March 2008

Woody loses tournament but wins quote of the year

Steven Rawlings / 31 March 2008 / Leave a comment

A middling week for The Punter was enlivened by Austin's choice words...Read more »

The Masters Betting Portfolio: The major virgins trying to break their duck at Augusta

Paul Krishnamurty / 31 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Krishnamurty assesses the chances of Garcia, Scott, Choi and Stenson...Read more »

1.09 Fisher gets caught at the death...

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 30 March 2008 / Leave a comment

...as Thomas Levet is matched at [150.0] for Andalucia Open...Read more »

Augusta Memories: Nicklaus' 1986 miracle win spelt the beginning of the end for Seve

Bill Elliott / 27 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Bill Elliott recalls the final major win of The Golden Bear's glorious career...Read more »

The Masters Betting Portfolio: The home players poised for an Augusta bid

Paul Krishnamurty / 27 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Woods and Mickleson aside, which US players can mount a challenge for the Green Jacket? Paul Krishnamurty rates the chances of Furyk, Stricker, Johnson and Cink...Read more »

Swansong or comeback? Whatever it is, we should salute hero Olazabal

Bill Elliott / 26 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Bill Elliott reports on a heart warming re-appearance for a true great...Read more »

Andalucia Open Betting: Bjorn again Thomas is back on form

Tareq Quiroz / 26 March 2008 / Leave a comment

TQ fancies a victory for resurgent Dane with honourable mentions for a local boy and ageing outsider...Read more »

The Masters Betting Portfolio: The challenge from Great Britain and Ireland

Paul Krishnamurty / 26 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Krishnamurty runs the rule over Rose, Harrington, Donald and Westwood as Augusta approaches...Read more »

Find Me a 100 Winner: Zurich Classic

Paul Krishnamurty / 25 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Krishnamurty is backing the merits of a tour wins virgin to sneak a victory from a long price in Lousiana. Evaluate his logic here....Read more »

A European tour event in Europe! Whatever next?

Steven Rawlings / 25 March 2008 / Leave a comment

An exotic week for the Punter, who has been watching the Madeira Islands Open and the Puerto Rico Open. Catch up with his betting stories from those two, and of course the WGC event at Doral....Read more »

The Masters Betting Portfolio: The leading contenders

Paul Krishnamurty / 25 March 2008 / Leave a comment

In the first of six player previews ahead of this year's US Masters, Paul Krishnamurty looks at four previous major winners who, not so long ago, were regularly spoken of alongside Woods as part of the 'Big 5'...Read more »

Big names bounce back into form, just in time for the Masters

Paul Krishnamurty / 25 March 2008 / Leave a comment

"As Woods loses his unbeaten run, at last his rivals stake a claim." Paul Krishnamurty welcomes the renewed prominence of some of the game's heavyweights....Read more »

WGC day four: Super Sunday in store as Tiger stalls before rain delay

Paul Krishnamurty / 23 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Excitement for huge odds backers as five [1000.0] shots use 'Moving Day' to rekindle their hopes. Paul Krishnamurty reports...Read more »

WGC day three: Aussie pair the last remaining threats to odds-on 'Good Thing' Tiger

Paul Krishnamurty / 22 March 2008 / Leave a comment

[1.47] Tiger holds more value against Aussie pair than [2.0] against the entire field on Thursday, says Paul Krishnamurty...Read more »

WGC day two: Tiger looking ominous in Miami, but don't write off long hitter Scott

Paul Krishnamurty / 21 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Krishnamurty has his eye on Australia's Adam Scott as the rain buckets down in Florida, conditions that will play into the hands of the target specialists. But can anyone triumph over Tiger?...Read more »

Byron Nelson - The man who set the record Tiger is chasing

Bill Elliott / 19 March 2008 / Leave a comment

This week Tiger goes in search of an eighth consecutive victory but the bar was set at 11 by Byron Nelson in 1945. Bill Elliott fills us in on the life and career of the original record setter...Read more »

WGC CA Betting: Tiger'll tame the Monster but he's not in every market so search elsewhere for value

Tareq Quiroz / 19 March 2008 / Leave a comment

TQ can't get away from the top man but has a glimmer of hope for punters searching for bigger odds...Read more »

WGC CA Betting: Bank of Tiger only offering odds-on returns, but is he still value?

Paul Krishnamurty / 18 March 2008 / Leave a comment

The great man is [1.99] for victory this week and while he's the (very) likely winner, that's still a lay for Paul Krishnamurty...Read more »

Find Me A 100 Winner - Lee Westwood

Paul Krishnamurty / 18 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Going against Tiger this week? Then side with a man who knows what it feels like to beat the world no. 1...Read more »

Relentless Woods hits single figure high to claim another win

Joe Dyer / 17 March 2008 / Leave a comment

This weekend's wins were all about low prices, says Joe Dyer...Read more »

Singh has forgotten how to win while Woods just can't stop

Steven Rawlings / 17 March 2008 / 1 Comments

Jeev Milkha is turning into a player The Punter just can't trust...Read more »

Ballantines Championship: Home favourite Choi leads the way

Bill Elliott / 12 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Bill Elliott on a very impressive golfer from a golf mad country...Read more »

Arnold Palmer Invitational: Tiger dominates the betting but look for long priced outsiders

Tareq Quiroz / 12 March 2008 / Leave a comment

TQ can't shy away from the no. 1 at the big US event...Read more »

Find Me A 100 Winner - Steve Marino

Paul Krishnamurty / 11 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Form golfer looks a likely first-time winner some time soon......Read more »

Golf Betting: Key points to consider before laying odds-on golfers

Paul Krishnamurty / 11 March 2008 / Leave a comment

With such large fields it's a tempting move, but when should you press the button and when should you not? Paul Krishnamurty explains more......Read more »

It's all about the Cheltenham Festival now

Steven Rawlings / 10 March 2008 / Leave a comment

With Cheltenham on the mind a small loss from the Malaysian Open and PODS Championship seems somewhat a good result...Read more »

Atwal matched at 180 to land the Malaysian Open

Joe Dyer / 09 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Amazing seven shot turnaround sends Indian to tournament victory...Read more »

Looking for that Cinking Feeling at the PODS

Tareq Quiroz / 05 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Betfair's very own Tareq Quiroz is eyeing up a few lesser known names at one of the PGA Tour's younger events while the Masters looms large on the horizon....Read more »

Find Me A 100 Winner - Alex Cejka

Paul Krishnamurty / 04 March 2008 / 1 Comments

Underrated German can do the business in the US...Read more »

English pair are Europe's best bet to end lean Masters run

Paul Krishnamurty / 04 March 2008 / 1 Comments

Paul Krishnamurty is in impatient mood this week as he demands that Europe's top golfers live up to their reputation and win a US major. Why not the Masters?...Read more »

Nomadic tournaments don't help golf betting

Steven Rawlings / 03 March 2008 / Leave a comment

The punter chisels out a small profit from the Honda and Johnnie Walker Classics...Read more »