IT was a pretty good weekend with one winner, a second and a fifth from tournaments in the States and South Africa.
My best bet was Thomas Aiken who won the Africa Open. I advised him at 11-1 and suggested a 2.5pts ew stake. I thought I was on for 131-1 double when Dustin Johnson led the Northern Trust Open overnight but he ended up losing out to a charging Bubba Watson. I advised Johnson 2.5pts ew at 12-1.
My fifth-placed man in South Africa was Darren Fichardt who I tipped at 25-1 1pt ew.
It's been a good year so far and it's great to have some profit in the bag ahead of the US Masters.
This week it's the Accenture Matchplay and although I don’t normally bet on matchplay tournaments I’ll give it a go and low stakes are advised.
The 64 players are split into four different sections and the hardest one seems to be the Ben Hogan section which includes Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter and Charl Schwartzel to name but four.
So picking someone to come through that one could be quite difficult but I fancy Rory to do the business. If he and Poulter meet in the quarter-finals that could be quite a tasty match.
In the Bobby Jones section George Coetzee is in really hot form after finishing in the top five on his last three appearances. Louis Oosthuizen hasn’t reached the fourth round of this tournament in four tries and missed the cut at Riviera earlier this year but did win in South Africa in January and has the game for a good run.
I really like the look of Jason Day. This season, apart from last week, he’s had four top-10 finishes, including winning the ISPS Handa World of Golf in November. He just never seems to give up and is a big-game player so he is my tip.
In the Gary Player section we have Justin Rose, Matt Kuchar (defending champion), Jordan Spieth and Luke Donald among the starters. It’s going to be between Rose and Kuchar to come through. I’m going for Kuchar who has reached the quarter-finals in the last three years and of course won it last year.
Dustin Johnston tees off in the Sam Snead section alongside the likes of Bubba Watson, winner last week, Graeme McDowell and Keegan Bradley. I am a Dustin Johnson fan and back him all the time but have a sneaky feeling for McDowell who loves matchplay format so we’ll go for him.
Two names I’ve not mentioned are Hunter Mahan and Billy Horschel. Although Mahan isn’t firing on all cylinders at the moment he has a record of 11-1 in the last two years of this tournament. He won in 2012 and was runner-up to Kuchar last year so could just sneak in there.
Horschel won once on the PGA Tour last year but hasn’t done anything significant so far this year. He was sixth in the Fedex Cup last year so is better than his recent form might suggest and his market price looks quite tempting.
Poulter and Rickie Fowler get the action under way at 2.25pm on Wednesday.
15pt staking plan
Rory McIlroy (2pts ew) 14-1 Stan James
Jason Day (2pts ew) 20-1 Ladbrokes
Matt Kuchar (1.5pt ew) 28-1 William Hill
Graeme McDowell (1pt ew) 40-1 McBookie, BetVictor
Hunter Mahan (1pt ew) 25-1 Paddy Power
Billy Horschel (1pt ew) 80-1 Betfred
Ace Venturer
In December 2020 we sadly 
Probably the worst tournament of the year to try and pick an outright winner for.
Gone with four(small stakes)
Dufner, Coetzee, Poulter and Zach Johnson.
Jason Day 20/1 paddy power & stan james
Probably go off around 6/4 now you have tipped him John ;)
Mcdowell poulter and kuchar…all ew
lpga.. piller yang and choi
victoria open..giles arnold fox
dimensions data..sa..dantorp v.tonder vd berg
Each Way : how many places is that and does it differ/vary depending on which tournament is being contested? Clearly my in-depth wealth of golfing knowledge is up there on a ‘Par’ with any glue factory tip list written by the great Johnb himself! Thanks, Jake Hicks
Jake, on strokeplay it’s usually five depending on the bookie but can be six or even seven. For matchplay it will be to reach the semi-finals.
Mr F, thanks.
Agree a lot with Ace Venturer as I’m on Jason Day, Sergio Garcia, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan & Rory McIllroy.
Outsiders Gary Woodland & Peter Hanson.
Trying a couple of small stakes lucky 15’s for interest.
Taking one from each quarter.
Jason Day
Sergio Garcia
Graeme McDowell
Justin Rose
Any good websites to find golf form like recent events and historical placings. Usually need to wait on Racing Post coming out.
Owen, paul would be the best person to answer that. Like you I bet on golf after looking at Wednesday’s Racing Post.
Hi
lucky 15s for this 1 but its a lottery so no write ups on this sorry as not confident I will get a place and I don’t want to lose my streak
luck 15s 50p stake 7.50
Jason Day (4/1 to win Bobby Jones bracket)
Sergio Garcia (6/1 to win Ben Hogan bracket)
Hunter Mahan (6/1 to win Sam Snead bracket)
Jordan Spieth (5/1 to win Gary Player bracket)
or
Jason Day (4/1 to win Bobby Jones bracket)
Rory McIlroy (4/1 to win Ben Hogan bracket)
Bubba Watson (13/2 to win Sam Snead bracket)
Matt Kuchar (11/2 to win Gary Player bracket)
or Lucky 15 –
Patrick Reed (18/1 to win Bobby Jones bracket)
Harris English (14/1 to win Ben Hogan bracket)
Ernie Els (18/1 to win Gary Player bracket)
Graeme McDowell (17/1 to win Sam Snead bracket)
to win out right
Peter Hanson 125-1
Gary woodland 100-1
Sergio Garcia 25-1
or Matt Kuchar
Henrik Stenson, Ryan Moore and Rickie Fowler are my punts.
All 4 survive first round. My acca had covered my outrights and Group Yankee
PAUL,whats your picks in next round am going for hanson 10/11 to beat dubission just feel his experiance from matchplay and looked good yesterday,next am going for speith impressed yesterday with 8 birdies 4/7 and bjorn saying in interview not feeling 100p.cent, finishing treble with rose 4/7 i had els yesterday but didnt realise his putting was so bad he wont get away with that against rose good luck