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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Same with mine in Hyu Joo Kim, she had a -1 day that was 1 birdie and 17 pars to finish at -4. Like you said, birdies all around her and she was just stagnant.

    Today isn't much better for her, +2 through 11 holes to be at -2 and T21. I was hoping she could get top 6 for the each way bet bet but that looks out of reach unless she comes home with 4/5 birdies. The way she is playing, no chance


    The blokes have finished round 3 with Im leading outright, 1 ahead of John Huh and a further 1 ahead of Tom Kim.

    Fast starts for Hatton and Poston both -3 on their rounds to be at -8 along with Aaron Wise but it looks like Im and Kim for me are my best hopes.
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Oh @detonator that is painful. Zalatoris finishes T21
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    What a win by the new stud on the block Tom Kim!

    After starting with an 8 on Thursday, he wins the Wyndham Championship by 5 strokes from Sungjae Im and John Huh.

    Kim becomes the first player in history to win on the PGA tour starting with quadruple bogey

    Winning the Wyndham championship gains him a PGA tour card, which makes him eligible to play on the next 3 week in the FedEx cup playoffs. Something he only could have done by winning the last tournament of the year!

    After completing round 3 and being 2 back, he shot an incredible 27 on the front nine to take the tournament from all rivals and he finished with a 61! He is quickly going up the ranks and was #34 in the world before this win. He'll be up in the 20s or better now and will even get a crack at the Presidents Cup.

    Joonyung Kim, remember the name. He is going to be a star on the PGA tour.
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Update

    21/22 season +239.72 units

    This week +82.2

    Regular season finish +321.92

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  • detonatordetonator    4,360 posts
    H-BOMBER said:

    Oh @detonator that is painful. Zalatoris finishes T21

    Wasn`t painful at all Bomber...because I am used to being phucked up the a*** when it comes to golf.
    Woke up this morning and saw Z was finished at T20. He managed to "bogey" the last to put himself on the T20 mark instead of being at T13. Haha you c***.
    Only player left on the course who was at T20 and who could phuck me over was Aphibarnrat who dialled in an approach to 7 feet for a potential birdie on the last hole and he proceeded to  "butcher" my already "butchered" hole. Pushed me out to T21.  
    Phuck the golf !!!!!!!!!!!!

    Nice win for you Bomber. Congrats. Would have been an easy watch if you were awake at that time. Well done.=D>

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    H-BOMBER said:

    Update

    21/22 season +239.72 units

    This week +82.2

    Regular season finish +321.92

    Have trawled through the pages since page 19 which was the start of the PGA Tour year 2021/2022. Taking PGA Tour events alone (no Europe of LPGA) the washup is as follows

    44 tournaments

    13 outright winners

    Spend 919.2 units

    Collect 1275.2 units

    Nett GAIN +356.07 Units

    ROI 38.73%

    I was only 1/14 tournaments outright (7%) up till the Farmers Insurance Open doing manual data analysis from the PGA Tour site. I subscribed to a statistical database the week before the Farmers and then proceeded to go 12/32 outright winners (37.5%).

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Its playoff time in the PGA Tour. Round 1 starts tonight with 122 players vieing to do well enough to make the top 70 to get into round 2. All players have enabled their tour cards again for next season by making the playoffs, with the top 30 in the end getting exeptions to the majors. 

    The week has been somewhat dominated by all this LIV **** (Cam Smith and the courtroom hearing) to try and get 3 players back into the Fedex Cup. Thankfully they were denied and hopefully it sets a precendence going forward to these guys who, rightly so, have gone for the money. But please, you have been paid an amount of money to give up your PGA tour rights. So please kindly **** off back to the clown tour and off into the sunset

    OK, now that is off the chest. Time to get to the picks

    After reviewing my current year have tweaked a couple of things, mainly where to put my money each week. I love a first round leader, but the data says this isnt the way to make a dollar. I love the LPGA, but again, the records show that this doesnt reap the rewards either. So I am focussing solely on outrights now and going forward. 

    The odds are somewhat skewed with the smaller field this week and the coming weeks will further skew these numbers given the format of the playoffs as well. But there is a winner and money to be found.

    According to my analysis, this course reuires a number of traints to be elite. The best of them is approach (4/43) followed by accuracy off the tee (7) and putting (8). so basically, an allround elite player should get the job done haha. As this field is somewhat identical to what is served up in a major championship, I've found it extremely hard to narrow it down. But playing outrights alone means im willing to take a smaller arbitrage price and play more golfers to ensure a return.

