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Thursday, 16 May 2019

2019 USPGA Golf

The selections:

Xander Schauffele £1.50 ew @ 25/1
Sergio Garcia £1.50 ew @ 45/1
Dustin Johnson £2.50 ew @10/1
Brooks Koepka £2 ew @ 11/1

Placed by P:

Results - Garcia missed the cut, Schauffele looked booked for a top 7 place and each-way pick up but fell away badly over the closing holes, as for the other two...

Koepka stormed into the lead on day one, more than consolidated on days two and three but nearly blew it on the Sunday before hanging on to win. His nearest challenger? Johnson who in the end missed out by two shots.

Return from the bets tis week - £37.90. Not bad.

Sunday, 21 April 2019

2019 World Snooker Championship

The pick: Neil Robertson - £5 @ 5/1

Placed by: P

Result - After looking imperious in the first two rounds Robertson crashed out in the quarters to eventual runner-up John Higgins.

Thursday, 11 April 2019

2019 Masters Golf

The Selections

McIlroy £4 @ 13/2
Molinari £2 ew @ 18/1
Rose £1.50 ew @11/1
Rahm £1.50 ew @ 16/1
Matsuyama £1 ew @ 25/1

Total stake £16

What happened

Rose missed the cut
McIlroy's decent last day put him a never-nearer tied for 21st
Matsuyama was siminlar and tied for 32ns
Rahm finished tied for ninth, three shots off the winner
Molinari had two double bogies on the back nine to slip out of the lead and tie for fifth

Total pickup £13.40

Saturday, 5 January 2019

2019 BDO World Darts

Placed by: P

£1 e/w Richard Veenstra at 33/1 - let's see..

2019 PDC World Darts

Placed By: P

(I factored this one into 2019 for accounting purposes.)

£8 wagered - £16 picked up courtesy of Michael Smith £2 e/w.

A speculative semi-final bet and Joe Cullen to win his quarter failed at the first hurdle.

Monday, 17 December 2018

2018 catch-up

Right I've been a bit slack so let's have a quick catch-up

K had a golf bet - £14 outlay, £15 pick-up

I blew £3 on Ding for the Snooker

Mensur Suljovic (£1 e/w) didn't win the World Grand Prix

But Geraint Thomas £5 did win SPOTY at 23/10 to give us £16.50

Tuesday, 2 January 2018

13 December - PDC World Darts

The bet: £3 e/w Rob Cross @ 16/1

Placed by: P

Info:

Cross started with a win against the Japanese qualifier
In the second round he survived match darts against Michael Smith
He brushed aside John Henderson 4-1 in the third round
Dimitri van de Bergh gave Cross a scare before losing 5-4
Cross survived more match darts against MvG in the semi-final before winning 6-5
And then went on to lift the trophy with victory over Phil Taylor

A £70 pick-up. Nice!