British Open

[2damnhype]

I have gone for a match bet Ernie Els to beat Phil Mickelson.
Personally i don't believe that Ernie is the force he once was, recently he has been reinforcing his image as the Big Easy, but he has an outstanding record at The Open.
I like Phil Mickelson, but even with his wonderful short game he is no Links player.

Considering the differences between a typical US Tour event and conditions at The Open the record of US players is really quite amazing, and as good as Anthony Kim et al are I cannot see a winner along the lines of Ben Crane or Todd Hamilton this year.

[Snodser]

Some 1 pt bets for the jug.

Allenby, Casey, Leonard, Harrington, Rose, Ogilvy, Furyk, Westwood, Els , Garcia.

[kosar19]

Originally Posted by 2damnhype

I have gone for a match bet Ernie Els to beat Phil Mickelson.
Personally i don't believe that Ernie is the force he once was, recently he has been reinforcing his image as the Big Easy, but he has an outstanding record at The Open.
I like Phil Mickelson, but even with his wonderful short game he is no Links player.

Considering the differences between a typical US Tour event and conditions at The Open the record of US players is really quite amazing, and as good as Anthony Kim et al are I cannot see a winner along the lines of Ben Crane or Todd Hamilton this year.

In 14 years of the British Open, Els has finished in front of Phil 14 times. This is one of the better Match bets (and amazed the books still offer this)
Would take - Pampling to beat Villegas
Allenby to bt Kim

both with Stan James

[Snodser]

A small bet for old times sake

Philip Walton to make the cut

Got totally shit faced with him, his caddy & his agent many many moons ago

Ah, Those were the days

[traeth]

here are my open bets

Garcia stake split with straight win and top european ...thanks to basher
Leonard e.w. with paddies...confirmation from kosar
Mahan e.w. with paddies...all my own work
Cink e.w. with paddies...all my own work
Allenby e.w. with paddies...thanks to basher

good luck boys

[Beanie]

Will stick my in running/trading system picks in here on Friday and Saturday night(on a fairly hot little streak too) - good luck for the week all

[Winrew]

Well , gone for Jimenez and Boo Weekly ,and Steve Stricker all E/W.
Some great stuff on this thread , looking forward to more from you over the next four days ...

Also a dabble on Casey ( top brit + ire) @ 14/1.
Montie to miss the cut @ 6/4 ( VC Bet )
Top Spanish player . Jimenez @ 5/2 ( Paddy Power )

Good luck to you all .......

[Snodser]

Tough going out on the course this morning, weather not helping.

For those who can't wait for the TV coverage here's a link to live scores.

Open Championship - leaderboard - real-time leaderboard 7/17/2008 10:39:55 AM

[Bigkegman]

Lyle picks up after 10.

Mickleson +8 after 11.

[Winrew]

Some of the big guns seemed to have left themselves a lot to do friday , caught quite a bit on the box , conditions did improve in the afternoon , but nobody has run off with a big lead...

Forecast for Friday is the same ,crap in the morning , picking up in the afternoon...

[FC Basher]

Allenby is sitting pretty as co leader at the mo for most of us,so fingers

[traeth]

I thought I was on Allenby thanks to your recommendation , then realised I'd mentioned Appleby , been to my account on paddies to check , luckily it was Allenby , so go on boy , Garcia looked decent today from what I saw late on the bbc , some of my others got poor scores but tomorrow to come , cheers basher and good luck all

[Winrew]

Furyk done okay for me , Norman looked class today , but has he got the stamina for all four days , not sure if he will do well in the morning on friday , what with the weather and that..

Tee-Off Times for Friday ...

