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Golf: Ace’s Masters Tips
THERE'S not much that can be added to what has already been said about Augusta. All I can say is I get goosebumps around this time of year thinking about the upcoming Masters. If like me you must think you know every blade of grass, where to land the...
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Golf: Ace’s Shell Houston Open Tips
THE Golf Club of Houston provides a cracking warm-up for next week's US Masters. Host of the Shell Houston Open, organisers pride themselves on the fact that with shaved banks, collection areas around the greens and putting surfaces that run to 13 on the Stimpmeter it is similar to Augusta....
Golf: Ace’s Masters Countdown
OVER the years everyone who has written about Augusta has mentioned the lush, undulating fairways, white sand bunkers, slick greens and the colourful azaleas but for me it’s been the excitement that it has thrown up over the years. One of my abiding memories is Scot Alexander Lyle in...
Golf: WGC Dell Matchplay Tips & Update
The WGC-Dell Match-play returns to Austin Country Club for the second year in a row and there is a stellar field taking part. I hate betting on match-play tournaments as in most cases it’s a lucky dip. However, I’ll select a few sections and hopefully pick some winners from...
Golf: Ace’s Puerto Rico Open Tips
FOR the 10th time in a row, in fact since its inception, the Coco Beach Golf and Country Club hosts the Puerto Rico Open. One of the longest tests of the year, the 7506-yard par 72 has large greens which helps when the wind blows, as it does regularly....
Golf: Ace’s Arnold Palmer Invitational Tips
ARNOLD PALMER may have passed away last year but the Arnold Palmer Invitational lives on. The tournament returns to the Bay Hill Club and Lodge where it has been held since 1979. The course has 84 bunkers and water is in play on half the holes but land in...
Golf: Ace’s Valspar Open Tips
THE Valspar Open was first staged at the Copperhead Course, Palm Harbour, Florida in 2000. The course underwent a $4.5 million restoration in 2015, has tight tree-lined fairways and is ranked sixth hardest on the PGA Tour. I think GIR and putting could be stats to look at. After...
Golf: Ace’s Hero Indian Open Tips
THE Gary Player Course at the DLF Golf and Country Club, New Delhi, is the host of this week’s Hero Indian Open. It's a par 72, 7654-yard track and was fully opened in 2015 and joins the Arnold Palmer course on the development. A feature is two large lakes...
Golf: Ace’s WGC-Mexico Championship Tips
THE Club de Golf Chapultepec is host to the first World Golf Championship of the year, the WGC-Mexico Championship. The course is 7330 yards and a par 71 but will play about 10 per cent shorter as it is at altitude. The fairways are kikuyu grass with the greens...
Golf: Ace’s Tshwane Open Tips
THE Tshwane Open rolls up to the Pretoria Country Club for the third year in a row but unfortunately it hasn’t got a great field. The course is quite tight and water comes into play at quite a few holes and the greens are quite small and undulating. Highly-regarded...
Golf: Ace’s Honda Classic Tips
NEW world No.1 Dustin Johnson claimed his first win of the year at the weekend and gave me my first winner. He was majestic over the four days, with a 49-hole bogey-free run. Nobody could get anywhere near him as he finished five ahead of his nearest challenger. The...
Golf: Ace’s Joburg Open Tips
THERE'S a big field contending this week’s Joburg Open at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club but you wouldn’t call it a stellar cast. The competition is played over the East and West Courses for the first two rounds before those who make the cut will fight it...
Golf: Ace’s Genesis Open Tips
THE first playing of the Genesis Open was in 1926 and the purse was the richest prize in golf history … $10,000! Now it is one of the top tournaments on the Tour and benefits many charities, the host organisation this year is the Tiger Wood Foundation. The Riviera...
Golf: Ace’s SPS Handa World Super 6 Tips
THE Lake Karrinyup County Club which hosts the SPS Handa World Super 6 tournament spreads around the lake after which the club is named. The Perth course has undulating tree-lined fairways with a few kangaroos lying around for the players to negotiate. First of all let me say I’m...
Golf: Ace’s Maybank Championship Tips
THE par-72 Palm Course, at the Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, hosts the Maybank Championship this week. In its 31-year history the course has hosted the now departed Malaysian Open seven times. Set on an old palm oil plantation it's hilly but the fairways are quite...
