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Saturday, May 03, 2008

Jason Bohn: adoped a novel approach with his approach shots

Well, it certainly didn't take long for David Toms to go off the boil, did it? Now at the top of the pile is Jason Bohn, who holds a slender lead at nine under. The secret to his success? Lengthening his putter by a gargantuan one inch, apparently. Anyway, what's really making our mouths water is the fact that Anthony Kim is only one shot behind Bohn... the Bet Detective has already spent the winnings in his mind (a new conservatory if you must know). And it's good to see Villegas in the hunt just four off the pace, but better still, the fact that Paul Goydos is in the chasing pack to add a certain old school flavour to proceedings.

 


Ignacio Garrido: Looks really moody in Seville, doesn't it...

Just as we were getting used to Erlandsson's magical opening round of 65, along comes Spanish stalwart, Ignacio Garrido, who topped that by posting a second round 63. "I played perfectly, and had lots of fun out there. We play a very tough sport," said Garrido, who, by the looks of that nearly unbreakable record, found it very tough, indeed. 

If we'd known that he was going to do this, we would have put our flaming house on him winning the damn thing. The local favourite is now sitting comfortably at the top of the leaderboard on 15 under par, four shots ahead of Erlandsson and seven strokes clear of third place Aussie, Peter Fowler. Still, a good third round from the chacing pack- or a meltdown from Garriddo - and it's anybody's game really.
 


Bing Crosby: A man that could play golf, talk on the phone and smoke at the same time. Class act.

On this day in 1977, golf bid a sad farewell to one of its finest, most enthusiastic celebrity golfers that ever graced the fairways of the world; Bing Crosby. Not only one of the most popular music acts in history (his voice is the most electrically recorded human voice in history, by the way), Crosby was a fine golfer himself. His lasting legacy to the game will be the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am held annually at Pebble Beach, and his son, Nathaniel, who won the 1981 U.S Amateur.
 

Friday, May 02, 2008

Elder: "Better than me, son? Maybe one day, but I doubt it very much..."

On this day in 1976, pioneering black golfer Lee Elder, defeated Forrest Fezler by one stroke to win the Houston Open, his second of what would be three PGA tour victories. Not so lucky, however, 11 years later in 1987 was Jan Stephenson. Tied for the 54-hole lead at the S&H Classic, Stephenson was injured in an automobile accident and could not compete the next day.
 


   Martin Erlandsson: Quickly noticed that the David Duval style shades were unlucky...

Well, as we didn't predict, Sweden's Martin Erlandsson destroyed Sevilla's Real Club yesterday with a new course record, seven under par 65 to take an early lead at the Open de Espana. The real story of the day, however, and the one we absolutely love, is that of Jordi Garcia. The Spanish youngster swashbuckled his way to a stunning 66 to finish second for the day, but more importantly, looks an apt replacement to Sergio Garcia (who's he, again?). Suffice to say, the Bet Detective's picks didn't get off to the best of starts, but it's still early days...
 



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