2026 Open Championship

The bets:

£2.50 e/w 10 places

Matt Fitzpatrick @ 11/1

£2.50 e/w 12 places

Robert MacIntyre @ 16/1

Tyrell Hatton @ 20/1

Justin Rose @ 25/1

£1.50 e/w 12 places

Chris Gotterup @ 22/1
Wyndham Clark @ 22/1

Sam Burns @ 25/1

What happened:

Round 1 saw American debutant Jackson Suber at the head of affairs at -5. Suber was an exception as a later starter making a better score. Am I trying to make excuses for our selections? Maybe.

MacIntyre was best-placed of our choices at -3. Hatton (-1) and Gotterup (Level) were next best. Fitzpatrick (+2), Burns and Clark (+3) all have work to do. Rose at five over will be fighting to make the cut.

A record equalling 62 from Lucas Herbert saw him top the leaderboard after the second round. Burns also shot a 62 to be five under, three strokes back. MacIntyre is a shot further back at -4 with Hatton also in contention at -3 and Gotterup at -2.

Clark, Rose (both +3) and Fitzpatrick (+4) all missed the cut.

Round 3 ended with Burns on top of the leaderboard after a 67 took him to -10 for the championship, two clear of the field. MacIntyre (-3) is in with a shout of some place money but Gotterup (E) and Hatton (+1) look to be out of the running.

The Final round saw Burns drop out of top spot with a 72 to finsih on -8, two behind winner Ryan Fox. Gotterup finished T18th (-3), MacIntyre T28th (-2) and Hatton T69th at four over.

So, close but just the £9.90 to the pot.

2026 US Open golf

The Bets:

all 12 places and 1/5 odds for each way purposes

£2.50 e/w

Xander Schauffele @ 12/1

Matt Fitzpatrick @ 14/1

Sam Burns @ 22/1
Russell Henley @ 25/1

£1 e/w

Justin Thomas @ 30/1

What happened:

A fog-hit start meant some of our players were completing their first round on day two. The early day one starters certainly caught the worst of conditions but we weren't badly placed with Fitzpatrick (-3) our best, three shots off the lead. Henley was at level par with Burns, Schauffele and Thomas all a stroke further back tied for 30th.

2023 Champion Wyndham Clark continued to lead the way after round two. His seven under total gave him a four shot lead over four players including our selections Fitzpatrick and Schauffele. Burns and Thomas were also in the top ten at one under while Henley stands at +3.

Gusting winds and firming greens made Saturday's play difficult but Clark stood firm and improved his score to seven under. After the chasing pack struggled he now holds a six shot lead. Schauffele and Burns are at level par, tied for sixth, Fitzpatrick is a shot further back, Thomas has slipped back to four over while an 80 from Henley sees him at +13.

Despite shooting a final round 73 Clark held on by one shot from Burns. Close! Schauffele's plus two total was good enough for a tie of 11th while Thomas (+3) and Fitzpatrick (+4) were just out of the money. Henley finished T65th.

The each way money puts £16.33 in the pot.

2026 USPGA Championship

The bets:

£2.50 e/w (12 places)

Matt McCarty @ 66/1
Matt Fitzpatrick @ 18/1

Cam Young @ 9/1
Rickie Fowler @ 33/1

£1 e/w (12 places)

Alex Noren 80/1

What happened:

Picking things up after round two... our best-placed selection is Cameron Young at two under, two off the lead. After that, not so hot.

Rickie Fowler is one over, Matt Fitzpatrick a shot further back and Alex Noren scraped inside the cur line at four over. Matt McCarty (+11) is on the way home.

Moving day didn't bring much movement in the right direction. Fowler is now our best-placed selection at one under, five off the lead but only one off each way money. Young is a shot further back.

Fitzpatrick (+3) and Noren (+4) seem unlikely to trouble the pay out window.

The Final round saw Fowler shoot 75 to drop out of contention. Noren and Young both finished on even par for the tournament while Matt Fitzpatrick, after a 65, finished two under. That was one shot off an each way pay out and seven behind surprise winner Aaron Rai.

We leave Aronimink empty-handed.

2026 US Masters golf

The bets:

All £2.50 ew, 1/5 odds, 12 places

Xander Scahuffele 10/1
Cam Young 16/1
Robert MacIntyre 16/1
Patrick Reed 20/1

What happened: 

Round One - Our best-placed selection is Reed (-3), two strokes and two places off the lead. Schauffele is a shot further back (T6th). Young (+1) is Tied 33rd while MacIntyre's race looks run after shooting an opening round 80.