Golf: Ace’s AT&T Pro-Am Tips
THE superb complex that is Pebble Beach hosts the AT&T Pro-Am. The tournament is played over three courses, the magnificent Peeble Beach itself, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula. Playing Peeble Beach twice means greens in regulation (GIR) will be important and as with the other two you’ll need to...
Golf: Ace’s Dubai Desert Classic Tips
I THINK I need an ice cream and something to drink with all the sand and sun we’ve seen on the European Tour recently. This week it’s a short hop to Dubai for the Dubai Desert Classic Open. The Emirates Golf Club’s 72-par Majlis Course has a worldwide reputation...
Golf: Ace’s Phoenix Open Tips
PLAYERS on both main Tours are in the desert this week with the TPC at Scottsdale, Arizona, hosts for the Waste Management Phoenix Open for the 29th time. In 2015 the course had some remodelling done and all the greens renewed. With it being increased by more than 100 yards...
Golf: Ace’s Qatar Masters Tips
THE desert swing moves to Qatar this week for the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. Doha Golf Club has eight artificial lakes so thankfully Benny An isn’t here this week after his quadruple bogey four at a par three last week. The wind though could be the biggest obstacle and...
Golf: Ace’s Farmers Insurance Open Tips
THE Farmers Insurance Open is played over two courses at Torrey Pines, North and South, California, for the first two rounds, with the final 36 holes being played only on the South. The revamped Torrey North has had 18 bunkers removed, leaving 41 and quite a few trees have...
Golf: Ace’s Career Builder Challenge Tips
LA QUINTA, California is the host for this year’s Career Builders Challenge where low scores are expected. The desert course though has a forecast of rain, temperatures in the 50s and the wind could blow a bit so who knows how this will go. Also with the tournament being...
Golf: Ace’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship Tips
THE European Tour travels from South Africa to the Middle East for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and even with the late withdrawal of Rory McIlroy there is still a strong field with quite a few playing their first tournament of the year. Among them are Race to Dubai...
Golf: Ace’s BMW South Africa Open Tips
THE European Tour is back after a break for Christmas and New Year. The Tours starts at the Glendower Golf Club, Ekurhuleni, in South Africa and although Rory McIlroy is appearing top South Africans Charl Schwartzel, Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace are all missing. The parkland course is 7564...
Golf: Ace’s Sony Open Tips
THE PGA Tour hops across the water from Maui to the Big Island for the second tournament of the new year. The Waialea Country Club is set between the Koolau mountain range and the Pacific Ocean and is the host for this year’s Sony Open. The 7044-yard, par...
Golf: Ace’s Tournament of Champions Tips
ACE enjoyed a great 2016 and is hoping for an even better 2017. He says: Happy New Year to everyone and here’s looking forward to a year of great golf … and great tipping. The Tournament of Champions invites 32 winners on the PGA Tour in 2016 to Kapalua,...
Golf: Ace’s Alfred Dunhill Tips
THE Alfred Dunhill Championship will be hosted by the Leopard Creek Country Club in South Africa where it has been situated since 2004. The Gary Player designed course is on the southern edge of the Kruger National Park and there is plenty of wildlife on view, ranging from crocodiles to...
Golf: Ace’s Australian PGA Tips
THE 2017 Race to Dubai starts on two continents this weekend with the Australian PGA Championship and the Alfred Dunhill in South Africa. The PGA takes place at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast in Queensland. With tight fairways and undulating greens the Graham Marsh re-designed...
Golf: Ace’s World Cup of Golf Tips
THERE'S nothing happening in the world of golf this week with the exception of the World Cup of Golf in Melbourne. I’m not fond of betting on team tournaments but because of the lack of anything else I’ll have a go. Australia ran away with the title three years...
Golf: Ace’s DP World Tour Tips
ALEX NOREN gave me my third winner in three weeks last weekend as he won the Nedbank Challenge. The Swede was 20-1 antepost but much bigger than that when he trailed by six shots going into the final round. He fired a super 65 to win by six and...
Golf: Ace’s RSM Classic Tips
SEA ISLAND in Georgia was hit badly in September by Tropical Storm Hermine and later at the end of the month by Hurricane Matthew – so for the resort to be able to hold the RSM Classic this week is remarkable. Both the Seaside and the Plantation Courses will...
