Odyssey Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Mercedes Championships At-a-GlanceThe Plantation Course, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii January 3 - 9, 2005 Contact: (808) 669-2440Champion:Stuart Appleby Purse:$5.3 million Winning Share:$1,060,000 Winning Score:270 Yards:7,263Thursday, 1/6: 7-10:30 p.m. ET ESPN Friday, 1/7: 7-10:30 p.m. ET ESPN Saturday, 1/8: 7-10:30 p.m. ET ESPN Sunday, 1/9: 7-10 p.m. ET ESPN Past winners Mercedes ChampionshipsYearWinnerScoreRunner upScore1994Phil Mickelson276Fred Couples2761995Steve Elkington278Bruce Lietzke2781996Mark O'Meara271Nick Faldo2741996 Scott Hoch2741997Tiger Woods202Tom Lehman2021998Phil Mickelson271Mark O'Meara2721998 Tiger Woods2721999David Duval266Billy Mayfair2751999 Mark O'Meara2752000Tiger Woods276Ernie Els2762001Jim Furyk274Rory Sabbatini2752002Sergio Garcia274David Toms2742003Ernie Els261K.J. Choi2692003 Rocco Mediate2692004Stuart Appleby270Vijay Singh271 Last years leaderboard Appleby 1 66-67-66-71 270 $1,060,000.00 Vijay Singh 2 68-64-69-70 271 $600,000.00 Darren Clarke 3 67-69-69-70 275 $400,000.00 Tiger Woods T4 71-70-65-71 277 $275,000.00 Retief Goosen T4 70-70-64-73 277 $275,000.00 Kirk Triplett 6 68-69-71-70 278 $204,000.00 Adam Scott 7 69-74-68-68 279 $180,000.00 Scott Hoch 8 68-71-69-72 280 $170,000.00 Davis Love III T9 69-71-69-72 281 $155,000.00 Ben Crane T9 71-74-66-70 281 $155,000.00 Jim Furyk 11 70-71-68-74 283 $140,000.00 Jonathan Kaye 12 74-70-66-74 284 $130,000.00 Shaun Micheel T13 70-71-69-75 285 $115,000.00 Justin Leonard T13 68-73-71-73 285 $115,000.00 Tommy Armour III T15 73-71-73-70 287 $89,166.67 Peter Jacobsen T15 70-71-73-73 287 $89,166.67 Kenny Perry T15 73-71-68-75 287 $89,166.66 Steve Flesch T15 73-72-72-70 287 $89,166.67 Chad Campbell T15 71-76-65-75 287 $89,166.66 Shigeki Maruyama T15 69-72-72-74 287 $89,166.67 Fred Couples T21 69-72-72-75 288 $79,000.00 J.L. Lewis T21 70-71-69-78 288 $79,000.00 Ernie Els T21 73-70-73-72 288 $79,000.00 Mike Weir 24 71-70-73-75 289 $75,000.00 Rory Sabbatini 25 73-74-74-70 291 $73,000.00 John Huston T26 69-72-71-81 293 $70,000.00 Frank Lickliter II T26 73-76-70-74 293 $70,000.00 Craig Stadler T28 73-78-68-75 294 $67,500.00 Bob Tway T28 76-74-72-72 294 $67,500.00 Ben Curtis 30 73-80-70-74 297 $66,000.00 The following players did not finish Billy Andrade S Fred Funk S David Toms S This a par 73 course Ernie Els won in 2003 with a stunning total of 261,tho last year he played poorly judging by he's 288. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser soze Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship goosen or toms for me, with palmer hamilton and sindelar to struggle for various reasons (out of depth/course too easy/too fat for such a hilly course) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship Thanks for thoose Keyser, got Tom's @29 and Goosen @11's :hope for a good start to this seasons golf bets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caber tosser Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship hello fellow punters i started last year of with a flyer backing appleby this year its weir (33/1) and johnson (50/1) the wind wil be a main factor as always i think the big guns will not be firing so early remember they are on the island for two weeks with the sony to follow this event in the match betting oppose garcia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHills Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship I take Ernie Els,(11/2) has all the credentials, long hitter, always plays well early in year, likes the course, can play the wind (although forecast quite good), and usually plays well when up against Tiger and Vijay. Had a bit of 22/1 E/W Mike Wier to be top International player, another player who is good early season, has played well the 4 times he's played here. Nice to have the Golf back lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edtkh Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship I am not entirely certain about how the tournament will pan out, but clearly a few first round 2 ball bets are worth a look. 8 pts Woods-Singh 2 ball double (2.00 - Ladbrokes) Woods should have little problem outwitting Slocum so long as his mind doesn't start wandering and keep up the form which saw him end last year on a high. Similarly, I like the look of Singh to outscore Kaye for pretty much the same reasons as I fancy Woods to beat Slocum - both men are a class above their opponents and they shouldn't have much trouble getting the better of them even if they remain in second gear. :hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser soze Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship wind is around 8 mph which isnt an issue this week. may be next week. best of the two balls, definitely geiberger in the first at 1.93 ()evens yesterday at hills :clap ). should be around 1.6 best 72H is hensby to beat chad campbell at 2.1 Corals. also the big 3 v the field at betfair is actually value on the 3 side rather than the field at around 1.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ra1nmaker Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship Like the look of Weir to beat Daly (1.87 @Betfair) in a 1st round match bet. Sloping fairways and course layout make accuracy off the tee more important than length (well except at the 660+ yard 18th). Big John could find himself in a few awkward places off the tee and I don’t think he’ll be patient enough, fit enough or motivated enough at this early season event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giberto silva Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship hi all, i think Cink will be in with a good each way shout. being the 1st tourney, no real form figures to go on as its been silly season time(except if you look to australian tour), thus i'm going for cink. best putter in the field must always be in with a good run, and admittedly no course form for him, he should be a decent 33s chance. out of the big three, i agree with els, he's got such good course form, you can't bet against him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odyssey Posted January 6, 2005 Author Share Posted January 6, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship Just added a few more bets Rainmakers Weir to beat Daly (1st round match) 1.87 @betfair Keyser's Geiberger to beat Stolz (1st round match) @1.91 Billy's top international player Weir @21.00 skybet Below you'll find group betting from Skybet Golf/Mercedes ChampionshipGroup AWinOddsOptions2005-01-06 21:00:00 Woods T2.50Singh V4.00Els E5.00Goosen R6.00Garcia S8.50Golf/Mercedes ChampionshipGroup BWinOddsOptions2005-01-06 21:00:00 Appleby S3.75Scott A4.00Cink S4.50Toms D4.50Weir M5.50Golf/Mercedes ChampionshipGroup CWinOddsOptions2005-01-06 21:00:00 Campbell C4.33Johnson Z3.75Hensby M4.50Flesch S4.50Pampling R5.00Golf/Mercedes ChampionshipGroup DWinOddsOptions2005-01-06 21:00:00 Byrd J3.50Palmer R3.75Geiberger B4.50Kaye J5.50Taylor V5.50Copyright © 2004 Hestview Limited. All rights reserved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edtkh Posted January 6, 2005 Share Posted January 6, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship hi all' date=' i think Cink will be in with a good each way shout. being the 1st tourney, no real form figures to go on as its been silly season time(except if you look to australian tour), thus i'm going for cink. best putter in the field must always be in with a good run, and admittedly no course form for him, he should be a decent 33s chance. out of the big three, i agree with els, he's got such good course form, you can't bet against him.[/quote'] I am not confident Els will win this, but am pretty sure he will be in the serious running (ie.among the top 4) at some stage in Round 3 or 4. It certainly makes good sense to back him now, then lay him back later on IMO. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ra1nmaker Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship Ist Round Weir - Greens in Reg 94% with 33 Puts, score 70 Daly - Greens in Reg 83% with 31 puts, score 70 but the interesting stat is that John's driving was only 53% accuracy, ave 264.5 yards, 30th out of 31 in driving distance. Did he forget his Driver or something!! So even though he wasn't accurate or long of the tee Daly was able to get it the green 83% of the time (Tied 13th). 