Round Two - As expected, MacIntyre (+7) couldn't turn round the day one deficit and missed the cut. Reed (-6) is tied for second, a distant six shots behind reigning champion Rory McIlroy. Young (T7) is two further strokes back after a second round 67, with Schauffele (-2) tied for 16th.

Round Three - An excellent 65 by Young, and an off day for McIlroy, see the two of them share the lead on 11 under. Reed didn't take advantage of better scoring conditions and is tied for ninth on six under. Schauffele (-4) is tied for 15th.

Round Four - After leading briefly, Young's putter went cold and he finished on 10 under. That was good for Tied -3rd, two strikes behind winner McIlroy. Schauffele had a better final day finishing on eight under (T9th) and Reed clung on to a T-12th place with a final total of -5.

All that each way money brought in £20.08. A profit is a profit!

2026 Players' Championship golf

The Bets: (All £2.50 ew)

Ludvig Aberg @ 16/1

Xander Schauffele @ 22/1
Chris Gotterup @ 33/1
Corey Conners @ 40/1

What happened:

Let's pick it up after the second round...

Aberg leads on twelve under, Schauffele is two strokes behind in second. Conners is tied fourth on -8 with Gotterup further back (equal 42nd at even par).

After round three Aberg was still on top, his 13 under score giving him a three shot lead. Schauffele and Connors are five back, tied for fourth, while Gotterup is on four under (T26).

Aberg fell out of contention on the final back nine, eventually coming home tied for fifth, four shots behind winner Cam Young. Our best-placed selection was Schauffele in third place on -11. Conners missed out on an each way payout by one stroke (T13th) while a poor last day from Gotterup saw him end T56th.

So, two pickups for a total of £24.

2026 Golf Majors

The bet: 20p ew Lucky 15

Scottie Scheffler to win the Masters 3-1

Xander Schauffele to win the US PGA Championship 18-1

Tommy Fleetwood to win the US Open 20-1

Rory McIlroy to win the Open 8-1

What happened:

Scheffler was runner-up (to McIlroy) in the Masters
Schauffele Tied 7th in the US PGA
Fleetwood Tied 11th in the US Open

McIlroy Tied 40th in the Open

All that 'earned' us 35p!

2025 Ryder Cup

The bet: The Tie - £4 @ 13/1

What happened:

Europe took the opening foursomes 3-1 then followed up with a 2.5-1.5 advantage in the fourballs to lead 5.5-2.5 after day one.

3-1 wins for Europe in both formats on day two to stretch the lead to 11.5-4.5. That became 12-5 when Viktor Hovland pulled out of the singles with a neck injury so was given half a point along with USA 'envelope' man Harris English.

The incredible US fightback in the singles actually made the tie look like a possibility but in the end Europe won the cup 15-13, and that's good too.

2025 Open Championship

The bets:

£2.50 ew - John Rahm @12/1 (8 places)

£2 ew - Ludvig Aberg @25/1 (8 places)

£2 ew - Justin Rose @ 40/1 (10 places)

£2 ew - Russell Henley @ 50/1 (10 places)

£2 ew - Marco Penge @ 90/1 (10 places)

£1 ew - Xander Schauffele @ 25/1 (8 places)

£1 ew - Adam Scott @ 55/1 (10 places)

£1 ew - Harris English @ 80/1 (10 places)

50p ew - Sungjae Im @ 100/1 (12 places)

(A fifth the odds for each way terms)

What happened?:

Let's pick things up at the halfway point where Scottie Scheffler has set the pace with a score of ten under.

English is our best-placed selection, joint-fifth at five under

Schauffele, Rose and Aberg are all at two under, tied for 17th

Henley, Im and Rahm are level par, tied 34th.

Penge and Scott missed the cut.

Onto 'Moving Day'...

Scheffler moved into a clear lead, his 14 under total four strokes clear of the field. We're probably playing for place money with...

-8 English (T4)

-7 Schauffele (8)

-6 Henley (T9)

-5 Rose and Aberg (T14)

-4 Im (T22)

-2 Rahm (T34)

Scheffler closed out the win with a 17 under final score.

English followed him home four shots behind (for £17)

Schauffele finished 10 under for joint-seventh (£4)

Henley was a shot further back in joint tenth (£5.50)

Rose (-7, T16), Aberg (-6 T23), Rahm (-3, T34) and Im (Even, T52) all finished outside the place money.