Golf: Nedbank Golf ChallengeTips
BUILT in an extinct volcano the Gary Player Country Club in Sun City is a gem of a course to host the second part of the Final Series in the Race to Dubai. The Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa became part of the European Tour schedule in 2014...
Golf: Ace’s OHL Classic Tips
AFTER landing a 100-1 winner on the US Tour two weeks ago I though I was following up with an 80-1 triumph. My man Lucas Glover, who I tipped at 80-1, led the Shriners Hospital for Children's Open after three rounds, but eventually finished third. Glover played well and...
Golf: Ace’s Shriner Children’s Hospital Open Tips
THANKS for all the comments after last weekend's winners at the WGC-HBC Champions and Sanderson Farms Open. Hideki Matsuyama won at 22-1 in China and Cody Gribble collected his first PGA Tour success at a starting price of 100-1. I didn't advise the double but I know people back...
Golf: Ace’s Turkish Open Tips
THE first event of the Final Series in the Race to Dubai starts at the Regnum Carya Golf & Spa resort in Antalya, Turkey this weekend. With only three of the top 10 in the Race to Dubai taking part after security concerns you would think it’s not going...
Golf: 2322-1 Double Delights Ace
ACE VENTURER has often been described as the best golf tipster on the internet – and he just proved it. Our man topped anything he's done in the past by landing a 2322-1 double on Sunday. First he watched 22-1 chance Hideki Matsuyama romp to victory in the WGC-HSBC...
Golf: Ace’s WGC-HSBC Champions Tips
EIGHT of the world’s top 10 players roll up to the Sheshan International GC, Shanghai for the 2016 edition of the WGC-HSBC Champions. Shanghai has suffered the hottest summer in 130 years but recently five inches of rain fell on the course in 48 hours. Although the forecast is...
Golf: Ace’s Sanderson Farms Tips
THE par 72 Country Club of Jackson in Mississippi hosts the Sanderson Farms for the third year in a row. Last season in his first full year on the Tour Patton Kizzire started with a T2 at the Shriners and followed that up with a T4 at the Sanderson...
Golf: Ace’s CIMB Classic Tips
THE PGA event staged in Asia is being held for the fourth time at the TPC Kuala Lumpur (West) course in Malaysia. The 7005-yard, par 72, was opened in 1991 and had a complete revamp by Ted and Geoff Parslow. Last year winner Justin Thomas went round in -26...
Golf: Ace’s Portugal Masters Tips
THE Victoria Clube de Golfe Course in Vilamoura is again this year’s host for the Portugal Masters, the 10th year in a row. With the Final Series coming up there is plenty to play for those in with a chance of getting into the lucrative finish to the season....
Golf: Ace’s British Masters Tips
THE British Masters rolls up to The Grove in Hertfordshire with not the greatest line-up but should still be an intriguing weekend. I played The Grove about five years ago and to be honest wasn’t that impressed but seemingly it has improved quite a bit and if the weather...
Golf: Ace’s Safeway Open Tips
THE first tournament of this season’s PGA Tour is the Safeway Open at the Silverado Resort (North Course) in California with three of the top 25 World Tour ranking players – Phil Mickelson, Paul Casey and Matt Kuchar – taking part. GIR and scrambling could be important on this course with...
Golf: Ace’s Alfred Dunhill Links Tips
IT'S back to “normal” golf this week with the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns. Each pro will be partnered by an amateur and take part on the three courses with the final round back on the Old Course. A few of the defeated European team...
Golf: Ace’s Ryder Cup Day 3 Tips
EUROPE are up against it going into the final day of the Ryder Cup after a poor afternoon session on Saturday. A 3-1 defeat means the USA lead 9.5-6.5 going into the 12 singles matches and that's a big lead. It's reflected in the prices with USA 1-5 with...
Golf: Ryder Cup Day 2 Tips
IT was a fascinating start to the Ryder Cup with USA almost out of sight in the morning foursomes before Europe clawed back to trail 5-3 overnight with some great golf in the foursomes. Darren Clarke will hope his side do better this morning – and let's face they...
