Last week’s John Deere Classic proved to be both enjoyable and profitable for followers of this column. The final round was stress-free with the impressive 25-1 shot Davis Thompson setting up an impregnable lead early on and two of our other selections, Ben Griffin (60-1) and Aaron Rai (20-1) battling their way into T5th and…
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US PGA Tour: The John Deere Classic
Last week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit brought us smiles and tears. Having had the overnight or joint overnight leaders after each of the first three rounds, Sunday’s action was eagerly awaited. Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai continued to play well, and Davis Thompson was on the move. Their closest rivals were the unreliable Cameron…
US PGA Tour: The Rocket Mortgage Classic
The Rocket Mortgage Classic takes centre stage this week. It’s a low-key event with just Tom Kim representing the world’s top 20 players. Despite having heavily tree-lined fairways, plentiful bunkers and small Poa Annua greens, the Par-72 Donald Ross-designed course is easy meat for the Tour professionals, with an average winning total of around 23…
Can anyone stop Scottie winning The U.S. Open Championship? Sandy Lane thinks so.
Scottie Scheffler’s extraordinary domination of this year’s PGA tournaments soared to even greater heights last week when he reminded us of his tenacity and consistency, holding off a determined challenge from our selection, Collin Morikawa, to win the Memorial in Dublin. Ohio. Morikawa did us proud, however, as did another of our each-way picks, Ludvig…
The PGA Tour: The Memorial. At Muirfield. In Dublin. In Ohio
Sandy Lane previews this week’s USPGA event, the Memorial at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio Watching Robert MacIntyre’s maiden PGA Tour victory in last week’s Canadian Open was genuinely refreshing. With his rugged-featured Dad on the bag, the shy Scotsman proved to be a natural front-runner, and his humility shone out in the post-tournament…
RBC Canadian Open
The Canadian Open Championship is nomadic. This year, it returns to the classic Hamilton course, which last staged the event in 2019. This picturesque arena was established in 1904. It was designed by Harry Colt, who also set up the fabled Wentworth course in England. It is a Par-70 parkland course, featuring small undulating poa annua greens….
PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge
Firstly, hearty congratulations to Xander Schauffle for his magnificent triumph at Valhalla last week. He had been my headline selection for the Masters, but Heigh Ho! Xander’s victory was made even sweeter because he held off a huge last-round surge by a player from the LIV circuit, Bryson DeChambeau. Onwards and upwards to this week’s…
The Golf Majors: The Masters Tips from Sandy Lane
Please note that bets must be placed by 1.30 pm on Thursday. At last, a tournament in which the cream almost always rises to the top. Augusta National provides a massive test of every professional golfer’s mettle. It may be the most beautiful and best manicured piece of golfing property on the globe, but it…
PGA Tour: The Valero Texas Open – bets on by 1:00pm
Oh Me, Oh My! What a roller-coaster ride we have had in recent weeks. It started with our headline selection, Scottie Scheffler’s imperious triumph at the Players. It was followed by our man Cameron Young’s dramatic implosion (but with an e-w payout) in the final round of the Valspar. Next came the Houston Open and…
PGA Tour: The Houston Open
Sandy Lane previews this week’s PGA Tour event, The Texas Children’s Houston Open in Texas Please note that bets must be placed by 12.20 on Thursday. Speaking of children, I nearly choked on my Cheerios on Monday when I read what Cameron Young, one of our selections to win the Valspar Championship in Florida, had said…
PGA Tour: The Valspar Championship
Sandy Lane previews this week’s PGA Tour event, the Valspar Championship in Florida. Please note that bets must be placed by 11.30 am on Thursday. Wow, the climax of The Players Championship at Sawgrass last week was something to behold. Scottie Scheffler, our headline selection, treated golf lovers to an imperious bogey-free final round of…
The PGA Tour and Sandy Lane Masters Sawgrass
Greetings! It’s time again to enjoy the unofficial ‘5th Major’, the Players Championship at the iconic TPC Stadium course in Sawgrass, with its infamous Par 3 17th island hole. Previous winners have ranked highly on their accurate play and been good scramblers and putters. The key required stat is Strokes Gained Approach. Scottie Scheffler, the…
PGA Tour: The Cognizant Classic at the Palm Beaches
Greetings Be cognisant (why do the Yankees have to mess up the King’s English?) of the fact that today’s date only occurs every four years. It’s a big deal for Grandpas like me, who can raise a glass to their leapling descendants. Our Arthur (12, allegedly) is one of this exclusive group – there are…
PGA TOUR – THE GENESIS INVITATIONAL
Greetings from Sandy Lane in Sunny Barbados Caramba! Another 100-1 winner (Nick Taylor) in Phoenix last week. Thankfully, we escaped with minor injuries, courtesy of Sam Burns (3rd) and Cameron Young (8th). This week, the show moves on to the Genesis Invitational, staged at the swanky Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. Here,…
THE PGA TOUR: Waste Management Phoenix Open
Greetings From the classical Pebble Beach courses in North California, we head off to the Arizona desert for the Waste Management Phoenix Open at Scottsdale. Played out in front of the most raucous (700,000ish) bunch of fans over the four days, this event provides a different set of challenges to those played to date this…
THE PGA TOUR – THE AT&T PRO-AM AT PEBBLE BEACH
As you know, our correspondent Sandy Lane is permanently based in Barbados, where he busies himself on a range of important Island matters. His Christmases may all have just arrived at once, with the news that the PGA Tour and Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) have revealed a long-term Official Marketing Partnership this Monday that…
The Farmers Insurance Open
The Farmers Insurance Open has become one of the most exciting regular-season PGA Tour events on the schedule, thanks in no small part to the host course, Torrey Pines, and Tiger Woods‘ incredible winning record there, including his epic 2008 U.S. Open triumph. We’ll have to wait a little longer to see Tiger tee it…