0630 & 1141 Lucas Glover (US), Craig Parry (Aus), Simon Dyson
0641 & 1152 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra), Pat Perez (US), Peter Fowler (Aus)
0652 & 1203 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Brendan Jones (Aus), Matt Kuchar (US)
0703 & 1214 Jerry Kelly (US), Darren Fichardt (SA), Damien McGrane
0714& 1225 Graeme Storm, Scott Strange (Aus)
0725 & 1236 Richard Green (Aus), Mark Calcavecchia (US), Anders Hansen (Den)
0736 & 1247 Tom Watson (US), Justin Rose, Aaron Baddeley (Aus)
0747 & 1258 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Oliver Wilson, Davis Love III (US)
0758 & 1309 Retief Goosen (SA), Padraig Harrington, Justin Leonard (US)
0809 & 1320 Richard Sterne (SA), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Jeff Quinney (US)
0820 & 1331 Hunter Mahan (US), Vijay Singh (Fij), Reinier Saxton (Ned)
0831 & 1342 Martin Kaymer (Ger), Scott Verplank (US), Ernie Els (SA)
0842 & 1353 David Howell, Andres Romero (Arg), JB Holmes (US)
0858 & 1409 Lee Westwood, KJ Choi (Kor), Ben Curtis (US)
0909 & 1420 Nick O'Hern (Aus), Ian Poulter, Paul Goydos (US)
0920 & 1431 Phil Mickelson (US), Hideto Tanihara (Jpn), Paul Casey
0931 & 1442 Boo Weekley (US), Colin Montgomerie, Mike Weir (Can)
0942 & 1453 Toru Taniguchi (Jpn), Richard Finch, John Daly (US)
0953 & 1504 David Duval (US), Simon Khan, David Frost (SA)
1004 & 1515 Pelle Edberg (Swe), Thomas Sherreard
1015 & 1526 Michoi Matsumura (Jpn), Tom Gillis (US), Barry Hume
1026 & 1537 Shintaro Kai (Jpn), Tim Petrovic (US), Dave Horsey
1037 & 1548 Ariel Canete (Arg), Craig Barlow (US), Phillip Archer
1048 & 1559 Jamie Elson, Rohan Blizard (Aus), Jon Bevan
1059 & 1610 Adam Blyth (Aus), Jamie Howarth, Josh Cunliffe (SA)
1110 & 1621 Thomas Aiken (SA), Gary Boyd, Brad Lamb (Aus)
1141 & 0630 Jean Van de velde (Fra), Steve Webster, Andrew Tampion (Aus)
1152 & 0641 Philip Walton, David Smail (NZ), Michael Letzig (US)
1203 & 0652 Paul Waring, Hennie Otto (SA), Kevin Stadler (US)
1214 & 0703 Paul Lawrie, Rocco Mediate (US), Angel Cabrera (Arg)
1225 & 0714 Niclas Fasth (Swe), Mark O'Meara (US), Michael Campbell (NZ)
1236 & 0725 Graeme McDowell, Rory Sabbatini (SA), Todd Hamilton (US)
1247 & 0736 Jim Furyk (US), Nick Dougherty, Camilo Villegas (Col)
1258 & 0747 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Greg Norman (Aus), Woody Austin (US)
1309 & 0758 Robert Allenby (Aus), Steve Stricker (US), Benjamin Hebert (Fra)
1320 & 0809 Adam Scott (Aus), Zach Johnson (US), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa)
1331 & 0820 Gregory Havret (Fra), Tim Clark (SA), Stewart Cink (US)
1342 & 0831 Liang Wen-chong (Chn), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Jeff Overton (US)
1353 & 0842 Trevor Immelman (SA), Soren Hansen (Den), Anthony Kim (US)
1409 & 0858 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa), Stephen Ames (Can), Charles Howell III (US)
1420 & 0909 Peter Hanson (Swe), Bart Bryant (US), Rodney Pampling (Aus)
1431 & 0920 Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Sean O'Hair (US)
1442 & 0931 Stuart Appleby (Aus), Brandt Snedeker (US), Ross Fisher
1453 & 0942 Azuma Yano (Jpn), Johan Edfors (Swe), Tom Lehman (US)
1504 & 0953 Simon Wakefield, Jay Williamson (US), James Kingston (SA)
1515 & 1004 Gregory Bourdy (Fra), Danny Chia (Mas), John Rollins (US)
1526 & 1015 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha), Chris Wood, Scott McCarron (US)
1537 & 1026 Anthony Wall, Alexander Noren (Swe), Ewan Porter (Aus)
1548 & 1037 Peter Baker, Hiroshi Iwata (Jpn), Alex Cejka (Ger)
1559 & 1048 Douglas Labelle (US), Lam Chih-bing (Sin), Jose-Filipe Lima (Por)
1610 & 1059 Martin Wiegele (Aut), Angelo Que (Phi), Doug McGuigan
1621 & 1110 Jonathan Lomas, Yoshinobu Tsukada (Jpn), Peter Appleyard

[FC Basher]

Just realised Allenby goes off at 7.58,weather and wind could have been worst,heres the forecast

Friday: light rain, Max Temp: 16°C (60°F), Min Temp: 14°C (57°F)
17 July 2008 20:52
Max Temp: 16°C (60°F), Min Temp: 14°C (57°F), Wind Direction: W, Wind Speed: 16mph

[Winrew]

Thats what i was meaning , the guys that done well this afternoon are all out in the morning..