke to claim his first ever Masters title. The first of his six wins in the competition, Jack shot a 66 in his second round and never looked back. Well, obviously he did at some point as people were playing behind him but you know what we mean.

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PGA Tour Preview- FedEx Stanford St. Jude Classic, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee

6 Apr, 08 | Tags: Golf Central | PGA Tour | The PGA Tour

Vijay Singh: "This is the last time I put my name down for this."

The PGA Tour's finest will be "Walking in Memphis" (sorry, we just couldn't resist) this week, looking to get one more big performance under their belts before chasing the American dream at next week's US Open. Woody Austin stormed to victory at last year's event, and will be looking to do the same this week, leaving the rest of the field in "Heartbreak Hotel" (one more of those and there'll be trouble). Here's five things you need to know about the St.Jude Classic...

1.) Always change a winning formula
This tournament has done its fair share of chopping and changing over the years. A bunch of businessmen originally hatched the plan for the Memphis Open in 1958 in a country club grill, but someone, somewhere along the line decided to change it to the Memphis Invitational Open. Entertainer Danny thomas agreed to lend his name and influence to the event in 1970, thus, the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic was born. We're not going to bore you with the rest, but eight name changes later and we've got the FedEx Stanford St.... oh just forget it.

2.) Geiberger's smoking hot 59
On a sticky, stiffingly-hot (a 100-degree heat to be precise) to be June's day at the second round of 1977 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, you could have been forgiven for thinking that a 59 was well and truly off the cards. Step up Al Geiberger, who, after an incredible eleven birdies and an eagle (that's a nifty 13 under par), became the first man to break 60 in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. Although the record has since been tied, it has never been bettered... not even by (shock horror!) Tiger Woods or Byron Nelson.

3.) Bolt avoids Memphis blues
Golf was probably the last thing on Tommy Bolt's mind going into the final round of the 1960 Memphis Invitational Open, after taking his wife into hospital on that morning. Having learned during the round that she was going to have surgery that night, the 42-year-old US Open champ birdied 16 and 18 that resulted in an 18-hole playoff with Ben Hogan on the Monday, which Bolt won. The most incredible part of this tournament victory lies in the fact that Bolt was in 31st after 36 holes, a daunting nine strokes off the pace. The comeback remains a tournament record.

4.) Going, going, gone
Thanks to an auction that will benefit St.Jude Children's Research Hospital, golf fans have been given the chance to caddie for either Vijay Singh or Camillo Villegas at the Pro-Am for this year's event. Being on the bag for Vijay Singh (especially having learned this week about his past-life as a bouncer) is probably similar to watching paint dry, so we decided to put the money from our tea kitty on a day with '"Hombre Araña." Alas, you won't be seeing us on the fairways of TPC Southwind this week.

5.) Memphis: Home of Kings
There's far more to "The Bluff City" than the St. Jude Classic, however. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and B.B King all started their careers in Memphis in the 1950s, as did Elvis Presley, who enjoyed the bodyguarding services of the aptly named Memphis Mafia. Sadly, Memphis's Lorraine Motel played host to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Expect to see us next year at The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, where we won't be singing March Cohn's incredibly annoying "Walking in Memphis."

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The Duffer's Guide To The Masters