129 Tips by aceventurer:
Posted on: 11 Oct 2015
MOST people would be happy to make 103pts profit in a year – well Ace Venturer has gone and done it on one day. Our golf tipster has consistently put up winners over the past two years but his performance at the British Masters takes some beating. He tipped 35-1 winner Matthew Fitzpatrick and of his other three selections two […]
Posted on: 06 Oct 2015
BROOKS KOEPKA gave it a go in the Dunhill at the weekend to finish T2 and give me another place – in fact I’ve had 13 seconds this year which must be some sort of record. He was 13 under for his two rounds at St Andrews including a 64 on the Saturday and has now gone 12 rounds this […]
Posted on: 30 Sep 2015
WELL, that’s the end of the Jordan and Jason show for this season with Jordan Spieth finishing in a flourish after a four-stroke win in the Tour Championship last weekend. With five wins, including The Masters and the US Open, a T4 in The Open and 2nd in the USPGA he had a year to remember. Jason Day also had […]
Posted on: 24 Sep 2015
THIS week is the culmination of the PGA Tour Championships for the Fed-Ex Cup at the East Lake GC in Atlanta … and it looks like it’s going to be a thriller. The East Lake has been the permanent home of this competition since 2004 and since 1998 there is only one person who has won it more than once […]
Posted on: 17 Sep 2015
THIS week is the penultimate tournament of the PGA Tour, the BMW Championship at Conway Farms GC in Lake Forest, Illinois. The last time the BMW Championship was played here was in 2013 which was notable for a 59 by Jim Furyk. Another 59 is unlikely this time as there have been changes, from Bentgrass on the greens, six new […]
Posted on: 08 Sep 2015
HENRIK STENSON’S 7-iron into the 187-yard par-three 16th at the Deutsche Bank wasn’t what Ace expected from the big Swede. He only needed to par the final three holes to prevent Rickie Fowler from winning but after landing in the water he could only manage a double bogey five and that was that. Ace really thought he had picked up […]
Posted on: 02 Sep 2015
JASON DAY’S third win in four tournaments gave Ace his third winner in six weeks. Ace and the Aussie are on fire and in his last five tournaments he has a combined score of 73 under par. Nobody seems to be able to get near him and when they do he just steps up a gear as witnessed with his […]
Posted on: 25 Aug 2015
IT was another three places for Ace last week on either side of the Atlantic. Kristoffer Broberg hit a final-round 62 to finish joint second in the Made in Denmark tournament and at one stage looked the likely winner. In North Carolina Paul Casey finished T3 at the Wyndham and Brooks Koepka earned a payout with bookies doing top six. […]
Posted on: 18 Aug 2015
ACE had a Super Sunday after tipping USPGA winner Jason Day at 14-1 and seeing places for Justin Rose 20-1, Dustin Johnston 16-1 and Brooks Koepka 45-1. His 100-1 shot Robert Streb finished 10th and was one shot outside a pay-out. Five of six selections finishing in the top 10 of a Major is top tipping. Here’s Ace’s thoughts for […]
Posted on: 13 Aug 2015
I DIDN’T think Shane Lowry would win the WGC last weekend but I should have with the way he has been playing over the last few weeks. His second shot at the final hole, a 143-yard sand wedge over the trees, landed 11ft from the pin and up set up a superb birdie. I can’t complain about my selections as […]
Posted on: 05 Aug 2015
FIRST of all well done to anyone who picked a winner last weekend. Rickie Fowler (2nd) and Danny Lee (T4) gave me a small each-way return at the Quickens National Loans so I can’t complain. This week it’s the WGC Bridgestone at the Firestone Country Club in Akron with only Rory McIlroy and Chris Kirk absent from the top 50. […]
Posted on: 28 Jul 2015
DANNY WILLETT Willett managed to hold on against a charge from Matt Fitzpatrick and Tyrrell Hatton in the mountains at Crans-sur-Sierre on Sunday to give me a 16-1 winner. Leading by one he hit a nervous drive which just stayed out of a bunker but he recovered to hole out for his par and take the trophy. With Mr Fixit […]
Posted on: 22 Jul 2015
ZACH JOHNSON played typically gutsy links golf at the weekend and deserved his win in The Open. The one I feel sorry for is Jason Day. He put everything into his bid for the title with three bogey-free rounds and ended up with only three bogeys. Surely he’s going to win a Major soon. And as for Adam Scott (one […]
