Apr 9-12 Georgia: The Masters

[Tony Baloney]

K.J. Choi available at what price?

66/1 with Ladbrokes

Looked Choi myself as an e/w bet - 80/1 on Paddy Power's who are paying 1/4 odds on 1st-6th.

[Minder]

K.J. Choi available at what price?

66/1 with Ladbrokes

Looked Choi myself as an e/w bet - 80/1 on Paddy Power's who are paying 1/4 odds on 1st-6th.

Pay your money and take your Choi-ce Tony






My coat is on.

[Bogball XV]

Good win by Paul Casey last night, he would have been a good outside bet but 2 wins in a row is tough.

Stay away, that would be my advice.

The man does not have the psychological edge to win a major. He gets too pumped and he usually has a few flyers on the back nine.

Casey and Mickleson are my two to avoid this weekend.

Mickelson at 8/1 with 1/4 odds 6 places is imo a bet to nothing - as I said earlier, he's been in the top 10 in nine of his last ten visits.


Current Paddypower odds:

US Masters - Paying 6 Places
We are paying 1/4 ODDS 1-2-3-4-5-6 PLACES on the US Masters! Conditions
Outright Betting  
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Woods, Tiger  15 - 8  
Clark, Tim  90 - 1  
Sutherland, Kevin  250 - 1  

Mickelson, Phil  8 - 1  
Leonard, Justin  90 - 1  
Flesch, Steve  250 - 1  

Harrington, Padraig  16 - 1  
Poulter, Ian  100 - 1  
Mediate, Rocco  250 - 1  

Ogilvy, Geoff  20 - 1  
Allenby, Robert  110 - 1  
Yang, Yong-Eun  250 - 1  

Goosen, Retief  25 - 1  
Snedeker, Brandt  125 - 1  
Baird, Briny  300 - 1  

Casey, Paul  28 - 1  
Sabbatini, Rory  125 - 1  
Marksaeng, Prayad  300 - 1  

Mcilroy, Rory  30 - 1  
Campbell, Chad  125 - 1  
Merrick, John  300 - 1  

Garcia, Sergio  35 - 1  
Wilson, Oliver  125 - 1  
Norman, Greg  300 - 1  

Johnson, Zach  40 - 1  
Jimenez, Miguel Angel  125 - 1  
Langer, Bernhard  300 - 1  

