US Masters 2013 - The Augusta Challenge of Who Will Win?

With the start of The US Masters of 2013 just about to go underway, its an interesting time in US Golf of trying to figure who actually will win the Green Jacket o Augusta and join the merry golfers who have lined the history books.

Often trying to understand who can win in golf relies on different methods of calculating the chance of winning. This often includes scoring pars, birdies, eagles GIR and Scrambling, as well s putting on Augusta’s famously wicked fast Greens!

My method of calculating who can win the US Masters 2013 relies on three stats:

GIR - Greens in regulation

Scrambling – the ability when GIR is missed of scoring a PAR

Putting – the percentage of putting to score

It does seem certain that with the formidable power of Tiger Woods that he will of course win his 3^rd US Masters. The ability for most punters and betting on golf is to focus on who can get in the top 6 to win some money betting on golf.

Recent PGA Games have shown some interesting results – D. A. Points with 1 250/1 to win the Houston Shell Open was a great win. How will he do in Augusta remains to be seen?

One word of advice I would say is that it’s always preferable to bet on someone who has played Augusta before. The greens are the fastest in the world and the course is long, a golfer with no experience of this would have a very tough time scoring well enough to win the US Masters Green Jacket in 2013.

Tiger Woods Leads Arnold Palmer 2012 Invitational

Its official - Tiger Woods the master of competive golf now thrusts his way through the field of the Arnold Palmer Invitational - The bad boy of golf is back in action, he demolishes the field now as he strikes and strokes his way to a splendind Third round!

Is it true that he is out for the US Masters 2012?If he has a victory here at Bay Hill then yes, of course how can he fail?