2nd Round My feelings are he won't be that patient and fortunate again, and even if he is surely Mike will get the putter going now he had a feel for the greens. Weir to beat Daly 1.89 @Betfair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edtkh Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship Actually, I quite fancy Singh to win this and 3.00 after R1 is certainly worth a look. :eek He's simply flying at the moment and I'd find it hard for Woods to stop him should he carry on from where he left off in R1. Looking at the way things are going, I really wouldn't fancy Els for this if he doesn't make a marked improvement in R2 and come within 2 strokes of the leader (whoever that may be) tourney as he's normally among those who'd be flying off the traps in season-opening events. That aside, it's off to the 2 ball bettings for Round 2. 8 pts Goosen to beat Toms (1.80 - Ladbrokes) Goosen isn't exactly known to get off to a flyer in the opening rounds and if he plays to his potential, Toms really shouldn't run him close here. 10 pts Singh to beat Parry (1.40 - Ladbrokes) Given the sort of form Singh is in, I just can't imagine anyone running Singh close, much less Parry. Parry's got nothing to prove he's anywhere close to giving Singh a match and his 'one-day wonder' performance aside clearly isn't an accurate basis to suggest he could keep up that level of performance over the next 3 days. Those aside, I think backing the Tie for BOTH Woods and Els (3 points) may reap some rewards as neither have been overly convincing in their opening rounds. Slocum is no mug and he'd just lost by a stroke to Woods in R1 so with the pressure of having a top 3 for a playing partner in R1 to boot, he should run Ernie close IMO. Similarly, Kaye should prove to be a formidable foe to Woods considering he managed to hit a round of 5-under-par 68 despite playing in the presence of Singh. If Woods is not at the top of his game, anything could well happen. So long as one comes in, you'd well expect a pretty tidy profit with 4 times your combined stake back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHills Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship Think we are doing ok between us, weather supposed to be a bit more testing today. http://www.paddypower.com/bet method=post target=betslip>Selection PricesSingh, V (-19) 8 - 11Els, E (-17) 11 - 4Kaye, J (-18) 6 - 1Cink, S (-16) 12 - 1Woods, T (-14) 16 - 1Appleby, S (-15) 25 - 1Weir, M (-15) 25 - 1Goosen, R (-12) 80 - 1Taylor, V (-13) 100 - 1Garcia, S (-11) 125 - 1Campbell, C (-12) 150 - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship I've put £25 on Stuart Appleby at 4/1 in-running on Betfair. It's ridiculous odds. He's 4 strokes ahead of Vijay Singh (6th hole) and 5 ahead of Ernie Els (6th hole). Appleby's got 11 holes left to play and he's done well in the back nine in the past three rounds. I'm going to get a good run for my money whatever happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship Can I be more of a dozy chump?! I'm reading the fooking total score (and I got that wrong as well). They're all tied in first place! :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Appleby wins! This dozy chump got lucky. Very, very lucky. Shame, I also put a saver bet on Jonathan Kaye really, also in-running but that's a very nice way to 'round off the week in what was a horrible few days for me. 25/1? Appleby? Good Lord! :eek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caber tosser Posted January 10, 2005 Share Posted January 10, 2005 Re: Golf -Mercedes Championship well guys i drew a blank with my initial selections weir & johnson on saturday i was checking my football scores and noticed on 365 that appleby was 100/1 1/5 a place first three had a couple of quid on it just for the interest as they say the rest is history the wind did play a major factor on the end result along with mistakes by some of the players :beer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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