European Masters

LeRinkRat

Pretty much a regular
Omega European Masters September 6th thru 9th
@ par 70 Crans-sur-Sierre GC. Crans-Montana, Switzerland


this is the 72nd time the Crans-sur-Sierre GC has hosted a European Tour event 2nd only for a single course to Augusta National's 82 Masters

last years winner Matthew Fitzpatrick [-14] 2016 winner Alex Noren [-17] . Scott Hend the runner up both times in a playoff. third time the charm ???

the favorite Matthew Fitzpatrick @ 10-1 with Thomas Pieters @ 20-1. last week winner Matt Wallace, last week tied 2nd Lee Westwood, Charl Schwartzel and Lucas Bjerregaard all @ 25-1 with long hitting Kiwi Ryan Fox @ 28-1

European Masters "to win" bets (bet/return)
Jorge Campillo 60-1 (10/610) CUT US PGA CUT British Open last two BUT solo 3rd Irish Open [-13] T-8th Open de France [-4] T-3rd China Open [-16] T-5th Open de Espana [-15] T-4th Oman [-11] solo 2nd Maybank [-19]
Lee Slattery 60-1 (8.35/509.35) T-6th here last season [-9] CUT Denmark BUT T-4th Czech Masters [-15] T-10th Nordia Masters [-8] before that
Miguel Angel Jimenez 60-1 (8.35/509.35) WIN British Senior Open [-12] solo 2nd US Senior Open [-2] has played this course 28 times and WON here in 2010. he had an opening [-6] here last year to tie for the 1st round lead
Scott Hend 80-1 (6.25/506.25) as already stated the runner up the last two times here in a playoff
Max Kieffer 80-1 (6.25/506.25) solo 3rd Nordia Masters [-13]
Matthais Schwab 80-1 (6.25/506.25) T-9th Czech Masters [-12] T-7th European Open [-8]
Scott Jamieson 80-1 (6.25/506.25) T-4th Czech Masters [-15] T-13 European Open [-6]
Shubhankar Sharma 80-1 (6.25/506.25) weak lately BUT WON both Maybank and Joberg Open early season and leader thru three rounds both WGC-Mexico and Indian Open


players in the +275 FIELD that SHOULD have had "to win" odds listed :mad:
Phachara Khongwatmai "Little Kong" T-12th Made in Denmark [-13] and T-9th Czech Masters [-12]
Jhonathan "Jigger" Thompson and Steven Brown both T-2nd Made in Denmark [-19] in a playoff
European Open winner Richard McEvoy [-11]
Nordia Masters winner Paul Waring [-14]
big hitting Finlander Tapio Plukkanen, Haydn Porteous and the Korean Jeunghun Wang

just two tourney match plays this week (bet/return)

Lee Slattery +105 over Fabrizio Zanotti (50/102.50)
Slattery: CUT Denmark BUT T-4th Czech [-15] T-10th Nordia [-8]
Zanotti: T-37th Denmark BUT CUT British Open, Scottish Open and Irish Open

Erik Van Rooyen even over Chris Wood (50/100)
Van Rooyen: solo 5th Made in Denmark [-18] T-17th British Open [-2] CUT Scottish Open T-4th Irish Open [-12] CUT Open de France
Wood: CUT US PGA T-28th British Open [even] CUT Scottish Open T-14th Irish Open [-6] T-2nd Open de France [-6]
 
well my German Max Kieffer the leader [-6] after the 1st round but a LONG way to GO. four more at [-5] and then four more [-4].

decent start to tourney match plays with Lee Slattery [-2] over Fabrizio Zanotti [-1] and Erik Van Rooyen [-4] over Chris Wood [-2]

looking like the CUT after Friday will be at [even]

I can NOT get over what a BEAUTIFUL golf course Crans-sur-Sierre is. one of THE most "picturesque" any where in the world with the Swiss Alps setting. the view from the tee down the driveable par four #7 is just spectacular :shake:
 
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well "The Matthew Mouse" Fitzpatrick shoots a 3rd round [-7] for tourney [-14] with a two shot lead on Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera and four shots on five others. looks like "the mouse" with a "HOW you like it NOW ???" to Thomas Bjorn for NOT picking him for the Ryder Cup team. IF Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson play like CRAP against the Americans, "the mouse", Matt "WALL-E" Wallace and Thomas "Salt" Pieters are gonna have the last laugh

OK so far in my match plays with Erik Van Rooyen [-3] for [-6] five up on Chris Wood [+1] for [-1] BUT Lee Slattery [even] for [-1] one down to Fabrizio Zanotti [-1] for [-2] needs to get it going Sunday. was absolutely perfect weather for golf Saturday at Crans-sur-Sierre :)
 
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Cheese LOU-ese!!! I got absolutely SHELLED in my tourney match plays. freeking Van "RUIN" shoots a final [+3] for tourney [-3] vs Wood [-4] for [-5] and Slats with [+1] for [even] vs Zanotti [-4] for [-6]. BOTH these players tend to "blow up" in final rounds. I know Van "RUIN" BLEW a four shot 3rd round lead in the Irish Open earlier this season. need to STAY AWAY or FADE in the future. BOTH are a pair of :hang:

AND "The Matthew Mouse" Fitzpatrick the WINNER in a playoff over Lucas Bjerregaard. the first B2B winner at Crans-sur-Sierre since the great Seve Ballesteros in 1977-78 when it was the Swiss Open. Seve WON 50 Euro Tour tourneys from 1976 thru 1995 and WON the Masters twice AND British Open three times in his career :shake:

KLM Open in the Netherlands next week :popcorn:
 
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