    This week Im playing 30 units across 8 golfers. A few of these blokes havent played since the Open, while others like Smith and Rahm may be a little distracted (Smith with LIV and Rahmbo just had another kid). But they all fit the mold of elite approach, accuracy and/or putting. Ofcourse, you cannot back them all and have left out guys like Roiry, JT, Spieth, Zalatoris, Cam Young et etc Units and prices as follows

    Cantlay 5.41 at $15
    Scheff 4.77 at $17
    Smith 4.51 at $18
    Xander 4.27 at $19
    Finau 3.53 at $23
    Rahm 3.53 at $23
    Burns 2.26 at $36
    Tom Kim 1.77 at $46

    Arbitrage at 2.70

    30 units to return 81.2 units

    Good luck for the playoffs!
  • detonatordetonator    4,360 posts
    Back for more "anal" golf punishment.

    Cantlay@$19.00
    JT@$19.00
    Finau@$23.00
    Burns@$31.00
    Im@$31.00

    $20.00 on each.
    See you at the finish.:-h

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    We'll all.of my blokes made the cut except Scheffler who looked like he needed the run. Best of mine is Finau at -8 and Cam Smith also at -8, 3 shots off the leader JJ Spaun.

    The rest are at -6, -5 and -4 so I'm happy with how they are placed. Both Cantlay and Burns dropped a few shots coming in which was disappointing. But still well placed.
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Well round 3 is in the books and we have an outright leader in JJ Spaun at -13, 1 shot ahead of Sepp Strata who is a further shot ahead of Will Z, Cam Smith and Trey Mullinax at -11. Then a host of players at -10 and -9, including a couple of mine in Burns and Finau. The rest will be struggling at -8 but definitely not out of things and have Tom Kim in this range, who last week shot a final round 61 and the week before a final round 62, so he has the stones and the firepower to go low on day 4. We shall see!

    Good luck
  • detonatordetonator    4,360 posts
    If Will Z gets up and wins this tournament after “phucking” me over last week I am giving up golf betting. :-SS

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Yeah I'll be gutted if he wins without me onboard. Have been with him a lot this year
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    And ofcourse Will Zalatoris wins the St Jude after 3 absolutely bizarre playoff holes!
  • detonatordetonator    4,360 posts
    edited August 2022
    Bizarre doesn`t do it justice.
    Did I hear correctly in the broadcast that Straka missed the cut in his previous 6 PGA events ?
    And Will Zalatoris can take a "long hard suck on my *a**e" !!!!!!
    I will stick to punting at Kalgoorlie and Geraldton. Same formlines and results but at least I know what the ending will be......misery of course 8-}

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    edited August 2022
    The second round of the playoffs heads to Delaware for the BMW Championship. Played at a course (and state) that has never seen any PGA Tour action, there isnt a whole lot of previous hitsory to go on. 

    The course is long. The course requires stats such as Off the Tee, Approach/ball striking and putting to all be mhighly rated, but essentially its the total weighted strokes gained across the board which make the most sense in a tournament where everyone is seeing it for the first time. 

    The second round featured the top 70 of the Fedex Cup, but is down to a field of 68 with one big fat glaring omission. Cameron Smith has withdrawn sighting a "long term minor hip injury". It should be noted he was literally equal favorite when betting opened. One cant help but thjink his decision to WD m,ight have had something to do with his controversial late penalty from round 3 at St Jude and all the LIV talk. He is pretty much garaiunteed a start in the final 30 at Eastlake but he is unfortunately falling out of favor with his rumours to LIV and now this "injury".

    Anyway, It makes the betting somewhat easier as I had him in my initial thoughts, however as like last week, i am going to play 6 blokes. Im fading the following 3 for a few reason as follows

    Rory - Something up with the driver, he lost oiver 4 strokes off the tee last week and he is losing in many other stats across his game. Is he mentally burnt out with LIV and the Open loss?

    Scheffler - 2 missed cuts in last 3 and his putting game is comparitively atrocious. Maybe its variance that is seeing him not featured on Sundays in the last 6 weeks or so and willing to risk.  

    Tom Kim - Has played 7 weeks in a row and while he is a stud, the playoffs are probably an afterthought for him after winning his way in 2 weeks ago. His putting and short game as a whole let him down significantly last week and this could be the strat of a downturn for the young bloke after a long year grinding

    So with them ou the way, Im playing the following 6 blokes at a price of around $3.34

    Jon Rahm ($16) - Had the equal best score over the weekend last week and continues to lose out with the putter. This is his only problem at the moment. When his putter is on and he doesnt lose in all other strokes gained metrics, he wins or is in contention. Over the last 12 months, he has done this 3 times. His win in Mexico, a second at the tournmant of champions where it took a record score and week by Cam Smith to beat him and then a 12th at the US Open. The dam wall is about to burst!

