Portugal Masters

[LeRinkRat]

September 20th thru 23rd @ Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course

last season same course:
WIN Lucas Bjerregaard [-20]
solo 2nd Marc Warren [-16]
T-3rd Eddie Pepperell & Graeme Storm [-15]
T-5th Ricardo Gouvia & Jose-Filipe Lima [-14] (both Portugal)
T-7th Dean Burmester, George Coetzee, Nacho Elvira, Ashun Wu & Sebastian Soderberg [-13]

favorites:
Thorbjorn Olesen 14-1 with Lucas Bjerregaard 16-1 and Charl Schwartzel, Sergio Garcia, Chris Wood 18-1 & Shane Lowry all 18-1. Eddie Pepperell & Andy Sullivan both 20-1

my "to win" bets this week. going with a limited lineup (bet return)

Matt Wallace 25-1 (20/520) T-51st Euro Masters [even] WIN Denmark [-19] playoff T-36th Czech [-8] T-19th US PGA [-7] CUT British Open CUT Scottish Open CUT Open de France. also Win BMW International [-10] T-3rd China [-16] and WIN Indian Open [-11] playoff this season. "WALL-E" either fighting for the lead or a CUT lately

Hideto Tanihara 40-1 (13/533) T-3rd KLM [-14] T-6th Euro Masters [-10] T-37th Denmark CUT Nordia T-5th Euro Open [-9]. Hideto been "wicked close" three of his last five tourneys

Richard McEvoy 75-1 (7/532) [w-h] T-15th KLM [-9] T-16th Euro Masters [-6] T-37th Denmark [-8] T-34th Nordia [-2] WIN European Open [-11] WIN Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge [-18]

Max Kieffer 80-1 (6.50/526.50) T-36th KLM [-5] T-35th Euro Masters [-3] T-29th Czech [-9] solo 3rd Nordia [-13] T-29th Euro Open [-3]

Gavin Green 100-1 (5/505) T-12th Euro Masters [-7] & solo 3rd Czech [-17] BUT CUT KLM & Denmark his last four

Sam Horsfield 100-1 (5/505) T-10th Denmark [-14] made five of his last six cuts

once again disappointed that BOTH Westgate AND William-Hill STIFF some players that SHOULD have "to win" odds this week like with Ashun Wu last week @ KLM (listed 50-1 this week THANKS, assholes!!!)

Thomas Aiken (solo 2nd Noria Masters [-14] playoff)
Austin Connelly (T-11th KLM Open [-10] last week)
David Drysdale (T-6th KLM Open [-12] last week)
Ricardo Gouvia (T-5th last season [-14])
Julian Guerrier (T-9th Czech Masters [-12])
Marcus Kinhult (T-5th Open de France [-5] & was 3rd round leader)
Jonathan "Jigger" Thompson (T-2 Denmark [-19] playoff. T-15th KLM Open [-9]. was T-2nd 3rd round [-12] BUT shot [+3] final)
Marc Warren (solo 2nd last season [-16])

just three tourney match plays for me this week (bet return)

Chris Wood -110 over Shane Lowry (55/105)
Matt Wallace -110 over Ryan Fox (55/105)
Hideto Tanihara -110 over Soren Kjeldsen (55/105)

Chris Wood: solo 2nd KLM [-15] T-23rd Euro Masters [-5] CUT US PGA last three. T-2nd Open de France [-6] solo 2nd Oman [-14] one CUT last 10 tourneys
Shane Lowry: CUT Wyndham T-12th US PGA T-12th Canadian [-14] CUT British Open last four. three CUT last six tourneys

Matt Wallace: T-51st Euro Masters [even] WIN Denmark [-19] playoff T-36th Czech [-8] T-19th US PGA [-7] CUT British Open CUT Scottish Open CUT Open de France. also Win BMW International [-10] T-3rd China [-16] and WIN Indian Open [-11] playoff
Ryan Fox: CUT KLM T-30th Euro Masters [-4] T-27th US PGA [-6] T-39th British Open [+2] T-6th Scottish Open [-14] solo 2nd Irish Open [-14] playoff

Hideto Tanihara: T-3rd KLM [-14] T-6th Euro Masters [-10] T-37th Denmark CUT Nordia T-5th Euro Open [-9]
Soren Kjeldsen: T-6th KLM [-12] T-12th Euro Maters [-7] T-12th Denmark [-13] CUT Czech T-45th Nordia [even] T-22nd Euro Open [-4]

