2024 Players Championships Darts Finals

The bets:

Before the first round - Josh Rock 75p e/w at 28/1

Before the second round - Danny Noppert 75p @ 40/1

Placed by: P

What happened: 

Rock went out in the second round, thrashed 6-0 by Jermaine Wattimena, Noppert was on the end of a 10-3 beating by Luke Littler in the third round.

2024 Grand Slam of Darts

The Bet: £1 e/w Rob Cross at 22/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

Cross finished second in his group (behind Martin Lukeman). 

The former world champ took out in-form Rochie Edhouse in the second round but it was an inspired Lukeman who took out Cross 16-11 in the quarters.

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 World Matchplay Darts

The bet: £2 Michael Smith @17/2

Placed by: P

What happened?

(The bet was placed after the first round where Smith looked impressive in a win over Gary Anderson, and Michael van Gerwen took out joint favourite Luke Littler.)

Smith was beaten in the semi-final by eventual runner-up Michael van Gerwen.

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.

Euro 2024

The bets:

£5 France @17/4

£1 Bruno Fernandes player of the tournament @40/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

France knocked out Portugal on penalties in the quarters so that was Fernandes' chances gone.

Then Spain beat France in the semis so that was the end of that.

(And Spain beat England in the Final for the record.)

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.