Joburg Open

A hard field to select the winner from this week where bookies have all the leading contenders marked up at 20/1 or less. I will take a chance on A.Canizares again, he is capable and has had some decent scores lately and the odds of 66/1 are just about right for me. Lee Slattery is too good a golfer to be priced at 300/1 so a punt on him also has to be taken.


Bank Balance after Africa open +61.43

Joburg Open Selections:

1 unit e/w A.Canizares @ 66/1
1 unit ew L.Slattery @ 300/1

Africa Open

Investing just 4.5 units this week on a couple of 66/1 shots in the shape of Scott Hend and Hennie Otto. Both are quite capable of going 4 rounds low enough to challenge and as the field doesn't appear too strong they just may be in with a shout. Thomas Aiken does go this week but at 28/1 I am enticed to overlook him until another day.

Bank Balance +65.93

Africa Open Selections:

1.25 units e/w Scott Hend @ 66/1
1 unit e/w Hennie Otto @ 66/1

New Year Approach

Having finished up with a profit of +65.93 for 2009, I am a little disappointed as the last 3 months proved to be drain on the bank. The Profits were at +237 in June following Brian Gay's win at St.Jude but with either the favourite or first time winners prevailing it was heartache to watch so many of my selects finish 6th - 10th week in week out missing the place money. I did continue to invest 10 units each week, keeping the faith, but I have leaned a little lesson (I think), a % of the bank each week is the way forward, allowing for less losses and better profits when the bank rises (says he hopefully). As I commence 2010 with the 65.93 bank I have decided to invest just 7% of it until I reach +100 when I will revert back to 10% until it drops to 75. If the bank drops below 45 , I will reduce to 5%.I will of course still look at upping to 20 units once I can reach +240, 30 units should I reach +360 and so on.
I will look at my stable of golfers for the year and invest when & where I think they will go well and pending the bank whether to invest the minimum .5 unit or go more on the bigger odds.

My players to follow for 2010 are

Thomas Aiken (have to keep the faith despite his erractic form)
Martin Kaymer
Ross Fisher
Lee Westwood
Padraig Harrington
Rhys Davies
Shane Lowry


As Rory McIlroy heads for the USA this year I will also look out for his odds should they exceed 20/1

Roll on South Africa & the Middle East the next few weeks and hopefully I can get a collect early to set-up a better 2010.

My target for the year end is to reach +400- its do-able!

South African Open

With the 2010 season under way, I am still looking to Thomas Aiken to produce a result this year. He missed the cut last week but that's his makeup,and can easily bounce back this week. Fabrizio Zanotti challenged well enough last year and just missed out on top 60 so at 66/1 this week I feel I have to stick with him. My third pick this week is Rhys Davies who looks very promising and at a price of 80/1 with Ladbrokes he is selected to give it a go this week.

Bank balance after Dubai World Championship (YTD) +75.93

South African Open Selections

2.5 units e/w T.Aiken @ 33/1
1.5 units e/w F.Zanotti @ 66/1
1 unit e/w R.Davies @ 80/1