 

[LeRinkRat]

1st round Golf Channel coverage 6:30 to 5:30 eastern time

featured threesomes tee times (eastern times)
3:30am / Sergio Garcia - Lucas Bjerregaard - Matt Wallace (#10)
3:40am / Andy "Beef" Johnston - Jordan L Smith - Eddie Pepperell (#10)
6:30am / Thorbjorn Olesen - Chris Wood - Paul Waring (#1)
7:50am / Shane Lowry - George Coetzee - Richie Ramsay (#1)
8:20am / Paul Dunn - Alex Levy - Ryan Fox (#1)
8:40am / Padraig Harrington - Danny Willett - Ashun Wu (#1)

 

[LeRinkRat]

well a so-so start for me 1st round. Aussie Lucas Hebert the leader with a bogie free [-8] with Matt Wallace, Shane Lowry and Eddie Pepperell one back at [-7]. then the ChiCom Haotong Li solo 5th at [-6] and ten players at [-5] including Sergio Garcia. besides "WALL-E" the rest of my "to win" bets low on the board. I had been betting Hebert "to win" recently because of his solo 5th at Nordia BUT over looked him this week at 80-1

AND it's "The Good. The Bad & The Ugly" my three tourney match plays
Chris Wood -110 [+1] over Shane Lowry [-7] (Wood solo 2nd KLM last week ??? WTF???)
Matt Wallace -110 [-7] over Ryan Fox [-1]
Hideto Tanihara -110 [-1] over Soren Kjeldsen [-1] (Tanihara T-3rd KLM last week??? DAMN!!!)

 

[LeRinkRat]

well as stated in another thread, modern European Tour history was made on the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course Friday with the first ever 59 in a Euro Tour round by Englishman Oliver Fisher. he is tied for the lead with Aussie Lucas Hebert [-4] and Eddie Pepperell [-5] for tourney [-12]. my man Matt Wallace with a [-4] for [-11] solo 4th then three more at [-10] including my pet ChiCom Haotong Li [-4] OWGR #416 Adrien Saddier [-5] and Italian Ranato Paratore [-5] Paratore yet another player the sportsbooks STIFFED this week with NO "to win" odds

the Portuguese Ricardo Gouveua showed WHY he is OWGR #609 on #9 his 18th hole the 2nd round. absolutely FLUFFED THREE chip shots from just 10 feet off the green for a triple bogie SEVEN. he HAD been in the LEAD. was PAINFUL to WATCH!!!

already a loser in one of my tourney match plays with Hideto Tanihara [+3] for [+2] CUT vs Soren Kjeldsen [-3] for [-4] Tanihara 3rd last week @ KLM and a CUT this week ??? these guys are SO inconstant

the other two still "in play" with Matt Wallace [-4] for [-11] vs Ryan Fox [-3] for [-4] BUT Chris Wood [-5] for [-4] vs Shane Lowry [-2] for [-9] it is definitely "go LOW or go HOME" at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course. the weather has been just perfect for golf and the CUT came at [-3]

would NOT be surprised to see another "bomber" round like Fisher's by someone the next two days

 

[LeRinkRat]

well I am screwed AGAIN!!! my man Matt Wallace misses a makeable birdie putt on #10, lost his cool dropping "F-bombs" THEN bogied #11 & #13 before FINALLY getting a birdie on #15 for a 3rd round [even] and tourney [-11] now TIED with Ryan Fox [-7] for [-11] and eight back of the leader Lucas Hebert. Tom Lewis shoots a [-10] for [-17] to be two back. 2nd round record setter Oliver Fisher returns to his OWGR #287 form with a [-2] for [-14]. unfortunately ""WALL-E" has got some Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton temper in his game when NOT playing well

Chris Wood three back of "Fat Bastard" Shane Lowry [-9] to [-12] so THAT probably a loser

 

[LeRinkRat]

well THAT SUCKED!!! LOSE all three tourney match plays and NONE of my tourney "to win" bets even close. freeking "WALL-E" shoots a final [+3] for tourney [-8] to lose to Ryan Fox [even] for [-11] AND Chris Wood gave it a run [-5] for [-14] but could not catch "Fat Bastard" [-4] for [-16]

THANK GOD the Ryder Cup next week so I do NOT lose any more money betting Euro Tour
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