July 2008

Ryder Cup: Lack of US team spirit is good news for Europe

Ralph Ellis / 31 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Dinner resentment suggests that, despite home advantage, USA might be too short for the Ryder Cup, says Ralph Ellis....Read more »

Women's British Open: It's serious stuff as the world's top women hit Sunningdale

Bill Elliott / 30 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Bill Elliott's golfing highlight of 2007 was Lorena Ochoa's Open win at St Andrews, so can the women provide him with the top moment of '08? It's very possible......Read more »

WGC Bridgestone Invitational: Finding the high-priced top players

Tareq Quiroz / 30 July 2008 / Leave a comment

One of the toughest courses on the tour will be the scene of a terrific boost for the winner of this top tournament only a week before the next major, says Tareq Quiroz....Read more »

Golf Betting: Bridgestone Invitational and Reno-Tahoe Open

Steven Rawlings / 30 July 2008 / Leave a comment

As the World Championships season reaches its twighlight, unlikely selections make for high prices at Ohio and Nevada, says Steven Rawlings....Read more »

Find Me A 100 Winner - WGC Bridgestone special!

Paul Krishnamurty / 29 July 2008 / Leave a comment

It's a WGC event so there's two betting options in Paul's search for an elusive winner at three figures...Read more »

Golf Betting: Is it time to get on the Anthony Kim bandwagon?

Paul Krishnamurty / 29 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Despite Canada collapse young American is looking the real deal and can seal his emerging reputation with WGC or USPGA victory......Read more »

Wins in Canada and Scotland offset Russia loss

Steven Rawlings / 28 July 2008 / Leave a comment

A little-known duo ensured The Punter made a healthy profit from his weekend's golf betting....Read more »

Russian and Canadian Open Betting: Tournaments are there for the taking

Steven Rawlings / 26 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The Punter is backing the youngsters in Canada and Russia....Read more »

Canadian Open Betting: Tournament lover Jim can dominate Canada again

Tareq Quiroz / 23 July 2008 / Leave a comment

TQ breaks down the Canadian Open, the big PGA Tour event where Jim Furyk and Anthony Kim head the field...Read more »

Senior British Open Betting: Norman will be the main event again but there's some serious golfing quality at Troon

Bill Elliott / 23 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Europe's golden generation - Woosnam, Lyle et al - make their Senior Open debuts on Thursday. Bill Elliott previews the Troon tournament...Read more »

The Punter: Boom Boom for the Canadian Open

Steven Rawlings / 23 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Some people may still be struggling to shake off their Royal Birkdale hangovers but if John Daly can gee himself up for this week's events then the rest of us should be able to....Read more »

Find Me A 100 Winner: Ryan Palmer

Paul Krishnamurty / 22 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Krishnamurty believes the Texan has got what it takes to triumph at Glen Abbey....Read more »

Resurgent Europeans give Faldo a Ryder Cup boost and throw the Order of Merit wide open

Paul Krishnamurty / 22 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Krishnamurty reflects on the Open's long-term betting implications as the golf season reaches its peak...Read more »

Back Page Betting: The day when the joker got serious

Ralph Ellis / 21 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Ian Poulter's golf spoke louder than his trousers at Royal Birkdale yesterday, says Ralph Ellis....Read more »

Harrington thrilled at second win as Norman hails him true champion

Maxliu / 21 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Champion for the second successive year will take confidence from win as he aims for even greater honours....Read more »

The Punter's Open Diary: Read our golf bettor's tournament debrief...

Steven Rawlings / 21 July 2008 / Leave a comment

He was canny enough to back Harrington during the Irish player's early troubles, but how did The Punter get on overall?...Read more »

Harrington tames Birkdale to land second Open

Joe Dyer / 20 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Champion backed at [150.0] during opening day struggles but roars back for back-to-back Open wins...Read more »

The Open Fourth Round Betting: Why I won't be laying the Shark ... at least for the time being

Paul Krishnamurty / 20 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Krishnamurty on the delicately balanced betting on the final day of a windswept classic Open...Read more »

Norman win would seal this as the greatest Open ever

Bill Elliott / 19 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Bill Elliott on a brilliant Open so far, where his pal Greg Norman leads the field going into the fourth and final round...Read more »

The Open Round-Up, Day Three: Norman conquers field - can he make history on Sunday?

Joe Dyer / 19 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Australian once more stands on the point of glory at Open - the [1000.0] layers will be quaking......Read more »

Open Post-Cut Update: Goose can take care of erratic Rose as the weather worsens

Paul Krishnamurty / 19 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Paul Krishnamurty sees trouble ahead for Justin Rose in the third round at Royal Birkdale...Read more »

The Open Round-Up, Day Two: Former champion and British amateur show romance isn't dead

Maxliu / 18 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The Shark shows that his first round form was not a one-off, Furyk waits in the wings and a plucky amateur will be staying for the weekend....Read more »

The Open, Round One Betting Update: Course and conditions claim major scalps on treacherous morning

