The Open Golf Betting

[Scottish Dave]

Westwood the current fav on Betfair at 8.8. Who do we fancy from here?

I've got Jimenez and Villegas in contention.

The Goose! all the way baby!

[Blatch]

Im on Goosen and Westwood EW with paddy power for top 7 places.

Well im currently more than happy, looking good at the moment

[The Camel]

Hoovered up all the value in Vegas:

Kaymer @ 75/1
Curtis @ 100/1
Westwood @ 50/1
Mahan @ 40/1
Fisher @ 70/1

If Kaymer wins the drinks are on me

Westwood is hitting the ball better than anyone, please can he hole a couple of putts???

one timeeeeeeeeee

[Karabiner]

Hoovered up all the value in Vegas:

Kaymer @ 75/1
Curtis @ 100/1
Westwood @ 50/1
Mahan @ 40/1
Fisher @ 70/1

If Kaymer wins the drinks are on me

Westwood is hitting the ball better than anyone, please can he hole a couple of putts???

one timeeeeeeeeee

Keith, what price was Tiger in the Vegas sportsbooks pre-tourney ?

[The Camel]

Hoovered up all the value in Vegas:

Kaymer @ 75/1
Curtis @ 100/1
Westwood @ 50/1
Mahan @ 40/1
Fisher @ 70/1

If Kaymer wins the drinks are on me

Westwood is hitting the ball better than anyone, please can he hole a couple of putts???

one timeeeeeeeeee

Keith, what price was Tiger in the Vegas sportsbooks pre-tourney ?

2/1 Everywhere except the Venetian, who stuck their necks out and went 11/5.

[The Camel]

Had to lay a bit of 7-2 Westwood, which is/was a ridic price the way the course is playing.

Never had a 20k+ freeroll before.

[Scottish Dave]

Here goes:

Hunter Mahan @  34.0  £4.00  £132.00  
Bet matched:04:28 16-Jul-09

Ian Poulter @  36.0  £4.00  £140.00  
Bet matched:04:28 16-Jul-09  

Ross Fisher @  48.0  £4.00  £188.00  
Bet matched:04:28 16-Jul-09
  
Retief Goosen @  55.0  £4.00  £216.00  
Bet matched:04:28 16-Jul-09
  
Nick Dougherty @ 190.0  £4.00  £756.00
Bet matched:04:28 16-Jul-09

Pos - Player - Par
1 -   T WATSON  -4
T2 - M GOGGIN  -3
T2 - R FISHER  -3
T4 - L WESTWOOD  -2
T4 - R GOOSEN  -2

Im a Very happy bunny tonight!

[matt674]

having watched today's play don't see any reason why 59 year old Watson can't win his 6th Open. Hardly ever in trouble, found most fairways and putted unbelievably.

[Scottish Dave]

having watched today's play don't see any reason why 59 year old Watson can't win his 6th Open. Hardly ever in trouble, found most fairways and putted unbelievably.

I know mate, makes me want to lump a little onto him @ 10.0!

[Karabiner]

Blimey, Paul Lawrie has just gone -4 for today's round after holing his second shot at the par 5 seventh for that rarest of rare birds, an albatross.

It just makes me wonder if someone might come in with a 65 or 66 and win from a mile back.

[The Camel]

Blimey, Paul Lawrie has just gone -4 for today's round after holing his second shot at the par 5 seventh for that rarest of rare birds, an albatross.

It just makes me wonder if someone might come in with a 65 or 66 and win from a mile back.

Today's scoring seems to be a little better than the last couple of days.

Any value in buying the total players under par at 4.5? Or selling the winning score at 277.25?

What do you reckon Ralph?

[Karabiner]

Blimey, Paul Lawrie has just gone -4 for today's round after holing his second shot at the par 5 seventh for that rarest of rare birds, an albatross.

It just makes me wonder if someone might come in with a 65 or 66 and win from a mile back.

Today's scoring seems to be a little better than the last couple of days.

Any value in buying the total players under par at 4.5? Or selling the winning score at 277.25?

What do you reckon Ralph?

The trouble is that the forecast is for the wind to get fairly strong later on this afternoon, 20/25mph.

I wouldn't really want to influence you either way Keith.

PS -3 looks pretty much like the winning number to me too.

[The Camel]

Blimey, Paul Lawrie has just gone -4 for today's round after holing his second shot at the par 5 seventh for that rarest of rare birds, an albatross.

It just makes me wonder if someone might come in with a 65 or 66 and win from a mile back.

Today's scoring seems to be a little better than the last couple of days.

Any value in buying the total players under par at 4.5? Or selling the winning score at 277.25?

What do you reckon Ralph?

The trouble is that the forecast is for the wind to get fairly strong later on this afternoon, 20/25mph.

I wouldn't really want to influence you either way Keith.

PS -3 looks pretty much like the winning number to me too.

Lots of top players under par already, would be surprised if many of them finished over par, but not many of the over par guys are capable of getting into the red numbers.

Bah, just noticed boith quotes have moved against me.. think I'll leave it now.

[Karabiner]

How about this for a moral dilemma:

As has been well documented, Ross Fisher's wife is maximally pregnant and Ross has said that if he gets the phone call to say that his wife has gone into labour he will finish the hole that he is playing and leave the course so that he can be with her when their first child is born irrespective of his position in the tournament, and to this end he has a mobile phone with him on the course at all times.

This mobile phone is entrusted to his caddy who, should Fisher win the Open, could expect a payday of £100K+. And remember that he is only one shot off the lead with probably the greatest chance that he or his caddy will ever have to win one of golf's biggest prizes.

Is the phone secretly switched off at some stage or is it kept on ?

[matt674]

phone on and upto Fisher what he does if he gets the phone call - if caddie turns off phone, Fisher wins open but then finds out his wife had given birth 2 hours previous chances are he wont get paid anyway!!