Ryder Cup Preview

I'm back from a small hiatus and no better event to return for than the Ryder Cup. One of the best spectacles in Golf and also a good money making opportunity in my opinion. Unlike a normal event I'll be doing with much shorter odds this week.

Martin Kaymer Top 4 combined points scorer: @ 3/1 : 5 pts : Betfair

Kaymer as we know has the best form of any player in the field, winning the last major and on his last time out, I expect Kaymer to play with Donald and Westwood on day 1. Hopefully, with Donald in the foursomes and Westwood in the fourballs, an absolutely fantastic chance to get 2 points on the board. As long as he wins one point on day 1 ( of which he is widely expected to play both sessions) he'll feature at least once more on Saturday and in the singles. I would have pinned Martin and Mcilroy as the two who could play all 5 games. You could maybe throw G-Mac into the mix too, if him and Mcilroy can hit it off and win both their games on Friday. The likes of Westowood, Harrington and Donald are expected to play once over the opening day.

As for the US, the stricker/Woods combination was frightening in the Presidents Cup just last year. They brought home maximum points for their team, playing together in every doubles match. Based on their practice sessions in Wales, they may well split up for this event. ( Certainly if they lose their first match, and Tiger isn't near his best) So, I see stricker and possibly Furyk, who could his playing partner, as the biggest threats to the top combined points scorer.
I see Kaymer as the best Chance of getting 3-5 points at Celtic Manor, and really like his potential pairings on Friday.

Another Market I like, is the Total halved match points to be 6 points or over. @ 7/5 : 5pts : Betfair

This would have won in 3 of the last 4 ryder cups. Surprisingly, the singles matches don't have a high turnover for draws, so I have a hunch more than anything else that this year will be an exception and we could see 3/4/5 draws on Sunday. I'm expecting, or rather hoping, for 4 draws on Friday and Saturday and another 4 draws on Sunday, or something in that region. The main fear would be if Europe do run away with it, and I need a couple of halves from the last 6-8 groups on Sunday, the bet could be up shit creek without a paddle, so to speak.




Viking Classic: Interest bet:

 I like the look of Allen here, plays mainly on the senior tour these days, wheres he's 4th on the par 5 Birdie or better list. Also a course where the winning marging should be between -12 and -16 so not overly easy, which should suit.

Michael Allen : Top 10 Finnish 2 pts @16/1
Micheal Allen : WIN: 1pts @400/1