Euro Tour - Made in Denmark

August 24th thru 27th @ Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort, Farso, Denmark

favorites are defending champion Thomas Pieters @ 8-1 (recent 4th WGC-Bridgestone [-8] BUT a CUT @ PGA) the Danes Soren Kjeldsen @ 12-1 and Thorbjorn Olesen @ 15-1 with the German Martin Kaymer @ 15-1

"of interest" mid to long shot players (bet/return)

Arron Rai 40-1 (10/410) 3 time Winner Challenge Tour this season. T-39th Swedish Challenge [-4] WON Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge [-18] T-4th Italian Challenge Open [-18] T-8th Prague Golf Challenge [-16] his last four tourneys

Julian Suri 50-1 (10/510) the former Duke Blue Devil is 6th in Euro Tour scoring average @ 70.41 behind just Fleetwood, Garcia, McIlroy, Rahm and Stenson

Joakim Lagergren 50-1 (8/408) 5th here last season [-13]

Marcel Siem 60-1 (7/427)  2nd last week at Paul Lawrie. T-8th Sicily [-9]

Johan Carlsson 60-1 (7/427)  3rd Paul Lawrie (semi-finals) 6th Lyoness [-9]

JBE Kruger 100-1 (5/505)
Austin Connelly 100-1 (5/505) T-14th British Open
Lucas Bjerregaard 100-1 (5/505)
Paul Peterson 100-1 (5/505)
Oliver Fisher 100-1 (5/505)
Hyden Porteous 125-1 (4/504)
Romain Langasque 125-1 (4/504)

VERY surprised Adrain Otaegui NOT playing this weekend after his solid WIN in the Paul Lawrie Match Play last week where he was a "birdie machine". the Spaniard had been HOT his last four even before last week with T-5th European Open [-10]. T-7th Open de France [-6] and top 20 finishes at the Scottish [-5] and Irish [-12] Opens. he T-3rd @ the Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort last season [-15]. also NO "to win" odds on Alejandro Canizares 4th Paul Lawrie (semi-finals. lost to Otaegui) he is a +280 "field hand"


NO Tommy Fleetwood or Alex Noren in the tourney. really NOT surprising as the next Rolex Series for "big bucks" is the Italian Open mid-October. would think Noren will defend his Omega European Masters early September. somewhat surprised Fleetwood did NOT qualify for the FedEx playoff series. 4th US Open, 10th API and 2nd WGC-Mexico this season. also 27th WGC-Bridgestone and 27th British Open BUT he isn't even listed on the PGA points list. maybe the WGC's and Opens do NOT count in PGA standings ???

Made in Denmark tourney match play (bet/return)

Julian Suri -110 over Stephen Gallacher (55/105)
Ben Hebert -110 over David Lipsky (55/105)
Aaron Rai -110 over Renato Paratore (55/105)
Matthew Southgate -110 over Richie Bland (55/105)
AND, of course, the "contra" parlay just in case they screw it all up (20/265.70)

Julian Suri 2nd Open de Portugal [-18] WON Czech Challenge [-23] made the cut 8 of last 10
Stephen Gallacher best recent T-12th European Open [-8] made the cut made the cut 6 of last 9 (43 year old "geezer golfer")

Ben Hebert T-8th Irish Open [-16] T-8th Nordea Masters [-6]. made the cut 8 of last 11
David Lipsky CUT his last five tourneys. best recent finish T-10th BMW International [-11]

Aaron Rai as stated in first post may be ready for a Euro Tour break through
Renato Paratore WON Nordea Masters [-11] T-6th BMW International [-13] CUT, CUT T-61st and T-44th his four since

Matthew Southgate T-6th British Open [-4] T-3nd Irish Open [-18] made the cut 7 of last 9
Richie Bland T-22nd British Open [even] T-2nd BMW International [-16] made the cut 6 of last 10

watched some of the early play last night. was links style golf at Himmerland with rain and wind. haven't confirmed yet BUT looks like Renato Paratore did NOT start so his match with Aaron Rai should be a "frisch"

Julian Suri [-4] over Stephen Gallacher [+3] looking good

damn David Lipsky [-5] decides to play golf this week. only one behind Ben Hebert [-6]

Matthew Southgate [even] over Richie Bland [-3] match in trouble. three birdies vs three bogies on Southgate's round

surprise of the tourney so far favorite Thomas Pieters [+3] 1st round

stupid Lucas Bjerregaard @100-1 doubles on #18 to finish a two eagle three birdie round. puts him two behind the leaders @ [-5]

well one WIN and two "putch" after the 2nd round. "geezer" Gallacher a [+5/+8] CUT to hand the match to Julian Suri [-2/-6] who is two off the lead. confirmed that Renato Paratore did NOT start so that match with Aaron Rai [-2/-4] a refund and Matthew Southgate [+1/+1] over Richie Bland [+4/+1] both CUT @ [+1] a "putch". considering Southgate was three behind after the first round I will TAKE it

Ben Hebert [even/-6] over David Lipsky [even/-5] still tight

pre-tourney favorite Thomas Pieters [-1/+2] a CUT

round of the day the ChiCom Ashun Wu [-6/-6]. the kid needs a strong finish for a chance to keep his Euro Tour players card next season

in a "blast from the past", John Daly is [-1/-5]. he is in a similar situation as Wu in danger of losing his card next season

Sunday forecast @ Himmerland some rain in the morning but light winds all day. watched the replay of the 3rd round with similar weather and the players shot the course up. 9 golfers shot [-6] or better Saturday

David Horsey leads with a 3rd round [-7] for [-14] two up on former Duke Blue Devil Julian Suri [-6] for [-12]. "The Horse" won @ Himmerland two years ago. John Daly continues to have his best tourney in ages with a [-6] for [-11]. with the wicked low scores probably still anyone's tourney IF "The Horse" backs off

Ben Hebert put a little distance on David Lipsky with a tourney [-9] to [-7] BUT with the low scoring anything can happen Sunday. I REALLY need Hebert to make up for ALL the PGA Tour fukk ups I had this week. a Suri tourney WIN would REALLY help

a Suri tourney WIN would REALLY help 

WOW just WOW!!! Julian Suri with a final round [-7] for the tourney [-19] four shot WIN over "The Horse" [-1] for [-15]. picks me up $510 for the 50-1 $10 "to win" bet

also Ben Hebert holds on to beat David Lipsky [-12/-18] so I go 2-0-2 on match plays for the week

definitely my BEST Euro Tour tourney in a LONG time  

fukking typo: also Ben Hebert holds on to beat David Lipsky [-12/-8]

I just want to thank Horsey for taking a TRIPLE on the final hole to hand the tourney to Suri. "The Horse" was only one shot back going into #18