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the scene of Karabina great triumph last year when he backed Angel Cabrera.

The big question this year though is Tiger Woods ...... recent surgery on his knee for the third time in his career and he has only played one round of golf since ( using a cart) ....big question mark there.

Tiger woods price is drifting big style on the exchanges currently at 4.5 which is massive for someone who is normally 2.4 when he turns up.

on the positive side Tiger has a great all round game. A master at putting and chipping.

If Tigers knee does bother him he may ease of a bit on the TEE and find a few more fairways as a result which may improve his score ?

I am going to see what happens over the next few days and what news there before I reach for the wallet

Ive had a bet already on Garcia at 27 , Pod at  26 and Weir at 70 on BF over the weekend. With this being Micklesons local course and with the doubts about Tiger I have had a chunk on him at 9.4 too with the idea of laying it back before the start and having a free bet with the diff.

Two that might be best avoided are Adam Scott(laid at 44) who says on his website that he has been ill over the last couple of weeks but has actually got a broken little finger and Cam Villegas who had a virus last week and lost 12 pounds, he was complaining of feeling washed out over the weekend.

Reading Justin Rose's piece in the Times today he commented that the course  heavily favours a fade off most tee's so Mick(hits the left handers equiv of a fade) and players like Ogilvy and Monty should like that, tho not so good for Garcia who mainly hits it the other way.

One bet i have had but could hardly get a bean on was Leonard to beat Toms in a 72 hole match bet, how anyone could make Leonard the evens outsider  in that match must be mad, they have gone 4/5 Leonard and evens Toms now but as they are trading at 70 and 220 on BF. Leonard should be even shorter than that in my book given Toms is considering taking next year off on a medical exemption coz of his bad back and as a real low ball hitter should be totally unsuited to playing on lightening fast greens where the trajectory of his approaches will mean he has difficulty stopping the ball.

Do you ever bet golf spreads Chris??

I'm with you on Garcia Phil, I managed to get some of the 27 yesterday before the price shrunk. I reckon Chapman must have tipped him up in the RP this week.

I've also gone for Fasth who is a very good player of tough courses imo @ 270+, Karlsson @ 110 who seems to be there or there abouts every week presently, and a hunch bet on Davis Love @ 400+ as I remember him saying pre-season that after shoulder surgery he was now fully fit for the first time in years.

Tiger does not appeal to me even @ the 7/2 which is freely available although I would not be that surprised if he were to win.

Last year's £25 @ 270/1 on Cabrera is a rather fond memory :), but he's one to leave alone this year for me.

Good luck everyone.

quite fancy mickleson has a good record here but that is reflected in the market at 8/1, and as i am a greedy bastard i probably won't back him at that price.

i'll have sabbatini 150/1  bold will make him win imo

leonard 50/1
weekley 66/1
imada 66/1

I can't see Tiger easing off any tee's, though he usually makes more use of his long irons off the tea in US open's anyway doesn't he? I'd be more interested in the amount of time he has had on the practice ground than the number of rounds. I'm guessing he'll play this one twice before Thursday. Having said all this I wouldn't back or lay him!!

I'm going for Furyk, Sabbatini & Ames.

That was a superb pick Ralph, I remember on the 10th tee of the final round I had got a pony ew on Ames at 250/1 in running and  pony ew at 100/1 Stricker in running and they were tied for the lead on +4 and neither of them finished in the places!!!

Geoff Ogilvy @ 34
Stewart Cink @ 46
Boo Weekley @ 75

and my "Karabiner" for 2008

Steve Marino @ 550

Is Ernie not well?  He's drifted from around 20 to 60.0 on BF.

He has been in very poor form for a while Silo and his bad form dip coincided with an anouncement that one of his children has autism.

Cheers Bobby, will leave alone.

So far just Jiminez for me. 

I have backed Luke Donald at 42.  He likes this course and has done well there previously.  He is also overdue a decent run in a major.
For a couple of e/w outsiders i have gone for Boo Weekly and Andres Romero.

Bets so far

Camilo Villegas 150/1

Stephen Ames 80/1

Stewart Cink  50/1

Ive lumped on the Tiger....had a nice result on Holland last night and its all gone on Tiger.

Heres why

Tiger woods at 4.6!!!!!

Just watched his press interview and he (seems) fit and raring to go.

he has played several rounds this week.

This tournament will all be about mental strength as the course will be stupid tough with horrible greens. He is the best at
 hanldling that sort of toughness.

If Tiger is in the top 10 after round 1 his price will tumble big style - take out stake and free roll..........