    Tony Finau ($17) - Is arguably the most in form player in the world right now, another great effort last week with a T5 and was in it a long way in. A tad disappointing maybe on the weekend but he gained everywhere last week and the weeks leading up. His all round game sees him gaining at least5 strokes to the field on avereage since the Players Championship and he is hot at the right time, so need to stick with him. 

    Matt Fitzpatrick ($19) - The US Open winner who is so consistent and his all round game holds him in good stead here to a course nobody has seen previously. He is long off the tee and off the fairway and his short game ranks #2 overall this season. Im most bullish about him and would have been my one out pick if inclined to do that. 

    Will Zalatoris ($19) - Finally broke through last week with a great performance to win a most bizarre playoff. He is now number 1 in the Fedex Cup and would want to back up last week with a good showing here to have the greatest advantage at Eastlake for the 18 million first prize. His putting, which was his weakness is becoming one of his strengths. Can continue the back to back trend this year.

    Collin Morikawa ($26) - Havent been on Collin since he let me down earlier inthe year going into the last round leading by 5 and losing. He has flown under the radar and had a sneaky T5 last week. He piled on the birdies in a run during his round on each of the 4 days, but faultered with a few bogeys at crucial times. His numbers last week were all positive and is showing that his game might be back to his best. Opened $34 but was quickly snatched up and is now $26. Quirky stat, if you blindly bet $100 on Morikawa over his career when he was longer than $20 you would be about $5000 better off. Here he is, in form at $26. Cannnot let that go through to the keeper.

    Cameron Young ($29) - taking a punt here on the off the tee specialist in both accuracy and distance. Last week his putting was absolutley atrocious losing over 5 shots to the field. But he actually flushed the heck out of it otherwise. He still finished off the weekend well and a showing like his two starts prior to St Jude (2nd-2nd, The Open and the Rocket Mortgage) sees him contending here again this week. If he neutralises the putter to the filed (ie 0 strokes gained or lost) the rest of his game can defineity see him winning. 

    Another 30 units out this week to return 101 units back.

    Best of luck!

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Season Update

    PGA Tour Season +356.07

    1st round playoffs and this week -60

    Overall +297.07
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    A mixed start for my card after round one. 

    Morikawa -4
    Young -4
    Fitzpatrick -2
    Zalatoris -1
    Rahm +2
    Finau +6

    Liked the start of Collin. A solid round where he gained on all fronts except slightly losing on approach. He would be my favorite right now

    Cam Young played well but needs to hit more fairways, hitting 4/14. He fixes that in round 2 and he is in it on Sunday

    MAtty Fitzpatty shot -2 while losing nearly a shot to the field on approach. Dial it in son and you'll contend.

    Zalatoris lost 2 strokes putting to the field and missed a couple easy ones. What are they going to say now?

    Rahm needs a new putter, plain and simple. This year he has persisted but it aint happening Jon. -2 strokes to the field putting

    Finau lost in every metric bar a slight gain in putting. Maybe the year starting to take its toll, he started with a bogey and had an 8 on the day.

    Leader is Keegan Bradley on -7, with Adam Scott 1 back on -6. Rory was equal leader after 14 holes with 6 birdies and then took triple bogey on the par 3 15th hole. Classic Rory. FRL players on the favorite would have been thrilled! JT had a solid day at -5 and is 7.50 favorite to win.

    If having a punt after round 1, can certainly make a case for Morikawa and Young at $15 each and Schauffele at $13 at -4 is also a good bet.

    Good luck, see you after round 2
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Absolutely stacked leaderboard after round 2 with Adam Scott leading by one shot from Scheffler, Young,.Connors and Spieth.

    I might be bias but Cam Young might be the one betting now at $10. Has been flushing it and has fixed up the driver. He was unlucky early with a few short misses for birdie but rallied late.

    Rahm continues the putting woes and still shoots 1 under. I think he had a birdie look on every hole on the front nine.

    It set up for an epic weekend
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Well after being on Patrick Cantlay last week, I jump off and he wins the BMW for a second year in a row

    De Ja Vu from last year for me. And even more sickening given that I was going to autobet him for that very reason but then my head got in the way....and so it goes.