Els, Ernie  40 - 1  
Mcdowell, Graeme  125 - 1  
Hart, Dudley  400 - 1  

Stenson, Henrik  40 - 1  
Perez, Pat  125 - 1  
Duke, Ken  400 - 1  

Kim, Anthony  45 - 1  
Cabrera, Angel  125 - 1  
Hamilton, Todd  500 - 1  

Villegas, Camilo  45 - 1  
Fisher, Ross  125 - 1  
Ishikawa, Ryo  500 - 1  

Watney, Nick  50 - 1  
Singh, Jeev Milkha  130 - 1  
Reavie, Chez  500 - 1  

Karlsson, Robert  50 - 1  
Weekley, Boo  140 - 1  
Mayfair, Billy  500 - 1  

Westwood, Lee  55 - 1  
Kaymer, Martin  150 - 1  
Campbell, Michael  500 - 1  

Weir, Mike  55 - 1  
Ames, Stephen  150 - 1  
Katayama, Shingo  600 - 1  

Furyk, Jim  60 - 1  
GOGGIN, Mathew  150 - 1  
Lin, Wen-Tang  750 - 1  

O'Hair, Sean  60 - 1  
Imada, Ryuji  150 - 1  
O'Meara, Mark  750 - 1  

Rose, Justin  66 - 1  
Quiros, Alvaro  150 - 1  
Saxton, Reiner  1000 - 1  

Cink, Stewart  66 - 1  
Baddeley, Aaron  150 - 1  
Wilson, Steve  1000 - 1  

Singh, Vijay  66 - 1  
Oosthuizen, Louis  175 - 1  
Woosnam, Ian  1000 - 1  

Perry, Kenny  70 - 1  
Kjeldsen, Soren  175 - 1  
Crenshaw, Ben  1000 - 1  

Appleby, Stuart  70 - 1  
Johnson, Dustin  175 - 1  
Floyd, Raymond  1000 - 1  

Donald, Luke  75 - 1  
Trahan, D.J.  200 - 1  
Lyle, Sandy  1000 - 1  

Mahan, Hunter  75 - 1  
Curtis, Ben  200 - 1  
Mize, Larry  1000 - 1  

Scott, Adam  75 - 1  
Pettersson, Carl  200 - 1  
Newman, Jack  1000 - 1  

Couples, Fred  80 - 1  
Watson, Bubba  200 - 1  
Stadler, Craig  1000 - 1  

Stricker, Steve  80 - 1  
Lee, Danny  200 - 1  
Watson, Tom  1000 - 1  

Romero, Andres  80 - 1  
Olazabal, Jose Maria  225 - 1  
Zoeller, Fuzzy  1000 - 1  

Immelman, Trevor  80 - 1  
Hansen, Soren  225 - 1  
Kittleson, Drew  1000 - 1  

Choi, K.J.  80 - 1  
Sterne, Richard  250 - 1  
Player, Gary  10000 - 1  

Each Way Odds 1/4 places 1,2,3,4,5,6  

[Diet Coke]

Fancied lefty Phil earlier in the year......but have gone for Els....tee to green excellent but old putting not so hot......candles lit so here's hoping.

[corn02]

Fancied lefty Phil earlier in the year......but have gone for Els....tee to green excellent but old putting not so hot......candles lit so here's hoping.

He is due a big one Diet and he has slipped under the radar so you never know.

[Bogball XV]

Dave Tindall from Sportinglife.com has the following plan:

They've won six Green Jackets between them.

One won his last strokeplay event while the other has won two of his last three.

And if you just can't ignore the compelling evidence to back Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson this week, there's good news - their prices are nowhere near as off-putting as they might have been.

Woods, a winner at Bay Hill last time out, is 12/5 in Sky Bet's Enhanced Win Only market while Northern Open and Doral champ Mickelson has been pushed out to 9/1 from 13/2 on the back of a missed cut in Houston last week.

Tiger is actually as short as 6/4 with Victor Chandler - the same price as Sky Bet go about either Woods or Mickelson winning, so the bookies' opinions are split over just how big a threat Tiger is.

The trouble with ignoring the 'Big Two' in the outright market is that they're extremely likely to clog up two of the top five places, thus limiting the potential of an each-way punt.

Woods has been in the top five at Augusta seven times in the last nine years while Mickelson has finished there six times in his last eight visits.

So, after much brain racking, I've come to the conclusion that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

To facilitate this I'm going to dedicate 12pts between the pair - 4pts on a Tiger win and 4pts e.w. on Mickelson.

If both bets cop, we make 18.6pts profit, if Mickelson wins it's a profit of 41pts across the two bets while even the two scenarios of Woods wins/Mickelson nowhere or Woods loses/Mickelson places also eke a profit.

Looks almost no lose really.

[Doogie Browser]

Tee-off times for the first two rounds of the Masters at Augusta National, Georgia, on Thursday and Friday (US unless stated, all times BST): (x) denotes amateurs

1300/1607 Ian Woosnam (Wal), Chez Reavie, Bring Baird

1311/1618 Sandy Lyle (Sco), Billy Mayfair, Tim Clark (SA)

1322/1629 Kevin Sutherland, Ross Fisher (Eng), Prayad Marksaeng (Tha)

1333/1640 Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Carl Pettersson (Swe), Dudley Hart

1344/1651 Raymond Floyd, Justin Leonard, (x) Reinier Saxton (Ned)

1355/1702 Fuzzy Zoeller, Michael Campbell (NZ), Ken Duke

1406/1724 Ben Curtis, Nick Watney, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)

1417/1735 Craig Stadler, Rory Sabbatini (SA), Dustin Johnson

1428/1746 Gary Player (SA), Luke Donald (Eng), Stephen Ames (Can)

