Doc’s Dawn Raid In Carton House A Massive Success

Thanks to Francis Howley, Aine Mangan and all the team at Carton House for hosting today’s Doc’s Dawn Raid with Golfbidder.  Fantastic sunshine greeted the gang who travelled from all corners of the country for the day.

The guys tested Hyperbolic faces, Super Deeps and Tris and had more Moments Of Inertia thrown at them than you shake a driver at.  After brekkie we headed for a round on the fabulous O’Meara Course in smashing sunshine.

Make sure you sign up to join us on our next outing!

Left to Right on the range in front of Carton House: Darren Egan, Vinny Walsh, Pat Brady, Alan Dunning, Mick Walsh, Ciaran Molloy, Doc, Dominic Cribbin, Steven O’Hara, Mick Buggy, David Lally, Pauric O’Connor, Peter Coyne. and not forgetting cameraman Brian “Boytano” Finnerty!

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Avantha Masters 2011 Third Round Highlights European Tour

Click on pic below to view Avantha Masters 2011 Third Round Highlights on the European Tour site.

Third Round Leaderboard Summary

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Harrys Got Game, DJ Nearly DQ’d and Bubba Out

Padraig Harrington heads into today's second round of the Northern Trust Open just one of the pace at 3 under. 

Bubba Watson has withdrawn from the event with a pulled muscle in his lower stomach.  The Farmers Insurance Open winner shot an opening round 76 but later pulled out. Watson later told reporters that he went to the emergency room earlier in the week saying “Then it was still bothering me so I did a CAT scan, so I did an ultrasound and a CAT scan, so I did two visits to the doctors two days apart,’” he said.

Meanwhile Dustin Johnson’s fell foul of the rules officials yet again. Johnson nearly missed his 7:32 a.m. tee time and was penalized two strokes after his caddy, Bobby Brown, mixed up his Wednesday pro-am start with his tee time for the first round. He arrived at the first tee with 10 seconds to spare of the 5 minute PGA Tour window or he would have faced automatic DQ.  He ended up shooting a 73.

Avantha Masters 2011 First Round Highlights- European Tour

Click on pic below to view Avantha Masters 2011 First Round Highlights on the European Tour site.

 

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Northern Trust Open 2011 First Round Highlights-PGA Tour

Northern Trust Open 2011 First Round Highlights-PGA Tour

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Doc's Dawn Raid Fairmont St. Andrews 2nd April 2011

To celebrate our first Doc's Dawn Raid in the UK, Doc and the Golfbidder Team are inviting golfers to the home of golf, St. Andrews in Scotland. We need 12 players to join us at the 5 Star Fairmont St. Andrews Resort for club testing, brekkie and a round of golf on the Torrance Course, venue of the Scottish Senior Open and 2010 Open Championship Qualifying. The day is open to all our readers throughout Europe, UK and Ireland and it's all on us so if you can you get yourself to St. Andrews sign up on the widget on the right today!  We hope to have our 12 testers chosen by the end of this month to give everyone a chance to make travel arrangements.

Arrive and Play Golf Early:

We’re making a couple of days of it, so why don’t you? My crew and I from Ireland will be arriving (on the ferry!) on the morning of Friday 1^st April and we would love for you to join us for a complimentary afternoon round on the superb Kittock’s course which is also on the Fairmont St. Andrews estate, followed by some revelry in the town in St. Andrews!

Pic: the 17th on The Kittocks

Accommodation:

Our host venue Fairmont St. Andrews have offered our players us a fantastic room rate of £129 B&B (ie £64.50 per person sharing). The hotel is a luxury five star resort and widely regarded as among the best in Europe. Located a couple of miles outside the town, a complimentary shuttle bus brings guests to and from the town of St. Andrews. Full details of the resort are on www.fairmont.com.

Testing Day Itinerary

  8am: Golfbidder club testing on the Tournament Ready Practice Range at Fairmont St. Andrews. We will bring a large selection of woods, irons and wedges for you to test and film your opinions for YouTube so best clothes and game faces on!

10.30am: Full Scottish breakfast, fun and banter in the clubhouse!

11.15am: Round of golf with Open Championship Qualifying Conditions in four fourballs on the Torrance course.  Click here for a course flyover!

Post Round:  The Jigger Inn where I hope someone will buy me several whiskeys! (Actually, this is compulsory!)

So ask permission from the responsible adult in the house and sign-up today!

GolfCentralDaily Quiz Of The Week: Can You Spot Ronaldo?

Golf questions just too easy for you?  Well here’s a really tough quiz that might test you.  We want you to spot hard working Real Madrid player Ronaldo from this screenshot.  Don’t worry if you dont get it on the first try, this one is tough!

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Avantha Masters Keen To Avoid Repeat of Tiger Incident

Thanks to our readers for sending in this one.  I think it illustrates the Tiger incident perfectly!

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What’s In The Bag 2011 Rory McIlroy

Our man in Dubai, Rosapenna’s Frank Casey caught up with Rory McIlroy to find out what’s in the bag of the Ulsterman for the 2011 season and it seems it’s all change in the woods department.

