2024 Darts World Championships

The bets:

Gerwyn Price and Luke Humphries to reach the final £2 at 17/2

Chris Dobey £1 ew at 35/1

Rob Cross £1 @ 8/1 (free bet)

What happened:

Gerwyn Price went out early to blow the main bet.

Dobey led 4-0 in the quarter-final but fell 5-4 to Rob Cross.

Cross then went out in the semi to young phenom Luke Littler.

Humphries won.

2023 Cricket World Cup

The bet: £2 e/w South Africa at 19/2

Placed by: P

What happened:

South Africa looked good in the early part of the tournament but fell to Australia in the semi-finals.

2023 World Grand Prix Darts

The bet: £1 e/w Gary Anderson @ 40/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

Anderson edged past Jose de Sousa in a first round classic but couldn't repeat the feat against Andrew Gilding in the second round.

2023 PGA Championship

The bet: £1 e/w Eddie Pepperell @ 125/1 (Fifth odds, eight places)

Placed By: P

What happened: 

An opening round 76 was a poor start and a much-improved second round 68 wasn't enough for Pepperell to make that cut, missing out by one shot.

2023 Tour Championship

The bet: Xander Schauffele - Lowest 72 hole score @11/1 (£1.50 ew)

Placed by P:

What happened:

Schauffle and Hovland tied for lowest score so that meant another £13.80 in the win pot.

2023 Open Championship

The bets: (all 1/5 odds - places in brackets)

£4 Scottie Scheffler @ 7/1

£2 e/w Brooks Koepka @ 18/1 (10)

£2 e/w Max Homa @ 45/1 (10)

£2 e/w Justin Thomas @ 55/1

£2 e/w Dustin Johnson @ 25/1 (12)

£1 e/w Cameron Smith @ 14/1 (10)

£1 e/w Matthew Jordan @ 125/1 (10)

£1 e/w Patrick Cantlay @ 20/1 (10)

£1 e/w Brian Harman @ 80/1 (10)

£1 e/w Shane Lowry @ 25/1 (12)

Placed by: P

What happened:

Day 1 - Three players led on five under, our selections scored as follows...

-4 Harman

-3 Homa

-2 Jordan

-1 Cantlay, Koepka, Scheffler

+1 Smith, Lowry

+3 Johnson

+11 (yes, eleven) Thomas

Day 2 - An excellent 65 sees Harman with a five stroke lead

-10 Harman

-1 Homa, Jordan

+2 Smith

+3 Koepka, Scheffler, Cantlay

Missed cut

+7 Lowry

+11 Thomas

+13 Johnson

Day 3 - Harman holds on to that five stroke margin

-12 Harman

-3 Jordan (Tied for 11th)

-2 Homa

-1, Cantlay, Smith

+4 Koepka, Scheffler

Day 4 - Harman takes the win by six strokes

-13 Harman

-4 (T10th) Homa, Jordan

E Scheffler

+1 Smith, Cantlay

+8 Koepka

£98 for Harman, £8.67 Jordan, £6.67 Homa - nice!

2023 World Matchplay Darts

The bet: Luke Humphries £1.50 e/w @ 12/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

After wins over Jose De Sousa, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Damon Heta, Humphries fell 17-15 to Jonny Clayton in the semi-final.

2023 Tour de France Points Classification

The bet: Mads Pedersen £1.50 e/w @ 10/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

Pedersen couldn't get close to comfortable winner Jasper Phillipsen but landed second place in the standings for £5.25.

2023 US Open

The bets:

£2 e/w (1/5 odds - 12 places)

Xander Schauffele @ 14/1

Max Homa @ 22/1

£2 e/w (1/5 odds - 10 places)

Tommy Fleetwood @ 33/1

Justin Rose @ 35/1

£1 e/w free bet (1/5 odds - 10 places I think)

Bryson DeChambeau @33/1

Placed By: P

What happened:

1st Round: Schauffele joined Rickie Fowler in shooting a US Open-record 62 to lead. DeChambeau was five strokes behind on three under, Homa is a further stroke back. Fleetwood, at three over, and Rose, six over, have work to so.

