The Open Championship
 

3 in a row for El Tigre?

I don't know man......of course he's the smart money, but I wouldn't mind seeing a Euro win it.....Clarke, Westwood, Montgomerie, or Donald would suit me fine.....Maybe Mickelson will bogey it away this week too...:D

Hell what about Kev...you need the "jug" to make it a set.....:p

CARNASTIE! And the winner is..... GPK, "King of the Mountain":D :eek: :p

Well maybe not....how bout lefty?:confused:

A couple guys worth playing for a few dollars.

KJ Choi 60-1 (having a great year and plays tough courses well)

Colin Montgomerie 50-1 (still has the game and deserves a major to complete his career)

Carl Petterson 125-1 (played well at the John Deere last week and his game is headed in the right direction.)

Can you bet golf online?:rolleyes:

I used to bet it on Pinnacle...but since they shut down to US residents...:(

From the "There's A Lot Of Golf To Be Played Dept."

KJ is -3 after 4 holes.....

from the "I haven't done sh*t since I won a major dept."....there has been a Michael Campbell sighting

Love to see Daly playing well.

Me too.

Aside... Osbourne, Pierara, Guillen, The Wizard of... how do I not have a child or pet named Oz?

No kids (none that I know about anyways:o )..but don't put it past me if I ever do have kids.

john went eagle on 11 and double on 12!

makes an 8 on a par 5....lovely.

Kev,the one that was amazing was the 6th shot.How does that end up that far from the hole? That announcer said the only good thing was he was getting closer.That wasn't all that much closer though.

Who ya betting on this one,Scuds?

Not bad Bro.

Well,I haven't seen the interviews or anything like that,and I usually need those on Friday Evening,and that's the best way I can tell who has a good chance.Cabrera was beaming on Friday Night of the U.S. OPEN.If you had tapes of past Major golf tournaments,you would see David Toms,and Sean Micheel both incredibly confident the week of their major wins.Same with Beem(haven't seen that one confident since.)It really is about reading their body language,and demeanor.You only have to cap one person at a time.It isn't like baseball etc, that is determined by multiple players performances.
The truth is that a lot of these guys can win it if they have "their week." I don't usually do well by logically saying somebody will win based on their game coming into the tournament.That is much harder than reading somebody's confidence.If Harrington is gunna win one of these majors,it's probably gunna be here,or ST.Andrews. He has done very well on these courses. Same goes for Westwood,but neither has done much in majors,so it's tough to take Harrington at just 17-1.It's easier for me to take Westwood at 80-1.You'll see my pick based on confidence(tomorrow night) do much better than my picks based on past performance(like the 2 I just mentioned.)

So what day does Sergio choke or ... can he actually win the thing??

Ok sorry Kev....had to pick myself up off the floor. Sergio...win this? If your gonna be at Toga next week, I will bet you a friendly $25 win wager that Sergio finishes out of the top 7.

Oh yeah...Saturday will be his choke day. I say he shoots 74 or higher that day.

I take it your not sold on the belly putter fixing the yips?

Just saw a great commercial during the Brit Open...Lexus showing a young Bobby Jones, Sam Snead and I think young Gene Sarazin all loading up their clubs to play together at the club!

Great stuff!

KJ is right where you would want to be ,too bad you couldn't get down on him Kev - i used him in the office pool

updated odds after round 2:

Sergio Garcia 11/4
Tiger Woods 13/2
K. J. Choi 8/1
Jim Furyk 17/2
Ernie Els 18/1
Miguel Angel Jimenez 20/1
Mike Weir 20/1
Retief Goosen 20/1
Angel Cabrera 28/1
Padraig Harrington 28/1
Boo Weekley 33/1
Lee Westwood 33/1
Pelle Edberg 33/1
Andres Romero 50/1
Stewart Cink 50/1
Vijay Singh 50/1
Adam Scott 66/1
Markus Brier 66/1
Rich Beem 66/1
JJ Henry 80/1
Justin Rose 80/1
Alastair Forsyth 100/1
Paul Casey 100/1
Paul McGinley 100/1
Rod Pampling 100/1
Scott Verplank 100/1
Lucas Glover 125/1
Niclas Fasth 125/1
Steve Stricker 125/1
Thomas Bjorn 125/1
Carl Pettersson 150/1
Chris Dimarco 150/1

Would like to see Weir,WWood,or Harrington win this,but Choi is the most confident.Hate to take him,because he has already won twice this year.I'll take him,and hope I am wrong.

I take Steve Stricker at 125-1. He has been playing well. After watching Sergio play just a few holes today he still has zero confidence and will not win this championship

Seth...the belly putter won't fix his lack of heart on Sunday's

KJ - 2nd through 36

Monty - MC Hammer

Peety - T-42 through 36

So Kev, should I wait til after tomorrow's round to say how many big putts will Sergio miss on Sunday?

Nice crystal ball wiphan. 64 today...wow.

Sergio looked pretty damn good today.....was a textbook round....anxious to see what he does tomorrow....

Sergio has had the lead 9 times after 54 holes and won 5 of them in his career. Yet he is known as a choke. I dont think that record is that bad at all. Maybe he had huge leads on the last day... have to look that up.

Now that same statistic is UnGodly for Woods. But Garcia aint Woods.

I appreciate great golf...and I give the kid props...he has played BRILLIANTLY thus far. His round today was tons better than I ever imagined it would be. Will be interested to see how he fairs tomorrow. I have been hard on him in the past, as he has shown no heart when it matters in the majors. He has a chance to put to rest some serious doubt about his game under pressure. In all honesty...I hope he plays his ass off and wins by 5 or more.

All I can tell ya is we watch a lot of golf,and(with his talent...tee to green) he should have won 3 times as many tournaments than he has.With Tiger not being up there pressuring him,he will probably win it,but I wouldn't count on him to do anything.Won't surprise me if he is +3 the 1st 3 or 4 holes.A lot of it depends on whether somebody can get to 2 shots within him by the time he tees off.

Kev, do you think somewhere in the back of a lot of player's minds they may be thinking if he goes out tomorrow and shoots 2 or 3 under and wins by 6, it may stir up that sleeping giant....

Stricker played real well today and made me look good. He has come a long way back. As a Wisconsin native I am very familiar with his game. He has played exceptionally well this year, but has never won a major. Sergio looked good today, but I am sure the pressure will get to him tomorrow and we will see the Sergio of old.

I think Sergio will win this one. Stricker isn't exactly known as a closer and the next closest after him are 6 back. I don't think Stricker has won a stroke play event in over 10 years. Garcia will have to shoot worse than 72 to lose this one...not that he can't do that!!

Sam...it very easily could and it wouldn't surprise me if it did. His talent level has always been there...it his heart I have always questioned. If he wins today, the floodgates could open and he can begin to win in bunches.

They are playing in some steady drizzle this morning so far.

He sure looks great so far, hope he plays well today

On the other side, If he does not win today-or plays bad, he will never win a major. Golf is all about confidence, and right now he's got it. Just one more hurdle, playing well on a Sunday:rolleyes:

ELS
 

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If SG falters, I pick ELS!