1439/1757 Retief Goosen (SA), Soren Hansen (Den), Shingo Katayama (Jpn)

1450/1808 Bernhard Langer (Ger), Greg Norman (Aus), Lee Westwood (Eng)

1512/1819 Justin Rose (Eng), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Angel Cabrera (Arg)

1523/1830 Vijay Singh (Fij), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Ernie Els (SA)

1534/1841 Mike Weir (Can), Padraig Harrington (Ire), Ryuji Imada (Jpn)

1545/1852 Phil Mickelson, Camilo Villegas (Col), Jim Furyk

1556/1903 Stuart Appleby (Aus), Oliver Wilson (Eng), Sergio Garcia (Spa)

1607/1300 Larry Mize, John Merrick, (x) Drew Kittleson

1618/1311 Todd Hamilton, Steve Flesch, Mathew Goggin (Aus)

1629/1322 Tom Watson, Ian Poulter (Eng), (x) Steve Wilson

1640/1333 Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Bubba Watson, Graeme McDowell (NI)

1651/1344 Mark O'Meara, Pat Perez, DJ Trahan

1702/1355 Fred Couples, Rocco Mediate, (x) Jack Newman

1724/1406 Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Sean O'Hair, Richard Sterne (SA)

1735/1417 Andres Romero (Arg), Boo Weekley, Chad Campbell

1746/1428 Ben Crenshaw, Paul Casey (Eng), Steve Stricker

1757/1439 Yang Yong-eun (Kor), Robert Allenby (Aus), Hunter Mahan

1808/1450 Zach Johnson, Lin Wen-tang (Tai), Robert Karlsson (Swe)

1819/1512 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Martin Kaymer (Ger), Brandt Snedeker

1830/1523 KJ Choi (Kor), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Kenny Perry

1841/1534 Trevor Immelman (SA), Adam Scott (Aus), (x) Danny Lee (NZ)

1852/1545 Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind)

1903/1556 Anthony Kim, Rory McIlroy (NI), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn)



We should see plenty of Tiger and McIlroy on telly on Thursday night anyway.

[ONeill]

Some boy O'Hair

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/sean_ohair_gains_revenge_by

[Katchit]

KJ Choi has only finished in the top ten at Augusta on one occassion, 5 years ago when he finished 3rd - In fact this is the only time he would have won you money on an each way bet, I'd definitely be looking at someone else for a bit of value. I like Choi but just can't see him having the necessary putting ability to mount a serious charge here.

[Tony Baloney]

KJ Choi has only finished in the top ten at Augusta on one occassion, 5 years ago when he finished 3rd - In fact this is the only time he would have won you money on an each way bet, I'd definitely be looking at someone else for a bit of value. I like Choi but just can't see him having the necessary putting ability to mount a serious charge here.

Right cards on the table time. Who are you all going for the outright win or each way? Who is quoting best price?

[Hound]

Right cards on the table time. Who are you all going for the outright win or each way? Who is quoting best price?

€25 ew on Mickelson
€5 ew on Harrington
€1 ew on Norman (at 300/1!)

[The Real Laoislad]

Sergio at 35/1 looks like a decent bet to me....

[Katchit]

Really difficult to look past the three favourites in Tiger, Phil and Padraig.

However my bets are going to be value ones, I'm currently looking at Mike Weir at 55/1 (he's won it before and been in the top 20 in the last 4/5 Masters), Stewart Cink at 66/1 (he finished 3rd last year and in top 20 5/5 last Masters) and possibly Henrik Stenson at 40/1..

Really looking forward to it.

[Brick Tamlin]

all each way bets

Sergio @ 35-1
Jim Furyk @ 60-1

for the craic
Rocco Mediate @ 250-1
Greg Norman @ 300-1
Todd Hamilton @ 500-1

[gerrykeegan]

All E/W

Greg Norman
Sean O Hair
Justin Leonard
Jim Furyk
Ryuji Imada