Nedbank Golf Challenge

[LeRinkRat]

November 8th thru 11th 2 Gary Player GC, Sun City, South Africa

interesting that hardly ANY Race to Dubai leaders in the field this week. favorites Rory McIlroy 7-1 Sergio Garcia 10-1 & Haotong Li 15-1

this weeks to win "cats & dogs" (bet/return)
Andrea Pavan 50-1 (10/510) T-5th Alfred Dunhill Links [-10] WIN Czech [-22] T-6th Nordea [-9]
Thomas Detry 60-1 (8.50/518.50) T-3rd Turkish [-15] T-3rd KLM [-14] T-7th Denmark [-16] (T-2nd 3rd round)
Paul Dunne 75-1 (7/532) Turkish 1st round leader [64] solo 2nd Open de Espana [-18]
Mikko Korhonen 75-1 (7/532) solo 3rd Andalucia [-6] T-2nd BMW International [-9] WIN Shot Clock Masters - Austria [-16]
Marcus Kinhult 75-1 (7/532) T-4th Portugal [-17] T-5th Open de France [-5] (3rd round leader)
Adrian Otaegui 80-1 (6.50/526.50) T-3rd Turkish [-15] WIN Belgium Knockout match play solo 2nd China Open [-17]
Brandon Stone 100-1 (5/505) WIN Scottish Open. [-20] (final round [-10]) WIN 2017 Leopard Creek South Africa [-22] WIN 2016 South African Open [-14]
Thomas Aiken 100-1 (5/505) solo 2nd Nordea Masters [-14] playoff
Shubhankar Sharma 125-1 (4/504) T-10th CIMB [-19] (tied lead 3rd round) early season wins Maybank [-21] and Joberg Open South Africa [-23]

tourney match plays (bet/return)
Sergio Garcia +105 over Rory McIlroy (50/102.50)
Thomas Detry -110 over Sam Horsfield (55/105)
Martin Kaymer -110 over Charl Schwartzel (55/105)
Tom Lewis +110 over Andy Sullivan (50/105)
Haotong Li -110 over Louis Oosthuizen (55/105)

:shake:

 

[LeRinkRat]

going to tack on the FIELD 16-1 @ Westgate just because a LOT of good players in that NOT listed with "to win" odds. here are some I would had "to win" odds on
Ashun Wu: winner KLM
Marcus Fraser: tied 10th Alfred Dunhill Links (solo 2nd 3rd round)
Oliver Fisher: T-11th Andalucia T-7th Portugal (shot 1st ever Euro Tour 59 2nd round)
Ricardo Gouveia: T-9th British Masters T-7th Portugal
Kim Koivu: T-7th Portugal. three time winner Challenge Tour
Joakim Lagergrin: winner Sicilian Open playoff
Richard McEvoy: winner European Open
Mike Lorenzo-Vera: solo 3rd European Masters solo 2nd Sicilian Open playoff
Tapio Pulkkanen: solo 4th Alfred Dunhill Links T-3rd Joberg Open

 

[KJ]

We watching Q school?

 

[LeRinkRat]

We watching Q school?

not really. more interested in the guys that just made the Euro Tour after the Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final >>> http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/news/newsid=360983.html one of them, last weeks winner Adri Arnus playing the PGA tourney in Mexico this weekend

 

[LeRinkRat]

well interesting start to the tourney. Sergio Garcia shot the Gary Player course up with a 1st round [-8]. three are 4 shots back of him tied 2nd Charl Schwartzel, Mikko Korhonen and Mike Lorenzo-Vera [-4] then six more at [-3]

tourney match plays already a MESS ex for Sergio:
Sergio Garcia +105 [-8] over Rory McIlroy [even] 8 up
Thomas Detry -110 [+3] over Sam Horsfield [+1] 2 down
Martin Kaymer -110 [+4] over Charl Schwartzel [-4] 8 down
Tom Lewis +110 [+3] over Andy Sullivan [-3] 6 down
Haotong Li -110 [-1] over Louis Oosthuizen [-3] 2 down

will see what happens Friday

 

[LeRinkRat]

well Sergio Garcia looked like he was going to run off with the tourney Friday BUT had three bogies with one birdie his back nine for [-1] and tourney [-9] and a one shot lead over the South African Louis Oosthuizen [-5] for [-8]. my "cats & dogs" play Finlander Mikko Korhonen solo 3rd with [-2] for [-6]. Mikko "sprayed" on his back side finishing with three bogies or he would be tied for the lead

my match plays doing somewhat better as the Belgium kid Thomas Detry shot a 2nd round [-6] to recover from his opening [+3] and "The Schwartz" blew up with a [+6] to let Kaymer back in their match

Sergio Garcia +105 [-1] for [-9] over Rory McIlroy [-1] for [-1] 8 up
Thomas Detry -110 [-6] for [-3] over Sam Horsfield [even] for [+1] 4 up
Martin Kaymer -110 [-3] for [+1] over Charl Schwartzel [+6] for [+2] 1 up
Tom Lewis +110 [-1] for [+2] over Andy Sullivan [+2] for [-1] 3 down
Haotong Li -110 [-2] for [-3] over Louis Oosthuizen [-5] for [-8] 5 down

 

[LeRinkRat]

going into Sunday Sergio Garcia still with the lead [-1] for [-10] two up on Louis Oosthuizen solo 2nd [even] for [-8] with three tied 3rd at [-7] including my "to win" plays Thomas Detry [-4] and Mikko Korhonen [-1] along with "Big Bear" Lee Westwood [-3]. wind picked up Saturday and was swirling. the best score Saturday Ross Fisher with a [-5] for tourney [-6] solo 6th

The GOOD the BAD and the UGLY in my tourney match plays
Sergio Garcia +105 [-1] for [-10] over Rory McIlroy [+1] for [even] 10 up
Thomas Detry -110 [-4] for [-7] over Sam Horsfield [+2] for [+3] 10 up
Martin Kaymer -110 [ -1] for [even] over Charl Schwartzel [-2] for [even] tied
Tom Lewis +110 [+6] for [+8] over Andy Sullivan [+1] for [+1] 7 down
Haotong Li -110 [+3] for [even] over Louis Oosthuizen [even] for [-8] 8 down

 

[LeRinkRat]

WOW just WOW!!! Lee Westwood with the round of the day AND tourney a one eagle six birdie [-8] for tourney [15] the three shot WINNER over Sergio Garcia [-2] for [-12] solo 2nd and South African fan favorite Louis Oosthuizen [-3] for [-11] solo 3rd. "Big Bear's" first WIN in over four years so CONGRATS to HIM :shake:

I lucked out on Sunday with Kaymer catching "The Schwartz" to make a 3-2 on my match plays. better than LOSING

Sergio Garcia +105 [-2] for [-12] over Rory McIlroy [-1] for [-1] WIN 11 up
Thomas Detry -110 [+1] for [-6] over Sam Horsfield [even] for [+3] WIN 8 up
Martin Kaymer -110 [-1] for [-1] over Charl Schwartzel [+2] for [+2] WIN 3 up
Tom Lewis +110 [+4] for [+12] over Andy Sullivan [+1] for [+2] LOSE 10 down
Haotong Li -110 [-7] for [-7] over Louis Oosthuizen [-3] for [-11] LOSE 4 down

final tourney of this Euro Tour season the DP World @ Dubai, United Arab Emirates next week. Francesco Molinari probably has the top $1.25 million prize locked up BUT plenty to play for after that with 2nd being worth $1 million. #2 Tommy Fleetwood, #3 Justin Rose #4 Patrick Reed and surprise #5 Xander Schauffele fighting it out