Golf: Ace’s Ryder Cup Tips
IT'S been a long time coming, well it seems like it, but now it’s time for the European Ryder Cup team to step up to the plate at Hazeltine and bring the trophy home. Davis Love doesn’t seemed to have tricked up the Hazeltine course although the greens are...
Golf: Ace’s Tour Championship Tips
THIS is the 16th time the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta has hosted the Tour Championship, 10 of those as the final of FedEx Cup play-offs. With $10million up for grabs for the FedEx champion there is a lot to play for. East Lake has increased in length to...
Golf: Ace’s European Open Tips
THE Porsche European Open takes place at the Bernhard Langer-designed Beckenbauer Course at the Hartl Golf Resort, Bad Griesbach, in Germany. The course runs beside the River Rott and of course water comes into play frequently throughout the round. Also this week there has been a lot of rain...
Golf: Ace’s Italian Open Tips
WHAT a weekend that was. Two firsts (18-1 and 10-1) and a T4 (50-1) for my picks gave me about a 60pts profit and hopefully I can continue this week. With half the Ryder Cup team teeing up for the Italian Open at Golf Club Milano it will give us a...
Golf: Ace Lands 208-1 KO Blow
NOT for the first time Ace Venturer bashed the bookies with top tipping on the golf both sides of the Atlantic. He tipped Joost Luiten at 18-1 to win the KLM Open and doubled up with his old favourite Dustin Johnston to triumph in the BMW International at 10-1. And...
Golf: BMW Championship Tips
FOR the second time in five years Crooked Stick GC, north of Indianapolis, hosts the BMW Championship. When it was held here in 2012 it was Rory McIlroy who prevailed by two strokes with a 20-under total of 268. The tournament was played after a hurricane ripped through the area...
Golf: KLM Open Tips
THIS week’s KLM Open takes place for the first time at the Dutch Golf Course in Spijk and was designed by Colin Montgomerie and Ross McMurray of European Golf Design. The course opened in 2011 and is described as an inland links course and Montgomerie reckons the greens are the...
Golf: Deutsche Bank Tips
MY first thought after looking at the field was Jason Day was looking a strong favourite for the Deutsche Bank … in fact too strong at around 6-1. So I will have to forego him this week. There are 100 qualifiers for the Deutsche Bank Championship and only Masters...
Golf: European Masters Tips
AFTER the excitement of Darren Clarke naming his three Ryder Cup wildcards we return to the tranquility of tournament golf. The beautiful setting of Crans-sur-Sierre in the Swiss mountains is once again the setting for the European Masters. Last year’s winner Danny Willett returns to defend his title but...
Golf: The Barclays Tips
THE top 125 players in the PGA Tour rankings gather at the Black Course at Bethpage for the final Barclays sponsored Fed-Ex Playoff. The 7468-yard par 71 last hosted the Barclays in 2012 and was won by Nick Watney on 274 (10 under). Four of the 125 qualifiers have...
Golf: Made in Denmark Tips
THE honour of the final counting event for the Ryder Cup goes to the Made in Denmark tournament at the Backtee New Course, Himmerland, in Aalborg. This is the third year of this tourney and has become a firm favourite with the players and especially this time with Ryder...
Golf: Wyndham Championship Tips
WITH this being the last chance to make the top 125 players to take part in the Fed-Ex Cup play-offs the Wyndham Championship takes on a special meaning for those on the borderline. So this could be a real shoot-out on Sunday. The Donald Ross-designed Sedgefield course is set...
Golf: D&D Real Czech Masters Tips
THE Albatross Golf Resort in Prague is the host of the Czech Masters for the third year running. It was opened in 2010 and has also staged the Prague Masters. The track is a long 7516-yard par 72 and the rough is supposed to be penal with the greens...
Golf: Olympics Tips
MANY of the 60 golfers taking part in the Olympics don’t get a chance to represent their countries – and even the likes of the Ryder Cup is for continents. Golf has not been a part of the Olympics since 1904, quite rightly in my opinion, but now it...
Golf: John Deere Classic Tips
WITH a lot of the PGA Tour players either taking part in the Olympics or having a week off the 156 participants of the John Deere Classic have a chance to climb up the rankings. The 7268 yards, par 71, TPC Deere Run course was ranked third easiest on...