Paul Krishnamurty / 18 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Some of the world's leading players look set to miss the cut after disastrous early morning first rounds at Royal Birkdale. But Britons, Rose and Westwood, stay in the mix after impressive fightbaks....Read more »

The Open Round-Up, Day One: Scott takes control at Birkdale

Joe Dyer / 17 July 2008 / Leave a comment

McDowell, Goosen and Garcia tucked in close behind in the betting. Joe Dyer reports......Read more »

The Leuka Mini Masters: Dougray Scott's Charity Golf Day

/ 16 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Betfair Radio headed down the A4 to catch up with the progress of their teams competing in Dougray Scott's Mini Masters Tournament, all in aid of Hammersmith Hospital's Leukaemia research charity Leuka....Read more »

"Tiger Woods is not the whole tour," says Boo Weekley

Editor / 16 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The American believes there will not be an asterisk against this year's champion's name....Read more »

Garcia is ready to mend his broken heart

Bill Elliott / 16 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Bill Elliott believes Royal Birkdale is ready for a European Open winner and whoever it is will be a worthy champion....Read more »

Open Betting Fact File: The course, the favourite and the correct name for the jug

Tareq Quiroz / 16 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Tareq Quiroz braves the Irish Sea wind to give you the lowdown on the oldest major....Read more »

British Open Three-Ball Betting: Former champions can land upsets on day one

Paul Krishnamurty / 16 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Watson and O'Meara are amongst our golf tipster's picks as he goes through the first day three-ball betting at Birkdale...Read more »

The Punter's picks for The Open

Steven Rawlings / 16 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Steven Rawlings is very excited on the even of the Open but the formbook doesn't offer many clues about who to back....Read more »

British Open Betting Preview: This is the one for Westwood

Tareq Quiroz / 15 July 2008 / 1 Comments

Even when he isn't playing, the spectre of Woods inspires confusion amongst his rivals. Tareq Quiroz believes the time has come for a certain Brit to take what he deserves....Read more »

Open Betting: Harrington out to best price 34 on Betfair to win at Birkdale

Eoin Ryan / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Padraig 'Pod' Harrington is a big drifter in the Betfair market for the event amid reports of a wrist injury. The strong favourite remains Spaniard Sergio Garcia, though, at [12.0]....Read more »

Find Me A 100 Winner: British Open special!

Paul Krishnamurty / 15 July 2008 / 1 Comments

A few months back we set golf punter and betting.betfair.com columnist Paul Krishnamurty the weekly challenge of finding a winner at odds of 99-1 or bigger. He's come very close but not nailed it yet, so who are his four...Read more »

British Open Speciality Bets Portfolio: Mickelson unlikely to improve bleak Open record at brutal Birkdale

Paul Krishnamurty / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The Open is Big Phil's least favourite major so take him on with a couple of links-lovers, says Paul Krishnamurty...Read more »

Golf Betting: McDowell's Scottish Open joy means despair for The Punter

Steven Rawlings / 14 July 2008 / Leave a comment

After another poor week, can our man on the markets make it third time lucky at the big one?...Read more »

The Open Betting: Scottish Open winner McDowell shortens for Birkdale glory

Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco / 13 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Graeme McDowell was matched at a high of [85.0] on Betfair en-route to winning the Scottish Open. With just a handful of holes remaining......Read more »

The Open Betting: Tiger-less event can allow the likes of Kim and Stricker to capitalise

Roger Chapman / 12 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Former Open player and Walker Cup star Roger Chapman gives us his views on the changes to the Birkdale course and who he expects to be in contention come Sunday evening...Read more »

The Punter's halfway update: Cabrera and MacKenzie lead their respective events

Steven Rawlings / 12 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The Punter tells us why his money is on Mickelson and Els to come good in Scotland and why Will MacKenzie is still a value bet on the other side of the pond....Read more »

The British Open on betting.betfair.com

Joe Dyer / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Keep on top of the betting at Birkdale with our dedicated Open pages......Read more »

The Betfair Big Interview: Peter Baker

Ralph Ellis / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

No Tiger Woods means the Open at Royal Birkdale will be exactly that next week. Wide open. We caught up with former Ryder Cup player Peter Baker on the shores of Loch Lomond for an exclusive chat about what to...Read more »

Scottish Open Betting Preview: Magnificent course and testing conditions stir the soul and contest

Tareq Quiroz / 09 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Tareq Quiroz says we should keep the lid on our pre-Open excitement because this weekend's Scottish Open is a cracker....Read more »

Golf Betting: Leftie looks good for Loch Lomond but his mind will be on Birkdale

Bill Elliott / 09 July 2008 / 1 Comments

Single malt socialist Bill Elliot aniticipates the drams and drama of this weekend's Scottish Open....Read more »

Open Betting: Is Birkdale primed for a repeat of Carnoustie?

