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Wednesday, 19 July 2023

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!

Friday, 14 July 2023

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.