The £26.50 nearly covered the bet!

2025 US Open

The bets:

Scottie Scheffler £5 win @13/5

Colin Morikawa £2 ew @20/1 (10 places)

Sam Burns £2 ew @ 50/1 (10 places)

Cam Young £2 ew @ 70/1 (10 places)

Harris English £1 ew @ 55/1 (10 places)

Ludvig Aberg £1 ew @20/1 (8 places)

Joaquin Niemann £1ew @ 25/1 (8 places)

What happened:

Tough course!

Aberg and Niemann missed the cut, while English made the weekend by a single shot.

Morikawa, Young and Scheffler were all at four over which has good enough for =23rd place.

Those three were seven shots behind the leader Sam Burns.

Burns took the lead into the final round but couldn't cope with the weather and slipped to four over, tied seventh, five shots behind winner JJ Spaun. Scheffler also finished on four over, Morikawa was eight over (T23rd) while our best-placed selection was Cam Young at three over.

Young and Burns each-way money put £52 in the pot.

2025 US PGA Championship

The bets:

All £2 e/w, 1/5 odds

10 places

Justin Thomas 16/1

Ludvig Aberg 22/1

12 places

Patrick Cantlay 25/1

Tommy Fleetwood 28/1

Jordan Spieth 35/1

Max Homa 100/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

Thomas (+3), Aberg (+3), Cantlay (+6) and Spieth (+2) all missed the cut.

Homa was best placed after two rounds at five under, three off the pace, with Fleetwood a further three shots back.

World number one Scottie Scheffler took control on day three, racing to 11 under, three shots clear of the field. Homa (even) and Fleetwood (+2) have work to do to make the places.

On the final day Homa faded to six over for =60th place, Fleetwood fared a little better, two over for a share of 41st. No return.

2025 US Masters Golf

The bets:

17/1 Bryson DeChambeau - £2.50 ew eight places

23/1 Shane Lowry - £2.50 ew twelve places

45/1 Akshay Bhatia - £1.50 ew twelve places

55/1 Patrick Reed - £2.50 ew ten places

110/1 Nicolai Hojgaard - £1 ew twelve places

Placed by: P

What happened:

Hojgaard missed the cut and Bhatia just scraped through to the weekend righty on the cut mark.

After three rounds, DeChambeau was in second on 10 under,  two behind leader Rory McIlroy. Reed was tied for fourth six back and Lowry was tied for sixth a stroke further behind. (Bhatia was joint last of those that made the weekend at five over.)

Lowry struggled to an 81 on the final day and finished +4 for the tournament, the same mark as Bhatia.

DeChambeau briefly led but fell away to finish tied fifth on seven under.

Reed got closest to eventual winner McIlroy. His final round 69 lifted him to nine under and third place, two shots behind the winner.

All that put £41 in the pot.

2024 Open Championship

The bets:

To win - 

Rory McIlroy £5 @ 17/2

Each way bets - 

£2.50 ew 1/5 odds, top ten

Bryson DeChambeau @ 14/1 (free bet)

Collin Morikawa @ 14/1

Tommy Fleetwood @ 20/1

Patrick Cantlay @ 45/1

Sahith Theegala @45/1

£1 ew 1/5 odds, top ten

Victor Perez @ 170/1

Sami Valimaki @ 350/1

50p ew 1/5 odds, top ten 

Will Zalatoris @ 100/1 (free bet)

50p ew 1/4 odds, top five

MW Lee @ 55/1

What happened?:

A combination of many of our players getting the worst of the Scottish weather and, let's face it, not playing well enough meant that only Cantlay (-1) and Morikawa (+1) survived the cut.

Cantlay fell back to three over (tied for 25th) on Saturday, Morikawa was one shot better, tied for 15th.

Neither of our players could get involved on the final day. Morikawa's level par final round saw him two shots behind tenth place and eleven behind the winner. Cantlay shot a last day 73 to finish at +5.

2024 US Open Golf

The bets:

£2 e/w, 10 places

Collin Morikawa @12/1

Viktor Hovland @14/1

Tommy Fleetwood @28/1

Tyrell Hatton @45/1

£1 e/w, 10 places

Nick Dunlap @175/1

£1 e/w, 8 places

Sahith Theegala @60/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

We drew a blank.

