USPGA Golf Major 2013...

[Tony2005]

The last major of the season starts on Thursday from Oak Hill...


TIGER WOODS @ 9/2 is the fav and rightly so after his 9 shot win last weekend....


Not many players win majors and not many have won one after winning the weekend before but TIGER has done it four times so maybe 9/2 is VALUE .....


I will give my thoughts Tomorrow evening but as usual it would be good to hear other thoughts.....

[taylormade]

stenson has been so consistent lately that 25/1 looks good value.
westwood has been knocking on the door and 33/1 is decent value.
duffner is another who has been playing well recently and 40/1 is ok
poulter deserves some luck and 50/1is ok,
But the way tiger was striking his irons and putting last week 4/1 looks massive to me,he is definitely up for this and I would suggest we all put our mortgage money on tiger for this tourney,with maybe a few savers on the others.

[Tony2005]

The par 70 East course at Oak hill only has two par 5's but the par 4 14th is only around 323 yds so that could yield a few eagles....

Tight fairways and water make this a course for the straighter driver and with the greens on the tricky side a good putter is a must..

Now Tiger at 4/1 might be tempting after last weeks win but i think the tighter fairways here might just find him out and he hasnt really performed well here in the past so im leaving well alone..


So here are my four against the field....


JASON DUFFNER @ 33/1..Played well last weekend and this course will suit his driving and putting game. Has a major win in him and could just be this years winner..


ZACH JOHNSON @ 40/1..Was right there till the back nine on the final day in the Open and after a rest will be ready to go again. Another straight hitter and decent putter which is whats needed here.


ERNIE ELS @ 100/1..Is over priced especially E/W with 6 places 1/4 odds. I think he has got a good e/w shout in what could be one of his last chances to win this.


KJ CHOI @ 175/1 Is another who doesnt seem to get flustered and usually keeps the ball in play. Offers good E/W odd.



I must just say that at 40/1....RORY..must be worth a tenner as his last round at the Bridgestone on Sunday showed his game maybe coming back and at the price we could all be kicking ourselves come Sunday night if we dont back him..

[bennythedip2]

It would take a lot to make up for the disappointments of last year, but Jim Furyk is a major step closer to doing so after claiming the lead in the third round of the US PGA Championship.


What could have been a brilliant 2012 turned into something of a nightmare for Furyk, who held or shared the lead after 54 holes in four tournaments and failed to win any, as well as bogeying the final two holes to lose his vital singles match to Sergio Garcia at the Ryder Cup.

But the 43-year-old now has the chance to claim his second major title after a 68 at Oak Hill left him nine under par, one shot clear of halfway leader Jason Dufner.

Furyk had bogeyed two of his first three holes but hit back with five birdies, the last coming on the 17th before a crucial par save on the 18th after a woeful tee shot.

"It was big," Furyk said. "The birdie at 17 was great to hit two good shots in there and make the putt and on 18 I made a bad swing, but this week I have not let too much bother me. I was able to wedge it on and make par and it was a nice way to finish the day."

Dufner, who equalled the lowest score in major history with a 63 on Friday, had double-bogeyed the fifth after driving into a water hazard but regrouped to return a 71 and finish eight under, one ahead of Sweden's Henrik Stenson (69).

Stenson, who finished runner-up to Phil Mickelson at the Open and has been third, second and second in his last three events, will have compatriot Jonas Blixt for company in the final round, Blixt carding a 66 with a birdie on the 18th after his drive finished in a spectator's trouser pocket.

Justin Rose saw his hopes of a second major in the space of two months disappear with a 77 containing a front nine of 42 - he played the same stretch in 29 on Friday - but defending champion Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood climbed into a share of seventh, six behind Furyk.

McIlroy had been heading for a second consecutive missed cut in major championships when he stood five over for 11 holes of his second round on Friday, but the 24-year-old birdied four of the next six to finish level par.

He was still level for the tournament after 12 holes on Saturday but birdied the 13th, holed from 50 feet for another on the 17th and then chipped in on the 18th to card a 67 to lie three under.

"I probably made up at least three, three and a half shots on those last two holes," said McIlroy, who has been watching videos of his eight-shot win last year for inspiration after carding just one top-three finish so far in 2013. His victory at Kiawah Island was one of five in 2012.

"It's getting there. It was good to feel the sort of rush again. I felt it a bit in San Antonio this year (where he finished second to Martin Laird). Making a birdie on 17 is like an eagle and then to follow it up with another on the last is even better.

"I knew they were going to toughen the golf course up today. I sort of thought two 65s would still have a chance, 10 under par. But the way the conditions are with the swirling wind, it's tricky out there. I felt like I still had a chance.

"Every time I'm in that position I just think back to Quail Hollow a few years ago and what I did on the weekend there (winning with rounds of 66 and 62). It gives me a bit confidence knowing that I've been in that position before and I've been able to win.

"I know this is a major championship and it's a bit different, but I felt good enough about my game that I could go out there and post a good one today and at least give myself a chance going into tomorrow."

Asked if he knew that the leaders had been struggling, McIlroy added: "Yes, very aware. I'm going to enjoy watching this afternoon."

Westwood's chances of winning a first major at the 63rd attempt appeared slim when he dropped three shots in the last two holes of his second round 73 to start the day eight off the lead.

But the 40-year-old carded three birdies and one bogey to reach the turn in 33 and after dropping a shot at the 11th, birdied the 12th and 14th.

A bogey on the 15th halted his momentum but the former world number one returned a 68 to join McIlroy in the clubhouse on three under par.

Westwood, who held a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Open at Muirfield last month before fading to third, said: "All in all it was very good. I figured somewhere around 67 might give me a chance going into tomorrow.

"My game has been great all week other than a poor finish yesterday, which you can't really afford to do in major championships, give shots away like that.

"I'm definitely hitting the ball better than I was at Muirfield. Obviously I didn't putt as well as I did at Muirfield this week, but another Sunday and another chance."
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[taylormade]

Furyk is a bottler and his game doesnt stand upto winning majors,crucial shots at the vital time will cost him.

[Tony2005]

JASON DUFFNER @ 33/1..Played well last weekend and this course will suit his driving and putting game. Has a major win in him and could just be this years winner..

DUFFNER WINS BY 3......

[Tony2005]

duffner is another who has been playing well recently and 40/1 is ok

TAYLORMADE...also tipped Duffner .....

[taylormade]

lost august morgage payment on tiger woods,but won september morgage payment and maybe 3 pints of stella and a mars bar on duffner. Duffner played well altho his dodgey wiggles before his shots was alarming me.