Posted on: 15 Jul 2015
I WAS eyeing a golden double on Sunday with Justin Thomas and Tommy Fleetwood challenging for the lead going into the final rounds of the John Deere Classic and Scottish Open respectively. But first round and halfway leader Thomas and the rest of the field were blown away by this week’s Open favourite Jordan Spieth while Fleetwood never recovered from […]
Posted on: 07 Jul 2015
KEVIN KISNER had a superb final round at the Greenbriers to get my selection into a four-way play-off but unfortunately he couldn’t pull off the win. However, the 35-1 shot gave me a place as did Francesco Molinari who finished in the top six in the French Open. Now it’s off to sunny East Lothian this week for the Scottish […]
Posted on: 01 Jul 2015
THE Old White TPC Course in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is the venue for the sixth Greenbriers Classic. Designed by Scot Charles Blair Macdonald some of the holes have a distinct Scottish feel to them, modelled on ones at St Andrews, Prestwick and North Berwick. The short par-70 course had extensive changes to it in 2012 after Stuart Appleby […]
Posted on: 24 Jun 2015
I HAVE to say I’m still feeling gutted. I thought that when my US Open selection Dustin Johnson went three ahead midway through the final round at Chambers Bay he would hold on to the finish. He could have beaten Jordan Spieth to land his first Major title on the last if he had converted a 12-foot eagle putt but […]
Posted on: 09 Jun 2015
THE Diamond CC near Vienna hosts this week’s Lyoness Open where there’s a good turnout. With average width fairways and small greens accuracy could play a big part and Maximilian Kieffer could be the one to land the prize. The 25-year-old German has three top-10 finishes in six outings this season and with driving accuracy of 64% and GIR of […]
Posted on: 29 Apr 2015
I WASN’T able to make it four in a row last week but Emiliano Grillo gave me a good run for my money as he finished tied third in the China Open. Peter Uihlein also had a good run, finishing T8, but following a four-over third round it was always going to be hard for him. This week is going […]
Posted on: 21 Apr 2015
JB HOLMES, Jordan Spieth and now Kiradech Aphibarnrat. That’s three winners in a row at 28-1, 11-1 and 40-1. After a string of second places I’m on a remarkable run although Aphibarnrat did his best to blow it in China before winning in a play-off. Credit to Mr Fixit who predicted Jim Furyk to land a victory at Hilton Head. […]
Posted on: 14 Apr 2015
MY winners seem to be like buses these days, nothing for ages then two come along one after the other. Thanks to Jordan Spieth’s superb Masters win at the weekend I followed my success the previous week with an 11-1 victor. Young Spieth didn’t show any nerves until he was walking up the 18th on Sunday when the occasion nearly […]
Posted on: 31 Mar 2015
WE remain in Texas this week for the Shell Houston Open and after local man Jimmy Walker won in the Lone Star State last time out maybe we should use the same criteria. Apart from last week’s winner we have Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Shawn Stefani all taking part in their home state and any of them are capable […]
Posted on: 25 Mar 2015
WELL, it was another week another second. I can’t seem to get that elusive winner but as long I get a return I’m happy. Last week it was Henrik Stenson, for the second week in a row, who earned me a small place return as he three-putted twice in the last three holes to lose by one. This week the […]
Posted on: 17 Mar 2015
HENRIK STENSON came close last week missing the play-off by one stroke but he did give us a return with his fourth-place finish. Jordan Spieth won it in a play-off with Patrick Reed and Sean O’Hair but unfortunately I tipped him the week before! This week the PGA Tour pulls up to Bay Hill, Orlando, for the Arnold Palmer Invitational […]
Posted on: 10 Mar 2015
I THOUGHT we had a winner on Sunday with eight holes to go but Bubba Watson decided to play in the sand over the remaining holes and lost out to, of all people Dustin Johnston. Those who follow this column know I’m a fan of big DJ but stupidly left him out last week. The PGA Tour moves to Innisbrook […]