Golf: Paul Lawrie Matchplay Tips
THE Aberdeen Asset Paul Lawrie Matchplay moves from Murcar Links, where Kiradech Aphibarnrat won last year, to the Archerfield Links near North Berwick. This is the first time the East Lothian course has hosted a European Tour event and is the 21st different Scottish course to host one since the...
Golf: Travelers Championship Tips
THE Travelers Championship used to be played the week after the US Open but due to the Olympics it has been put back a month and now follows the US PGA. Making use of the extra month since last year’s Championship the TPC Highlands course has gone through some...
Golf: USPGA Day 4 Tips
THE fourth round of the PGA Championship has been completed but it's touch and go whether the final round finishes tonight with the last group going out at 8.16pm BST. My twoball treble that started with Francesco Molinari on Saturday won at 3-1 as Rickie Fowler edged out Jamie Donaldson and Henrik Stenson...
Golf: USPGA Day 3 Tips
DUSTIN JOHNSON and Rory McIlroy were among two stars to bite the dust on a dramatic day 2 at Baltusrol. Tournament favourite Johnson's driven poorly and Rory's putted badly and that's cost the big guns. First-round leader Jimmy Walker has been joined at the top on nine under by Robert...
Golf: USPGA Day 2 Tips
IT was a pretty dramatic opening day at Baltusrol with two of the favourites Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy struggling badly on a day of fairly low scoring. While Jimmy Walker shot a five-under 65 to assume the lead big Dustin fired the ball over the place as he...
Golf: Mr Fixit’s USPGA tips
IT seems just yesterday when we were treated to the Duel in the Gloom at Troon. Only two weeks ago golf's finest gathered in Scotland to tee off in a tournament that will never be forgotten thanks to the final-day heroics of Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson. We've hardly had...
Golf: Ace’s USPGA Tips
IT'S the final Major of the season and having tipped the last two I'm going for a hat-trick. There have been three first-time Major winners this year – Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson – so can Baltusrol produce a fourth? Baltusrol hosts its second USPGA since it was redesigned...
Golf: Ace’s Canadian Open Tips
WITH the Duel in the Sun-Wind-and Rain at Royal Troon over it’s time to move to the Glen Abbey GC for the RBC Canadian Open. I was delighted to see my 30-1 pick Henrik Stenson win The Open but on such a great final day Phil Mickelson didn't deserve...
Golf: Ace’s Senior Open Tips
WITH no tournament on the European Tour this week my attention has turned to the Senior Tour. The Senior Open Championship turns up at Carnoustie with 144 of the world’s top over-50s, including Bernhard Langer, Colin Montgomerie and Miguel Angel Jimenez. Frenchman Jean van de Velde makes his Senior...
Golf: The Open Day 4 Tips
THE OPEN will be a straight shoot-out between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson on the final day at Royal Troon. Stenson, one of Ace Venturer's antepost picks, is now 8-11 favourite with McBookie and William Hill. If you backed him at 30-1 as Ace advised cover on Mickelson at 6-4 with...
Golf: The Open Day 3 Tips
IT was another action-packed day at Royal Troon with the weather playing a major role in deciding who sits where in the leaderboard. Everyone sitting in the top 10 had had the best of the conditions including Phil Mickelson who leads by one from Henrik Stenson. Mickelson remains tournament favourite at...
Golf: The Open Day 2 Tips
IT was cracking first day at Royal Troon with Phil Mickelson coming within a whisker of a record 62. The popular American's birdie putt at the last lipped out so he had to settle for an eight-under 63 which equalled the lowest score in a Major. Conditions will be...
Golf: The Open Day 1 Tips
MYSELF and Ace have posted outright tips and I've picked out a couple of match bets for day one. Picking winners of twoballs and threeballs is always risky because players are not playing against each other – they're playing the course. There's nothing one player can do to stop...
Golf: Ace’s Open Tips
THE good and the great of golf turn up at Royal Troon this week for the 145th Open Championship. The golf club has hosted this competition eight times, the first being in 1923, and it hasn’t got any easier since then. Signature hole is the Postage Stamp and although...
Golf: Mr Fixit’s Open Tips
ACE VENTURER is the resident golf expert on this site but I like to add my opinion when it comes to the Majors. I picked out my tips before seeing his and I'm happy to see we're going with the same winner and also expect Sergio Garcia to go...
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