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2011 Northern Trust Open Betting Preview and Tips- PGA Tour

The Northern Trust Open 2011

Phil Mickelson 15/2

The winner in 2008 and 2009 and with a string of other top results around Riviera Phil must fancy his chances again here this week. Another top-10 at Pebble to follow his second at The Farmers make him a worthy favourite. It’s all about the blade for Mickelson, if he gets it humming he could win by a mile.

 

Steve Stricker 12/1

We may forgive him a 45^th place finish in windy Qatar on his European Tour holiday but stateside Stricker is as dangerous as ever with top-10’s at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions and the Sony Open. A progressive improvement from tied 11^th in 2008, to second in 2009 and then winner in 2010, the defending champion wont be far away.

 

Matt Kuchar 22/1

Having climbed off the canvass to scale the heights of world golf Kuch has absolutely no intention of letting it slip away again. A worst result of seventh from three PGA Tour starts and the stats say he’s a birdie machine. Insiders say Kuchar has an extensive knowledge of Riviera and though he doesn’t have a PGA Tour form line here, he’s going to be dangerous.

 

JB Holmes 25/1

Didn’t get it done in the Pro-Am format last week with three rounds in the 70’s but that Friday 64 was pretty impressive stuff. JB’s last seven rounds at Riviera have been in the 60’s resulting in a tied sixth in 2009 and tied third last year. It’s been a big hitters Tour so far this season and with the average winning score expected to be around 16 under this should suit JB down to the ground.

 

Marc Leishman 80/1

Our long odds shout at the Northern Trust Open is Marc Leishman. In researching the tips I always look through final round movers from the previous year because their memories on returning are always positive. The Aussie closed with a 65 last year in what I believe was his first outing at Riviera. Top 10’d at The Farmers two weeks back so looks to be in decent form. The odds of 80/1 reflect the quality of the field, Leishman is 14/1 to finish in the top five.

 

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2011 Avantha Masters Betting Preview and Tips

DLF Golf and Country Club

New Delhi, India 17 Feb 2011 - 20 Feb 2011

Last week: Winner alright- We tipped Alvaro Quiros at 21/1

Scott Strange 25/1

The man at the weekend in Dubai last week was Scott Strange. What was that he said at the Celtic Manor Wales Open in 2008, “Trust me, I will not choke”? True to his word he delivered and added the Volvo China Open the following year. A strong character who is bang in form, it will be interesting to see if he can contend for the big prize this week. We think he can.

Rafael Cabrera Bello 22/1

Hotly tipped to win on Tour this year, the young Spaniard’s best result of the season to date is a tied third finish at the Qatar Masters; remarkable considering he opened with a 77. Cabrera Bello also scored a top ten at the HSBC C’ship in Abu Dhabi and has a worst result of 30^th this season. One note of caution, Cabrera Bello has only one tournament round under his belt on this course; that was an 80 last season after which he withdrew with illness. Well worth your fiver nonetheless.

Richard Finch 33/1

Richard Finch makes the trip to India on the back of a decent five weeks of action. The two time Tour winner has yet to miss a cut this season and scored an impressive top 10 in Qatar two weeks back. After a quiet week in Dubai, the Englishman will be looking to go one better in New Delhi than he did last year. His final round charge of 66 saw him saw him climb into a tied third finish. One to watch.

 

David Drysdale 50/1

Drysdale got off to a flyer here last year but couldn’t surge at the weekend when he needed to. However a tied third finish will have the Scot relishing the chance of a return to New Delhi. Three top-15’s in decent fields at the Alfred Dunhill, Joburg Open and Qatar Masters give him a solid chance of a podium finish.

 

Richard Bland 125/1

The long odds shout this week is England’s Richard Bland. A European Tour victory has been like a five metre scrum for Bland where he just hasn’t been able or had the good fortune to get over the line. Irish readers will remember his agonizing second at the 2002 Irish Open, a result he produced a carbon copy of here in India last year. A pulled tee shot on the par five last hole got a horrid bounce before settling right in front of a tree. The result was a dropped shot while Andrew Dodt picked up one for the win. Will the golfing Gods offer redemption for a man who truly deserves it?

2011 Avantha Masters Betting Preview and Tips

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Colin Montgomerie Presents Tiger Woods With Controversial Award

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Tiger Woods Spits On The Green at The Dubai Desert Classic

Here’s the incident that had the commentators ripping mad during the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic.  Tiger Woods spits on the green before lining up a putt.  Is it wrong? You decide.

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Separated At Birth!- John Hawksworth and Sam Beckett

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2011 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Final Round Highlights-PGA Tour

Paired with caddyshack star Bill Murray, D.A. Points won for the first time on the PGA TOUR at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am last night.   Points holed out from 100 yards for eagle on the tough 14th on his way to a 5-under 67 and a two-shot victory over a charging Hunter Mahan.  Overnight leader Steve Marino triple bogeyed the final hole to slip from second to tied fourth.

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Dubai Desert Classic 2011 Final Round Highlights- European Tour

Click on pic below to view final round highlights from the Dubai Desert Classic 2011 on the European Tour website.

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