    It was a good last round, with Scott Stallings playing out of his skin to force Cantlay to grab the win. Xander was there all day and so was Scheffler, whose T3 finish allowed him to retian the number 1 postion for the staggered Tour Championship this week. Big shout out to our own Adam Scott, who qualified for the Tour Championship by a beautiful up and down from the sand on the last hole. He was the only player to come from outside the Top 70 from week 1 to make the Final 30. 

    Here is the starting positions for each player in the Top 30

    STARTING STROKESPLAYER
    10 underScottie Scheffler
    8 underPatrick Cantlay
    7 underWill Zalatoris
    6 underXander Schauffele
    5 underSam Burns
    4 underCameron Smith, Rory McIlroy, Tony Finau, Sepp Straka, Sungjae Im
    3 underJon Rahm, Scott Stallings, Justin Thomas, Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick
    2 underMax Homa, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth, Joaquin Niemann, Viktor Hovland
    1 underCollin Morikawa, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge, Corey Conners, Brian Harman
    Even parK.H. Lee, J.T. Poston, Sahith Theegala, Adam Scott, Aaron Wise

    Realistically, you need to be within 5 to have a shot, as history suggest this. Rory is the only player to come from the fursthest back in 5 shots in the staggered starts short history. Last year, Cantlay held off a rampaging Jon Rahm by 1 shot after having a 2 shot avantage on him in the beginning. Old mate Rahm might have found some secret sacue at the end of the year, after i torched him for the putter, things seemed to click for him on the weekend. He finished -9 only 4 back, not bad consisdering he was +2 after Day 1. 

    My best hope going into round 4 was Morikawa. For those who didnt see it, he shot 79, courtesy of a 2 hole bed shitting that even us mere amatuers would struggle to do. I woke up and he had justy birdied Hole 10 to be 2 off the lead. We are a chance I thought. How wrong i was. He proceeded to double bogey 11 after being on the green in 2 only 15 foot from the hole and had a 4 putt. Then to rub salt in the would, he went in the water twice on 13 and carded a 10 on the par 5. Unbeleivable. 

    Interesting week ahead whether Zalatoris will get up after WD in round 3. If he fails to turn up, the gap will increase between the top 2 and the rest of the field, which is significant. Also who knows what Cam Smith is going to do. Bold prediction but I reckon he misses the Tour Championship, especially if the LIV rumours are true. That would be a shame. 

    Early thoughts and really, its hard to go past Scheffler and Cantlay. Id love to back up on Rahm and maybe a "no handicap" bet might be in order. He would have to make up 2 shots per day on the leaders. Will be interesting to see the odds when they come out. 

    More soon!

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Well here we are, the final tournament of the season, the Tour championship at Eastlake. 

    As mentioned above, there is handicapping of the 30 competitors with the ones that have earned the top spots receiving starting strokes against the field. This has only been in operation for 3 seasons and 2 of the 3 seasons were won by the #1 spot holder. 

    There are definite horses for courses here. The two biggest studs at Eastlake are Xander Schauffele and Rory MciIroy, who start a respective 4 and 6 strokes back from the leader Scheffler. Next in line is Cantlay after his win last year at the BMW and the Tour championship where he held off a gallant Jon Rahm. 

    Off the tee accuracy is the standout metric here. Which brings a lot of the field together. Its no surprise that metrics at Eastlake require an elite all round game, because of the high quality and select field involved. 

    I've spent way too long looking at data, history, current form and so forth. Essentially, because of the added strokes handicapping, there are two markets primarily to  bet on. A strokes added market and a no strokes added market. I have focused on the strokes added market. While the odds are a lot worse because of this, I think it makes the punting a bit more straight forward compared to the usual 6ish guys in an arbitrage.

    While Scheffler assumes the top position at -10, the lead can evaporate in 1 hole. He is the number 1 player in the world and has somewhat found the putter again last week with a handy T3 at the BMW. He still missed his fair share under 5 feet which is still worrying, but the Number 1 player in the world should be hard to catch given his head start. He is $3 favourite in strokes added markets.

    I've decided to look elsewhere. History will show that you cannot be more than 5 shots back to win. Rory did it in 2019 after being 5 behind to begin, romped in by 4 shots. He starts 6 behind this time and has some absolute studs ahead of him. Sure, he has been playing well without getting the job done. He has carried the tour thorough the LIV stuff this year. I'm not sure he has it in him to overhaul the number 1 player in the world as well as course horses Schauffele and Cantlay. Realistically, he has to gain about 14 strokes to the field to win, and that's dependent on the guys in front of him playing to their averages. I'm willing to risk him. He is $8 favourite in no strokes added markets and has been backed in from $11. Not for me but a herculean effort would not surprise.

