The party is still going at Club 20 after big collects in the PGA and AFL saw us fly past 35% POT at the weekend.

Special thanks to Tippa and Viktor/Ventura!

It’s an early start tonight and no AFL so we have got a little carried away and made 20 bets, a mix of first-round-leader plays, Stats Insider Green Smiley bets and two hail-mary outright multi’s. 

PGA – Valspar Championship

The Tour returns to Florida at the Copperhead course in Tampa Bay which is one of my favourite events on tour, not least because the myriad snake references constantly remind me of the Purple Cobra’s from the movie Dogdeball. 

It is also a really hard course. It is long (7,340 Par 71) and very tree-lined which makes fairways hard (but essential) to hit, which always makes it a fun event to watch because the cutline is always in positive numbers come Friday afternoon so you never feel like your guys are out of it, back to back birides can jump a player up heaps of spots at this course.

Particularly with the tough finish on holes 16-18, aka the ‘Snakepitt’. 

Despite the high scoring, there are still 4 Par 5’s for players to (attempt) to take advantage of, but it’s the combination of having to club down and play to a zone that gets you around a dogleg and gives you a shot at the green, then hitting these small Bermuda greens that prove tricky to putt in the best of conditions that make this course play tougher than it seems like it should.

Don’t be surprised to see short putts miss here, this course ranks #2 hardest for putts inside 5ft (second most misses on tour). 

I am not prioritizing any one skill set at this course, the winner will be lurking around that -8 to -10 mark which means any round of 67 or 68 is going to give the first-round leader a real shake tonight.

I’ll be making some additions on Friday morning, a few outrights after watching the play overnight, hopefully it is with the houses money!

First-Round Leader Bets 

• Justin Thomas @ 21

• Sungjae Im ew @ 41 / 10

• Jason Kokrak ew @ 46 / 11.50

• Bubba Watson ew @ 61 / 15.25

• Gary Woodland ew @ 68 / 17

• Denny McCarthy ew @ 81/ 20.25

Stats Insider Green Smiley Bets

If you have not checked out the Golf Tournament Futures / Tournament Predictions pages on Stats Insider yet, here is the link, jump on and have a look, below are the ‘green smiley bets’ we are on this week.

• Patrick Reed Top 5 @ 5.00

• Patrick Reed Top 10 @ 3.00

• Taylor Gooch Top 20 @ 4.00

• Lanto Griffin Top 20 @ 4.50

• Tom Hoge Top 20 @ 5.50

• Ian Poulter Top 20 @ 6.50

Hail Mary Multi’s

• Hovland T5, Scheffler T10, Louis Oosthuizen T20 @ 61.00

• Kokrak T5, Niemann T10, Bubba T20 @ 126.00

That’s it for the PGA, we are throwing in a few plays for the Euro as well because, why the hell not!

EUROTOUR – Tenerife Open

The Tour is staying on the Canary Islands again this week and whilst it’s a different course, it is going to be another birdie-fest. 

Taking our two Club 20 Euro Favourites in Cal Hill and Jono Caldwell, and adding a local (of sorts), Pep Angles, who opened with a disgusting 71 last week the went 64, 65, 67 to finish T29. 

All three guys are each-way outright AND First-Round Leader

• Callum Hill @ 34 / 7.75, FRL @ 51 / 12.50

• Pep Angles @ 71 / 17.75, FRL @ 67 / 17

• Jono Caldwell @ 200 / 50, FRL @ 126 / 31.50

Enjoy the weekend and watch out for our AFL bets on Saturday, cheers!

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