Morikawa was closest at Tied 14th

Fleetwood was a shot back at T-16th

Hatton was well placed but shot a last round 77 to finish T-26th alongside Theegala

Hovland and Dunlap both missed the cut by a shot. Upwards and onwards.

2024 US PGA Golf

The bets:

1/5 Odds, 8 places, £1.50 e/w

Xander Schauffele 16/1

1/5 odds, 10 places, £1.50 e/w

Max Homa 25/1

Joaquim Niemann 28/1

Tommy Fleetwood 33/1

An Byeong-hun 50/1

Sam Burns 60/1

1/5 odds, 10 places, £1 e/w

Akshay Bhatia 100/1

What happened:

Lets pick this up after round two...

Schauffele followed up his record-breaking opening round with a 68 to leave him on -12 and one shot clear of the field.

Homa and An are on -4, Niemann and Fleetwood -1, 

Bhatia +1 and Burns +3 missed the cut.

Round three

After a second straight 68 Schauffele is in a share of the lead on 15 under with Collin Morikawa. Eight players are within three shots of the lead.

The rest of our selections have work to do to make the frame. Homa (-6), Fleetwood, An and Niemann (all -3) all need something special on the final day to get involved.

The final round

A winner! Schauffele holed a nervy six-footer on the last to finish on -21 and win by one shot from Bryson DeChambeau with brief leader Viktor Hovland a further three strokes back.

Our other selections finished as follows:

T26 Fleetwood (-9)

T35 Homa (-8)

T39 Niemann (-7)

T43 An (-6)

£31.80 to the pot.

2024 Masters

The bets:

1/5 odds top 7

£1 e/w Sepp Straka @ 200/1

1/5 odds top 8

£1 e/w Bryson DeChambeau @ 33/1

£1.50 e/w Hideki Matsuyama @ 16/1

£1.50 e/w Will Zalatoris @ 33/1

£1.50 e/w Tommy Fleetwood @ 40/1

1/5 odds top 10

£1.50 e/w Joaquin Niemann @ 20/1

£1.50 e/w Dustin Johnson @ 33/1

What happened?

Let's pick it up after round two with DeChambeau in the joint lead on six under.

Fleetwood is tied for eighth on one under, Straka a shot further back, with Zalatoris on +3, Niemann on +4 and Matsuyama just scraping in on the cut line of +6. Johnson (+13) is heading home.

DeChambeau fell back on the Saturday. Now at three under he's four shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler. Tommy Fleetwood is our next best at one under, equal ninth.

Further back we have Straka at +2, Zalatoris and Niemann at +3 while Matsuyama is +5.

In the final round World number one and pre-tournament favourite Scottie Scheffler showed his class to ease to -11 and a four shot win. On to our selections...

Fleetwood played an excellent final round to finish tied third at -4 to give us £13.50

DeChambeau struggled and ended -2 but that was still good enough for T-6 and £7.60

Zalatoris finished level but tied ninth didn't give us a return

Straka was T-16 at +2

Niemann (+4) was T-22

Matsuyama (+7) was T-38

£21.10 for the pot.

2024 Players Championship

The bets: All £1.50 e/w, fifth odds top eight

Max Homa 25/1

Hideki Matsuyama 28/1

Sam Burns 33/1

Min Woo Lee 45/1

Brian Harman 55/1

Erik van Rooyen 100/1

What happened:

Two rounds in and with Wyndham Clark at 14 under our best-placed fancies were Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama, seven and eight strokes off the lead respectively.

Lee, Burns and Homa at -1 only just made the cut, van Rooyen fell short by two shots.

After the third round Harman was sat in third on 15 under, two shots off the lead. Matsuyama was five further back but only one stroke off the place money. Burns at 8 under wasn't completely out of it but Lee at Even and Homa +1 could probably be written off.

After the last round:

Homa was tied 64th an Level par

Lee was two shots ahead, tied 54th

Burns finished tied 45th (-4)

Matsuyama finished on 15 under, five shots behind, tied for sixth place (£9.90)

Harman finished second on 19 under, just a shot behind Scottie Scheffler. (£18)

A small profit!

2024 Golf Majors

The bet:

Scottie Scheffler to win the Masters 

Rory McIlroy to win the US PGA Championship 

Dustin Johnson to win the US Open 

Xander Schauffele to win the Open 

10p e/w Lucky 15

(five places for ew purposes)

Scheffler won the Masters

Schauffele won the Open

That combined for a very healthy £30.10 in the pot.

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!