    The 3 I have focused on are Cantlay, Schauffele and Rahm. 

    Cantlay, reigning Tour champion, started off pole position last year and held off Rahm by 1 shot. His lead evaporated after day 1 and still he was able to have the stones to hold off all challenges. He really hit a rich vein of form last year at the right time and he actually came into this playoff season in better form. He had 1 "bad round" last week with the putter but fixed it overnight. He was two shots behind with 9 holes to play and hgot the job done by 1 in the end, chasing down Scott Stallings. All round he has the game and the form to really push Scheffler early on and keep the foot on the gas till the very end. He is $5 in a strokes added market and represents excellent value if you think Scheffler is vulnerable. 

    Xander Schauffele and Eastlake have an excellent history. In his 5 outings at Eastlake, he has finished in the top 5 four times with a  seventh his only "blemish". That includes two second placings. On one of this occasions he had low round of the week and has gained an average of 8.2 strokes to the field. Last year he had the lowest final round of 64. The course is playing soft from the videos I've seen and he is driving the ball well (+3.01 SG last week Off the tee) and his only let down was around the green metrics. He is a phenomenal ball striker and he is hot at the right time, at a course he absolutely eats up. Very keen at the $8 starting 4 strokes back from Scheffler and 2 back from Cantlay. He starts in outright third and his Top 5 finishing price is $1.91.

    Lastly and briefly, I did consider Rahm as a winner in the strokes added market ($17). He found his putter finally on the weekend last week at the BMW and had the low 36 hole score. He starts 7 shots behind and while I love the bloke and he has hit form at the right time, i think 7 shots is a bridge just too far. Last year he was 4 back and went down by a solitary shot to Cantlay. He is 5 behind Cantlay this year and 7 back from Scheffler. I might be ruing the decision tomorrow if he comes out and shoots a 61 in round 1 but I have realised the reality, him outscoring Scheffler by 2 shots per day and all the others in front of him not firing is a very very small chance and the $17 does not justify the size of the mountain. If you are dead keen on Rahm he is probably better to back in no strokes added markets at $10. 


    So in saying all that where is my money going this week. The customary 30 units out again have been allocated in a safe manner given my lack of success the last few weeks. I agonised what to do and who to play and have finally landed on the following

    Schauffele WINNER (strokes added market) 14.29 units at $8 to return 114.32 units

    Schauffele TOP 5 (strokes added market) 15.71 units at $1.91 to return 30.006 units

    I've opted to cover my 30 units for the last week of the season by going Xander Top 5. Like I said, he has finished top 5 in 4/5 starts and the occasion he didn't he was only 1 shot back. Couple that with the Zalatoris withdrawal and him starting outright 3rd now, I think its a really safe bet for the best player at this course in the last 5 seasons. Lets hope he can make the 4 shots up on Day 1 and then we can have a real good sweat for 3 days to finish the season!

    Thanks to all that have participated in this seasons golf thread. For me, the process of going into depth, writing previews and keeping tabs on the year has again proved profitable for a second season in a row since, more so since I have been doing this with the assistance of a large golfing database to efficiently weed out the best plays each week. The next season starts only a few weeks away where I will do it all again, probably by starting a new thread. I am looking to expand in some areas (time permitting) and with all the changes afoot next season for the PGA tour look forward to hopefully another positive return year!

    Cheers and good luck!

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Season Update

    PGA Tour Season +297.07

    This week -30

    Overall +267.07 (30 in play)
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Preferred lies in effect should make the scoring low. Probably helps the front runners even more?
  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Scottie Scheffler came out breathing fire in round 1 and didn't waste any time in adding to his lead. He started the day leading by 2, he now leads it by 5 after a solid 65 which finished with 3 birdies.

    His closest challenger is my man Xander Schauffele with a 66 which was a good round but now finds himself an extra shot back at -10, albeit now in 2nd position. Cantlay who started 2 behind is now 7 behind after an even par round which included an eagle at the last hole, so it could have been much worse.

    Rounds of the day go to Niemann and Fitzpatrick who carded 64s to be both at -9 in 3rd spot.

    The only way Scheffler loses is if he.has a melt down somewhere. The number 1 in the world is stamping his authority on the year. I'm hopeful Xander can outscore him by 2 shots per day coming in and the only saving grace is that there are 3 rounds remaining.