Good luck with your bets and enjoy

damn it just putting my bets on and laddies have changed sabbatini to 100's from 150 almost dont wanna do it now

Yeah, that shit tilts me big time.

too right, but i will be even more tilted if i dont back him and he wins

Of course! Time is the first tee time tomorrow?

Anyone in the world top 15 to 20 should be less than 50/1 in my book. Thats why he screamed value.

first tee time should be about lunchtime. Not sure what the coverage will be like, expecting alot better than the masters though!!

1st tee time 2morrow is 3pm UK time, they will play until about 2-3 am every day as I think the final group go out at 9pm UK time on Sunday and US open rounds are usually very long given the amount of trouble/delays on holes.

There hasnt been a play off in this for ages either and with it being a full 18 hole play off on Monday I have a  sneeky feeling there might be one this year.

Final group out at 2242 first 2 days!! I can see some late night's coming up.

Casey,Donald and Poulter playing together.

Ive just done some bets on Betfair:

Sergio Garcia  22  £16.00  £336.00 
Ref: Bet matched:
 
Stephen Ames  75  £9.00  £666.00 
Ref: Bet matched:
 
Steve Stricker   170  £6.00  £1,014.00 
Ref: Bet matched:
 
Brandt Snedeker  190  £5.00  £945.00 
Ref: Bet matched:
 
Carl Pettersson  270  £4.00  £1,076.00 
Ref: Bet matched:
 
£40.00  Staked

Also done £15 Each Way Mike Weir @ 55/1 with Paddy Power (paying Top 6)

Keeping it small because i dont know Golf like i do most sports, but enjoy watching it and will rail these boys.

Gogogogogogogogogogogogo.

gl mate  :)up

Thanks Phil, you too.

IIRC tiger loves this course, obviously he isn't fully fit, but then he hasn't been in a lot of tournies over past 3/4 years.

Small bet on Bubba Watson @ 200/1.
Quite like golf but never watch enough to see who is in form and that so just one for a laugh.
Read an article about him in a magzine and came across well.

Go Bubba

My outside pick for this is Anthony Kim had a few quid on  75 - 1 on betfair.

Also liked Kenny Perry but he is not on the players list???? Anyone know why he is not playing????

I am pretty sure the 1st tee off time is 7am USA which equates to 12pm here.

Tiger woods is due off at (8am) 1pm uk time -  I will be avoiding all live updates today though so I enjoy the recorded live coverage.

Coverage starts on Sky sports at 6pm which I am going to record and watch once ths missus has gone out and the kids are in bed..........Ahhhhh bliss..........

Luke Donald - £10 @ 42
Boo Weekley - £5 @ 75
Andres Romero - £4 @ 120
Rich Beem - £2 @ 990
Brandt Jobe - £2 @ 760

All E/W first 5

Also Luke Donald top UK & Ireland - £10 @ 5.5

Layed Adam Scott and Ernie Els to make the cut.

Luke Donald FTW IMO

My bad

Looks like it is a 3pm Start time with Mr Woods off at 4pm uk time

I'm involved:

Tim Clark
Steve Stricker
Andres Romero
Brandt Jobe
Robert Karlsson

gogogo

Tiger missed the fairway, chipped out, flew the green , hit it to 8 feet and missed on the first for a double bogey start

lawl

Ive had a few small punts but not too much as I do not know too much about golf as you will probably be able to tell from my picks

Campbell Chad @ 150/1
Jimenez M A @ 100/1
Appleby S @ 66/1
Cink S @ 35/1
Singh V @ 33/1

Backed Tiger at 6.6 after the 1st hole.  If he comes into 2/1 i can lay him off for a guarenteed profit whoever wins it  ;)

Quite please with first round with all bets still in with a squeek, Even Marino who was +5 after his front 9 rallied to finish +2. Weekley +2, Cink +1 and Ogilvy -2 all within 5 shots of the surprise joint leaders from the nationwide tour.

Luke donald FTW IMO

Also got a wee bit on appleby, imelman, Els and a rather shady £2 on Colin(I never win ANYTHING) montgomerie at 300-1 on betfair

I fancy Mickelson too but too skinny IMO so not backing him (obviously going to win now)

I was very impressed with big Ernie yesterday and have added him to my stable.

He looked in better nick than I have seen him for several years and his putting stroke seemed back to it's former silkiness.

Sensational Golf from Woods.

Tearing it up atm. Round of the tourn so far it seems at -5.

Just seen some highlights. Top class golf.

Hope his knee holds up.

Woods exaxctly where he wants to be. Be as much about how the others handle the pressure now.

