Westwood grit July 18, 2008 35/1 Lee to breeze back into contention Some popular Europeans kept their nerve amid the storms yesterday to stay on track to feature on the leader board in The Open at Royal Birkdale come Sunday evening. Yesterday’s wind and rain damaged a lot of players’ chances with Phil Mickelson shooting a nine-over par 79, and [...]
Freddie ready to go at 9/4 July 18, 2008 Andrew Flintoff makes a much welcome return to England’s Test team for the Second Test against South Africa at Headingley starting this morning and looks a terrific bet with Coral at 9/4 to be England’s top bowler. However, he has struggled with the bat and backers may fancy their chances of him scoring 28 or [...]
Westwood can weatherstorm after slow start July 18, 2008 Damian McGrane of Ireland had the worst of the weather yesterday morning, but was four shots too good for playing partners Jerry Kelly and Darren Fichardt, despite shooting 79. He should have the better of his two playing partners in their second round three ball starting at 12.14 today and is a surprisingly generous 6/5 [...]
Go West and get on 18/1 ace Lee July 11, 2008 Despite Europe’s continuing domination in the Ryder Cup, Americans have won seven out of the last 10 Open Championships. In fact, since Nick Faldo last won in 1992, only two Europeans have taken the title, and both at Carnoustie – Paul Lawrie in 1999 and Padraig Harrington last year. Can a European win the old [...]
Have a Luke at 50/1 Donald for The Open July 11, 2008 One of the greatest sporting events in the British calendar tees off on Thursday, with Royal Birkdale playing host to the 137th Open Championship. And without world No.1 Tiger Woods in the field, we at the Punter are confidently predicting a European winner, nay, a British winner in fact, with Luke Donald, Justin Rose and [...]
Have the Utmost Respect at the Darley July Cup July 11, 2008 Although the weather has put a dampener on the July Newmarket meeting, this afternoon offers an excellent final day card for punters to get their teeth into and Utmost Respect could be the value to land the feature Darley July Cup. This one will relish the testing conditions and should go well at double-figure odds. [...]
Expect a wide open Open July 11, 2008 Once upon a time there was no Tiger Woods in the Open Championship. It was an age when newspapers, fans and bookies used to speculate widely and sometimes wildly about what might happen. Who was hot and who was not. Was it going to be Nick Faldo again? Could Greg Norman get the better of [...]