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Play has been suspended in the third round of the Tour Championship and is to resume at 945 pm tonight. The luxury they have is the small field allows then to get the ranking round in and conclude tomorrow.

    As it stands Schauffele briefly had the lead with Scheffler and after 12 holes Scheffler holds a 1 stroke lead from X. He is a further 3 ahead of the field which includes a rampaging Rory, JT and Sunjae Im, all -6 and -5 for their rounds with only 1 or 2 to play. Scheff and Schauffele have holes in hand which was evident how important this is for them, given the final hole is an eagle chance and the last 3 holes are playing fairly easy. Schauffele finished round 2 birdie, birdie, eagle which put him squarely in line to challenge over the weekend, which he is doing . He has shot par or better in every round he has ever played at this course and looks to continue the trend. I would predict Scheffler and Xander be both around -21/22 at the end of round 3 with a 4 shot buffer.

    If I had to choose one from the chasing pack, it would be Rory and then Rahm. Both are flying and going low on Sunday wouldn't surprise. A big Sunday coming up for all to finished the season.
  • detonatordetonator    4,360 posts
     Looked like Scheffler did a Keymer. Didn’t see any of the golf this week. 
    Was it a choke or bad luck ?

  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    It was a choke, that's for sure.

    For Rory to win, he needed the world number 1 to shoot the worst round of the day in round 4 and the biggest stud at Eastlake in the last 5 years, Xander, to go -1 for the whole weekend!

    The restart was unbelievable. Rory birdies his last 2 holes in the third round to get to -18.

    Scheffler plays his remaining 6 holes in 4 under. Schauffele shat the bed and played the same holes in +1.

    Scheffler was leading by 1 at the restart, went into round 4 a massive 6 shots in front of the field at -23. He was 1.05 to win the FedEx Cup.

    Because of Xander's finish to round 3, it out Rory in the final group with Scheffler. This I feel was important.

    After 6 holes on round 4, Scheffler was back to only 1 up of Rory. They battled all the way home. Xander just did fuck all coming in and shot a 69 to finish at -19. Sunjae Im was absolutely charging home and also finished at -19, an herculean effort consider he started at -3 for the week. Scheffler bogies 15 while Rory nails a 10 footer for par to square it up. Rory then hits a 31 foot bomb to birdie 16 while Scheffler could only manage par. Scheffler putts the worst putt of the year on 17 from 6 feet for birdie to go into the last one back. Both found trouble and Scheffler had his chance, flying a bunker shot over the green and all but sealing his fate. Rory got relief from the grandstand and needed an up and 2 putts to win, which he did with ease.

    Rory takes home 18 million for winning the Tour Championship with Im and Scheffler taking home 6 million each for T2.

    Xander thankfully had a birdie on the back nine and got him 4th outright, which game me a cover for my bets this weekend.

    To think, he was tied for the lead 3 holes before the rain delay and played the remaining 24 holes in even par....talk about penthouse to the shitehouse.

    Rory was 40-1 after 2 rounds. He was still $11 at the start of round 4.


    As I mentioned, I played safe this week and it paid off. Returned 30 units from 30 bet. I maintain Xander was the right play, based of history and for 2/3 of the tournament. But that's the way it goes. No harm no problem.


    That concludes the PGA tour season for another year. The season restarts in 17 days at the Fortinet Championship, so a couple of weeks off and then back into things. All eyes now turn to the LIV golf announcements and who will be going across. Hopefully Cam Smith comes to his senses and doesn't go, but it looks a done deal. The 6 rumoured to go are Tringale, Mito Periera, Cam Smith, Leishman, and Niemann. This should all come out tomorrow.

    Till then!

  • detonatordetonator    4,360 posts
    Great summary Bomber.
    Well done on another successful golf season.
    Go again next year.
    Keep hitting the down the middle !!! =D>

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  • GilgameshGilgamesh    4,718 posts
    How do we consume the Liv tour fellas, picked up by any platforms yet?
  • detonatordetonator    4,360 posts
    To be honest I can’t get excited about LIV.
    Cam Smith said a contributing factor for him joining LIV was the money and he can spend more time at home.
    54 hole tourneys ??? Team A vs Team B ???
    Haven’t seen any of the LIV golf as yet and at this stage it doesn’t interest me.
    As for betting ??? Not sure either.

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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,235 posts
    Gilgamesh said:

    How do we consume the Liv tour fellas, picked up by any platforms yet?




    YouTube stream of each tournament. Free.

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