That is certainly true regarding Karlsson who is paired with Woods for the third round.

Sensational stuff from Woods yesterday. Most enjoyable golf I have watched on the TV for a while.

Top marks to all the players under par for some remarkable birdie's and par saves when the presure was on.

Roll on round 3

Glad I went with woods too now - cheers chris for the solid arguement! Jiminez going well too. Go go go!

top class for sure, good luck for today guys.

I cant believe the leaders don't tee off until 11pm tonight.....

fck that's a long night .....4-5 am finish

A 5 or 6 hour round?!! They should really sort that out if it happens.

If Tiger can get one or two under for the day he'll be ideal.

Tiger had a pronounced limp walking towards the practice putting green, and that's before he's hit a shot today.

Let's hope he had a small stone in his shoe ;)

I hope he has a doctor who he respects enough to pull out if they tell him playing is going to cause more damage long term.

It's going to be a long fraught night...

Certainly is, doesn't help that the course is obv playing quite tough - or does it?  Who can tell! 

Everyone is missing

I need the leaders to drop more shots.

Weir and Sergio arent out of it yet if so.

Pressure's off for me, I've laid Love @ 25 so I'm all green but slim chances of a decent win.

OMG What a putt by Tiger!!!

The bloke is immense.

I backed Appleby at the start I really wish I layed him at 11.5 before he tee'd off today.

Still got a little on Jimenez could lay him @ 23 at the mo...hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Tiger's so ballin'.  Would be getting scared if i'd layed him.

unbelievable.

so so so so good.

hope his knee holds up tommorow and he'l walk it.

What a round by Woods I dont think anyone will stop him tomorrow now. Different Class

sigh my bets are well and truly screwed

standard!

wow, even by Tiger's standards that was something extra special.

Did you lay off?  He's out at 65 to lay atm.   Wish I'd laid yesterday now bt the huge prize  at 190.0 was too tempting to lay for a marginal profit!

Woods was amazing yesterday, what a round of golf!  Can't wait for tonight

No I didnt, TBH I didnt think Tiger would peform like that on the last 5 or 6 holes, he seemed to be in more pain the longer the round went on. I am really annoyed at myself that I didnt lay Appleby. I backed him @ 66/1 and couldve layed @ 11.5. My 2 football bets went down aswell yesterday, all in all not the best of days.

Anyone that backed Tiger at around 9/2 will be feeling pretty pleased with themselves.

Tiger just does the extraordinary unbelievable when he needs to time and time again.....Unreal

I am seriously concerned about that leg though.

might be a good time to take a profit??????????

Lee Westwood has been amazing as well.

Yup taken profit on Woods and stuck a few quid on Westwood so I can cheer him on tonight.

A two legged Woods I would let it run but did you see how far right he was aiming to find the fairway on 18.

Just Amazing how one man can bring that much drama to a golf tournament.

Good luck with your bets

Well the pressure told on a few during 'moving day'
Woods won't give a hoot about how much pain he's in. He's barely been pain free the last few years, just doesn't crow on about like some other players when they screw up.

The odds that were available at the start of the week were abso awsome value on Woods.

Tiger will handle the pain better than anybody, but if it effects his playing ability then thats different.

It also gives other players hope when he is not 100%

Take away 2 glorious putts and a chip in from yesterdays round and he would be well back.

I have gone full circle now and have started to lay Woods. Sure if Tiger hits fairways today it will be no contest but he got some big breaks on Saturday with very wayward drives.

On a slightly different theme will Tiger have recovered enough to play in the Open?

Westwood has earned this right and wont get a better opportunity for a major

That last couple of hours will remain Sky+'d for a while.

You can't be against Tiger from here surely. The chip in's and massive putts are part of who he is and I wouldnt at all be suprised to see another couple tonight. Added to that I don't really see anyone making a charge at him. Westwood has played great this week and I'd fancy him to play his way to a round of -1 or level - meaning its all in Woods hands.

Hopefully his knee will be good for the first ten and hold out for the last 8. I'm completely torn by who I want to win between those two though.

FFS APPELBY = BOTTLE MERCHANT

No dosh on the tiger but rooting for him- he's a class act

I was very surprised at Appleby's collapse also I thought he had the game to give himself a chance of winning this.

Bottle merchant is a bit harsh though this course has made greats like Mickelson look very ordinary

I've laid my Woods bet off too.  Not through doubt at Tiger, but I run so bad at sports betting so now I have a profit no matter who wins.   I'll be cheering on Jiminez still as I'll rake it in if he wins, but other than that, I'll be supporting good old Lee Westwood.

