BMW PGA Golf – Laying Luke
Not the biggest turnover Golf tournament on the calendar from a matched bet turnover perspective, but the nearest one to home!
So this week, I’ve been popping back and forth to Wentworth to keep an eye on proceedings in the morning. It’s not too far from me so I can do the school run and then divert up the M3 to the golf course.
I nipped along for the first time on Wednesday for the Pro-AM day. I used the day to remind myself of the course layout and to have a look at some of the players first hand. The one stand out thing for me on Wednesday was how little confidence Luke Donald seemed to have. I was trying to position myself ahead of each shot and for some reason Donald’s ball kept finding me or a bush nearby, off the fairway. It led me to have a cheeky lay on him, as favourite, ahead of the actual tournament. That achieved a very quick pay off as play got underway on Thursday.
Conditions are tricky on the first two days, but look set to improve a great deal over the weekend. That would seem to lend itself for any high ranked pro in contention by the end of today, to make a decent move over the weekend.
Trading returns to £10 stakes on the first day: –
Lee Westwood – 13 to 7.2 – £8.06
Martin Kaymer – 32 to 14.5 – £12.07
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano – 85 to 13.5 – £52.96
Matteo Manassero – 70 to 17.5 – £30
George Coetzee – 85 to 13.5 – £52.96
Mikko Ilonen – 240 to 22 – £99.09
Francesco Molinari – 50 to 24 – £10.83
Thomas Bjorn – 140 to 27 – £41.85
Paul Casey – 90 to 42 – £11.43
James Kingston – 840 to 34 – £237.06
Anders Hansen – 85 to 42 – £10.24
Shane Lowry – 140 to 48 – £19.17
Alvaro Quiros – 380 to 75 – £40.67
Marc Warren – 470 to 48 – £87.92
Alejandro Canizares – 610 to 110 – £45.45
Simon Khan – 420 to 75 – £46
Stood behind McIlroy who is chipping into the 18th
Category: Golf