2nd Round: A par score for Schauffele leaves him two off the lead. DeChambeau has fallen back to one under, nine behind Rickie Fowler. Fleetwood is at two over, Rose and Homa missed the cut.

3rd Round: A 73 for Schauffele saw him drop to five under, five strokes behind the leaders. DeChambeau is two further back while Fleetwood's 70 sees him tied 38th on two over.

Final Round: A last day 63 saw Tommy Fleetwood tie for fifth place. Schauffele fell away with a final 72 but still bagged a top ten finish. DeChambeau's 74 was him finish tied 20th.

£20.90 into the pot - a slight profit!

2023 US PGA Championship

The bets:

£2 e/w

Tony Finau @ 22/1

Dustin Johnson @ 30/1

Xander Schauffele @ 16/1

Tommy Fleetwood @ 50/1

£1 ew (free bet)

Gary Woodland @ 80/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

Woodland missed the cut, Finau (10 behind), Schauffele (nine behind), Fleetwood (eight behind) and Johnson (six behind) couldn't be described as 'threatening'.

After round three Fleetwood was best-placed of our selections. His one over par total had him in a share of tenth, three behind an each way pick-up place and six behind the leader. Johnson and Schauffele (both five over) and Finau (eight over) looking very unlikely to get involved.

There were to be no shock comebacks on the Sunday. Fleetwood finished the tournament at two over, eleven strokes behind winner Brooks Kopeka and five off the each way places. Schauffele finished on the same mark, Johnson at +9 and Finau at +15.

2023 World Snooker Championship

The bet: Shaun Murphy £2 ew @ 9/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

Murphy went out in the first round, beaten in a final frame decider by eventual semi-finalist Jiahui Si.

2023 US Masters

The bets: 

Rory McIlroy to win £4 @7/1

(following all 1/5 odds e/w)

Jordan Spieth £2 e/w 14/1 (12 places)

Jason Day £2 e/w 20/1 (12 places)

Max Homa £1 e/w 25/1 (10 places)

Tyrell Hatton £1 e/w 45/1 (10 places)

What happened:

With the leaders on seven under after the first round Day was two shots behind but the rest of our selections were varying degrees off the pace. Spieth was three under, Hatton and Homa one under while McIlroy returned a level par 72.

Day and Spieth ended day two on five under, seven off the lead. Hatton and Homa both made the cut albeit 12 strokes behind Brooks Koepka. McIlroy missed the cut.

After a rain-interrupted third round Day was three under, eight behind. Spieth fell back to one under with Hatton and Homa both at level par.

Day had a final round 80 to finish five over in joint 39th, Hatton was one shot better off overall, Homa one worse. Spieth finished with a 66 for a seven under total, five behind winner Jon Rahm.

It was good enough for tied 4th and £7.60 for the pot.

2023 Players Championship

The bets:

£2.50 e/w Jason Day @25/1

£1 e/w Colin Morikawa @ 16/1 (free bet)

(1/5 odds, 10 places)

Placed by: P

What happened:

Both players made a good start and safely made the cut. Day three wasn't so kind. A third straight 70 from Day left him tied 14th, eight strokes behind and Morikawa's 72 left him on the same mark.

Morikawa finished seven under, one shot outside the top ten, and Day was a shot further back.

2023 UK Open darts

The bets:

Jim Williams - £1 e/w @ 150/1

Richard Veenstra - £1 e/w @300/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

Neither player got past Friday. Never mind.

Next England men's football team manager

The bet: Brendan Rodgers £2 @ 8/1 (free bet)

Placed by: P

What happened:

2022/23 Premier League relegation

The bet: West Ham £2 @6/1

Placed by: P

What happened: They didn't get relegated.

2023 World Darts Championship

The Bets:

Josh Rock £1.50 e/w @ 16/1

Michael Smith £1 @ 8/1 (free bet)

Placed By: P

What happened: Rock fell at the last 16 stage but Smith produced a fantastic performance in the Final to beat Michael van Gerwen and win us £8.