Maxliu / 09 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Betting on golf has been revolutionised by Betfair, you can now gamble shot-by-shot and hole-by-hole meaning the odds change literally every second. But beware, if you're having a bet on the Open, a cert is rarely a cert ... as...Read more »

The Punter's picks for the Scottish Open and John Deere Classic

Steven Rawlings / 09 July 2008 / 3 Comments

The big names have assembled at Loch Lomond but aside from the best/worst dressed man in golf (delete where applicable) Steven Rawlings is looking at the rags for a winner this week......Read more »

British Open Betting Portfolio: History suggest outsiders are the call in Top Euro market

Paul Krishnamurty / 08 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Besides Sergio Garcia, the value for the crown of Top European may lie with the outsiders...Read more »

Find Me A 100 Winner - Matt Kuchar

Paul Krishnamurty / 08 July 2008 / Leave a comment

He may be short with the big stick but that doesn't matter at the John Deere Classic, where Kuchar can belie odds of [100.0]...Read more »

Open 2008 Betting: Monty still believes he can do it

Joe Dyer / 08 July 2008 / Leave a comment

No Tiger Woods gives everyone a chance, says former European number one...Read more »

Second-placed Spaniard clear favourite for Open

Joe Dyer / 08 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Garcia moves ahead of Els with nine days to go to Birkdale tee-off...Read more »

Scottish Open: Beware a Birkdale betting bandwagon post-Loch Lomond

Paul Krishnamurty / 08 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Plenty of the golf world's biggest stars have assembled in Scotland this week but a good performance at Loch Lomond means nothing at Birkdale, says Paul Krishnamurty...Read more »

British Open Betting Portfolio: Wind kings Appleby and O'Hern are the Australian value

Paul Krishnamurty / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The Aussie challenge has been gathering momentum and Paul Krishnamurty knows some men from down under who won't be daunted by the conditions at Royal Birkdale....Read more »

Ante-post Open Championship Betting: Course form is essential so get your head in the books

Steven Rawlings / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Get your bets on The Open now says The Punter, but do your homework first!...Read more »

British Open Betting Portfolio: Forget the unreliable big-name Brits, McDowell and Dougherty are the best home value

Paul Krishnamurty / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment

A European hasn't finished in the top-three at Royal Birkdale for 32 years. Paul Krishnamurty doubts the trend will be broken this year....Read more »

The Punter: Kim now looks every inch a major winner

Steven Rawlings / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment

"I was due a bad week and I got one. The only consolation was that I got to watch most of the tennis without too much distraction." It's the story of the punter's weekend....Read more »

Top field fails to reel in the Fisher man

Joe Dyer / 06 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Englishman uncatchable on final day at London Club...Read more »

British Open Betting Portfolio: Without Woods, the US cupboard looks bare

Paul Krishnamurty / 06 July 2008 / Leave a comment

They've won five of eight at Birkdale, but this year only six US golfers trade at less than [100.0] in the Open Championship betting. Paul Krishnamurty assesses the chances of the Americans this year......Read more »

The Punter's post-cut updates from The European Open and AT & T National

Steven Rawlings / 05 July 2008 / Leave a comment

The leaderboards look similar on both sides of the Atlantic but our golf bettor is happy with his positions...Read more »

British Open Betting Portfolio: Rating the favourites in most wide-open major ever

Paul Krishnamurty / 04 July 2008 / Leave a comment

With the super-human genius out of the equation, Paul Krishnamurty says the world's best links player is in with a shout....Read more »

British Open Betting Portfolio: Irish sea winds will haunt many of the world's best

Paul Krishnamurty / 04 July 2008 / 1 Comments

Paul Krishnamurty says punters will love Royal Birkdale, one of the great Open venues...Read more »

European Open Preview: Rose and Green to rule in the garden of England

Tareq Quiroz / 03 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Tareq Quiroz looks at the European Open taking place at The London Club, Kent, and featuring a galaxy of golfing stars...Read more »

Garcia in the mood for more Spanish success

Bill Elliott / 03 July 2008 / 1 Comments

Bill Elliott has been catching up with the superstars of European golf as they gather at the London Golf Club for this week's European Open. And a mercurial Spaniard has caught his eye......Read more »

Harrington: Expect big under-par scores at European Open

Joe Dyer / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Irishman talks as Europe's elite return to continent ahead of The Open...Read more »

The Punter's picks for the European Open and AT & T National

Steven Rawlings / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

There's not much course form for our golf bettor to go on, so it's a couple of reliable competitors as his leading picks this week...Read more »

Colin Montgomerie can rival Andy Murray on the fitness stakes

Ralph Ellis / 01 July 2008 / Leave a comment

All the talk this morning is of Andy Murray's fitness after his five-setter against Richard Gasquet but Ralph Ellis tells us why Ryder Cup hopeful Colin Montgomerie is pretty fit these days as well...Read more »

Find Me A 100 Winner - Raphael Jacquelin

Paul Krishnamurty / 01 July 2008 / Leave a comment

What's this? Talented Frenchman available at [150.0]? Could it be the first three figure winner for Paul Krishnamurty...Read more »

Ryder Cup Betting: Insane qualifying process makes Europe a poor Ryder Cup bet

Paul Krishnamurty / 01 July 2008 / 1 Comments

Euro captain Faldo is handicapped by system that could leave him having to choose between Harrington, Garcia, Donald and Casey. Paul Krishnamurty explains all...Read more »