There's already a couple or three players have got off to fast starts, -2 or -3 after six or eight holes.

This certainly is not all over, especially if Tiger makes his usual sloppy start (well this week anyhow).

I still have Garcia, Karlsson, Els, Love and Wilson for decent returns although that is before making any bets today...




PS I just remembered that Cabrera was a 50/1 shot going into the final round last year :)

Does anyone know roughly what time this will finish if tiger tees off at 9ish i was thinkin around 1 30 am i wrong here?? Is there live coverage on bbc yeah

Live coverage is only on Sky TV afaik, and I believe that Tiger tees off around 9.30pm our (UK) time which would probably mean a 1.30am/2am finish.

Hmm fort it was on bbc nmind,gl all with bets on TIGER FTW imo

Heath Slocum (good name btw) is currently -5 through 16 holes.

Now if he could finish 3 3 like Tiger did yesterday he would end up with a rather tidy 63.

Robert Karlsson has three front teeth

a lot of Scandinavians do. Hereditary.

Go on Jobe!

Please Woods, Westwood and Mediate come back to the field!

Wow!!

Westwood will never get a better chnace to win a major than from here.

Come on Westwood

ffs, I've backed Westwood in about the last 10 majors but obv not this one.

C'mon Karlsson!!!

Can Woods keep going like this????

The man is in pain obv

He probably can. He probably shouldn't.

It should cost him a couple of shots before the end of the round and that should be enough!!

I do not like Geoff Ogilvy. Anyone but him!

Lee Westwood is so overdue to hole a putt.

He must of shaved the hole 10 times in 2 days without holing anything over 10ft

Fck only just realised I had registered for the Luton sat on Blue Sq.

I log on and ive got 2k chips left on the final table........2 seats up.....for grabs

Watching the betfair market at the same time - the changes to every detail are so interesting. Surely value in Mediate at 13.

Come on Lee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good spot ive had a few quid on him at 14- 1

Thought Westwood hit a good putt just a mis read.....

big test at the par five next.....for Tiger and Westwood

Go Rocco....Go Westwood

GO ON ROCCO!!!

wiiiiiiiiiiii was on Woods to Birdie or better the 18th.

shib it.

brilliant stuff. crushed for Westwood though, was willing it into the hole, sadly wasn't to be.

Very Well done by tiger gl to both tmoro

Gutted for westwood.

He didnt hole one put all day and left most of them all short of the hole.

His putt on 18 was woeful

18 hole playoff tomorrow?????


ridiculous

wow, what drama and more of the same 2morrow would be brilliant.

How good is this?  Can Rocco hang on?

no idea, Tigers bunker shot on 15 was incredible. 

Rocco having a great back 9


I dont watch loads of golf but that was the best bunker shot I have ever seen

1TIME ROCCO
1 HOLE TO BE A CHAMPION
DO IT FOR THE UNDERDOG
DO IT FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA
DO IT TIME FOR ME!

DO IT FOR MALDINI!

This has been a cracking US Open, certainly one of the best I think I've ever seen.    Would be great if Rocco could do it, but Woods has been sensational at times.

Never in doubt on the 18th lol.  Would've felt amazingly bad for Rocco if he missed that par putt.

Tiger ftw now.

Brilliant.
18 hole playoffs rule.

yeah great stuff.  gg Eldrick.

No way!

Tiger: sensational really, on one leg for most of the week. Just an all time great in any sport, a privilege to be around to watch it

18 hole play-offs are the best test, all the majors used to be them,much fairer than 4 holes at the end of the  final day

spot on Rich, that was one of the best tourneys ive watched and a real joy to trade as it was all over the place at times.
Roll on Birkdale and another Tiger win, if his leg is gonna need rest it could well be his next tourney too and we can go thru it all again.;o)

Why?

Four hole, or sudden death at masters, are so biased to the guy who has come from behind to make the play off. Give them a day off and come back the next day.

Mind you, not sure how I'd feel if it was The Open and I missed it all because it was at work! Best make it a bank holiday weekend!

I thought Rocco was cracking value last night at 13/1 when only one shot behind. I bet there was decent money to be made trading wise.

So, Tiger's $5m 'I bet I can win a Major on one leg' prop bet with Phil Ivey came through.

I presume Phil will challenge him to a double or quits bet now.

Expect to see Tiger rock up on the first tee at Birkdale blindfolded.

TIGER is superhuman he's unreal, RESPECT !!!!! One of the greatest sportsman to ever live no doubt