The USPGA Tournament takes place at the stunning Atlanta Athletic Club this week, with the practise rounds already underway and the tournament itself set to start on Thursday.
As usual for these big tournaments, I’ll have a few pounds riding on the result – here are my tips for the 2011 title:
David Toms is on great form – in 16 tournaments so far this season he has had five top ten finishes. At around 55/1 he is exceptional each-way value.
Jason Day – The Australian has had an brilliant eight top ten finishes in 16 tournaments so far this season and gave fellow countryman Adam Scott a run for his money last week. At 25/1 he’s worth a few pounds of anybody’s money.
Martin Laird – The Scotsman has over $2.5m in prize money so far this season and is no stranger to the loft heights of the leaderboard – he has a first place and a third place to his name this season so is worth a punt at around 90/1.
Luke Donald is still the world’s number one golfer and therefore can never be ruled out – his form over 13 tournaments this season has been outstanding – he has over $4m in prize money to his name and will be looking to add to that this weekend. 14/1 is a little tight but is a useful cover bet based on form.
Paul Casey has been making cuts but fading away from there. He’s a better golfer than his current form suggests so if you can get the 140/1 that’s currently being offered then it’s worth a look.
Kj Choi – The South Korean is in consistent form and looks good value to me at 70/1 – his experience also counts in his favour.
Who are you backing? Let me know over on Facebook.
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Welcome to the first of my posts looking at the best golf courses in Britain.
To kick things off, let’s take a look at one of my favourite courses, the famous West Course at Wentworth.
There is a tremendous flow and variety to this course, with lots of elevation changes and different length par-3s, par-4s and par-5s to total a challenging Par 73.
The original design of the course, by Harry Colt in 1926, was in recent years becoming too easily challenged by the standard of today’s golfer and the golfing technology available, so with the help of Ernie Els, the course was carefully modernised, with holes lengthened and bunkers re-positioned where necessary and appropriate.
The course re-opened in 2010 following the construction of 18 brand new greens, built to USGA specifications.
Here are some Wentworth West Course Stats:
Opened: 1926
Architect: Harry Colt (modernised/refined between 2005 & 2010 by Ernie Els)
Par: 73
Length: 7,308 yards
Course Record: 62, Robert Karlsson (shot at round 3 of the BMW PGA Championship 2010)
Key tournaments: HSBC Matchplay, 1964 – 2007: BMW PGA Championship, 1984 – present day: Ryder Cup, 1953: Canada Cup 1956
Click here for a hole-by-hole guide to the course.
Click here for a fantastic course flyover (well worth a view).
Click here to view the current scorecard.
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Here’s an app that every golfer should have – it’s called Golf Shot and it has a huge amount of features, the most notable being that is measures how far you have to the green using GPS on your iPhone or Android device.
It currently includes data on over 35,000 different courses and is remarkably easy to use, there’s nothing more to do than download the app and you are away.
It also allows you to fill in scorecards for each course, gives you course statistics as well as aerial views and ‘Touchpoint Positioning’ – where you can touch your target on the screen and it will give you the distance from where you’re standing!
It retails at around £21 but is money well spent if you’re a precision golfer – and even if you’re not it also tells you how far away the bunkers and lakes are!
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