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.

2025 UK Open Darts

The bets: (placed ahead of the the last 32 stage)

£1 e/w Jonny Clayton @ 22/1

50p e/w Ryan Joyce @50/1

50 p e/w Martin Schindler @ 60/1

What happened:

All three made the last 16 but Clayton and Schindler drew each other, the Welshman coming out on top. Joyce ran into a rampant Luke Humphries and went down 10-2.

Clayton was beaten 11-6 in the semi-finals by eventual champion Luke Littler.

2025 World Darts Championships

The bets:

£1.50 ew Gary Anderson @ 10/1

£1 ew Wessel Nijman @ 28/1

50p ew Josh Rock

Placed by: P

What happened:

Nijman went out in the second round to a fired up Joe Cullen. An injured Gary Anderson bowed out at the same stage to Jeffrey De Graaf.

Rock lost 4-2 to Chris Dobey in round three.

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.