Pos	Player	ToPar	Hole	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tiger Woods	-10	1	69	65
2	Charlie Wi	-9	1	66	68
2	Graeme McDowell	-9	2	72	63
4	Jason Dufner	-8	2	66	69
5	Bubba Watson	-6	3	69	70
5	Bud Cauley	-6	13	70	73
5	Charles Howell III	-6	8	73	68
5	Chris Stroud	-6	4	70	69
5	Ernie Els	-6	8	71	70
5	Ian Poulter	-6	5	71	69
5	Johnson Wagner	-6	5	71	69
5	Justin Rose	-6	3	69	69
5	Zach Johnson	-6	5	71	68
14	Marc Leishman	-5	6	70	71
14	Vijay Singh	-5	4	71	68
16	Kevin Na	-4	6	73	68
16	Tim Herron	-4	16	74	71
16	Webb Simpson	-4	4	73	66
19	Camilo Villegas	-3	11	73	69
19	Daniel Summerhays	-3	11	72	70
19	John Rollins	-3	13	71	72
19	K.J. Choi	-3	9	69	72
19	Martin Laird	-3	5	72	68
19	Nick Watney	-3	8	68	73
19	Sean O'Hair	-3	9	69	72
19	Sergio Garcia	-3	4	72	67
19	Seung-Yul Noh	-3	18	73	73	67
19	Trevor Immelman	-3	11	73	69
29	Brian Davis	-2	14	70	73
29	Gary Woodland	-2	12	75	68
29	Greg Owen	-2	18	73	74	67
29	Jim Furyk	-2	15	72	72
29	Josh Teater	-2	18	74	73	67
29	Ryan Moore	-2	10	71	71
35	Davis Love III	-1	10	70	72
35	Henrik Stenson	-1	18	72	74	69
35	Jeff Overton	-1	18	76	70	69
35	Kris Blanks	-1	12	71	72
35	Phil Mickelson	-1	15	73	71
40	Anthony Kim	0	14	69	74
40	Brian Gay	0	17	72	73
40	Chad Campbell	0	18	71	76	69
40	D.J. Trahan	0	18	76	70	70
40	Hunter Mahan	0	17	72	73
40	Jimmy Walker	0	8	69	72
40	Kevin Chappell	0	11	73	69
40	Matt Every	0	17	73	72
48	Brian Harman	1	18	77	69	71
48	Lee Janzen	1	18	74	72	71
50	Bill Haas	2	15	73	72
50	Boo Weekley	2	18	74	72	72
50	George McNeill	2	18	73	72	73
50	Justin Leonard	2	16	75	70
50	Mark Wilson	2	18	77	70	71
50	Michael Thompson	2	18	74	72	72
50	Ryo Ishikawa	2	18	73	74	71
57	Charley Hoffman	3	18	76	71	72
57	Dicky Pride	3	18	74	73	72
57	Martin Flores	3	18	74	72	73
57	Robert Allenby	3	18	72	75	72
57	Rod Pampling	3	17	75	70
57	Skip Kendall	3	15	71	73
63	Andres Romero	4	18	73	74	73
63	Fredrik Jacobson	4	18	77	70	73
63	J.B. Holmes	4	18	71	75	74
66	Bobby Gates	5	18	74	72	75
66	John Huh	5	18	77	70	74
66	Scott Stallings	5	18	74	72	75
69	Billy Hurley III	6	18	75	72	75
70	Brandt Snedeker	7	18	73	73	77
70	Colt Knost	7	18	76	71	76
72	Chez Reavie	8	18	73	74	77
72	Tom Gillis	8	17	79	66
72	William McGirt	8	18	73	74	77
75	Jhonattan Vegas	9	18	76	70	79
	Andrew Magee	5
	Ben Crane	4
	Brandt Jobe	4
	Brendan Steele	12
	Brendon Todd	9
	Brendon de Jonge	4
	Cameron Tringale	4
	Carl Pettersson	7
	D.A. Points	9
	Daniel Chopra	5
	David Damesworth	23
	David Duval	8
	David Toms	4
	Erik Compton	10
	Gary Christian	5
	Greg Chalmers	7
	Harris English	9
	Harrison Frazar	6
	J.J. Killeen	11
	Jason Kokrak	8
	Jeff Maggert	6
	Jerry Kelly	8
	John Mallinger	4
	Jonathan Byrd	5
	Kelly Kraft	15
	Ken Duke	6
	Kyle Reifers	6
	Mike Weir	5
	Pat Perez	5
	Ricky Barnes	15
	Robert Damron	5
	Robert Gamez	7
	Robert Garrigus	4
	Rocco Mediate	5
	Rory Sabbatini	7
	Ryan Palmer	4
	Sam Saunders	8
	Sang-Moon Bae	5
	Scott McCarron	10
	Scott Piercy	4
	Spencer Levin	12
	Stewart Cink	9
	Ted Potter, Jr.	12
	Tim Clark	7
	Tommy Gainey	9

Tiger Woods Joint First -10 Under At Bay Hill

Well amazing!

Tiger Woods is joint first with -10 under joining C Wi at the Arnold Palmer Invitational Bay Hill after a staggering round of golf at the conclusion of the second round.

Hitting a second round 65 Tiger Woods showed off his skill as we wind up for the US Masters 2012 at Augusta in 2 weeks time.

Tigers golf round of 65 sees him 1 stroke ahead of  Jason Dufner and Graeme McDowell:

Full leaderboard for the Bay Hill Arnold Palmer Invitational is below:

Pos	Player	ToPar	Hole	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Charlie Wi	-10	17:50	66	68
1	Tiger Woods	-10	17:50	69	65
3	Graeme McDowell	-9	17:40	72	63
3	Jason Dufner	-9	17:40	66	69
5	Justin Rose	-6	17:30	69	69
6	Bubba Watson	-5	17:30	69	70
6	Chris Stroud	-5	17:10	70	69
6	Sergio Garcia	-5	17:20	72	67
6	Vijay Singh	-5	17:20	71	68
6	Webb Simpson	-5	17:10	73	66
6	Zach Johnson	-5	17:00	71	68
12	Ian Poulter	-4	17:00	71	69
12	Johnson Wagner	-4	16:50	71	69
12	Martin Laird	-4	16:50	72	68
15	Charles Howell III	-3	16:30	73	68
15	Ernie Els	-3	16:20	71	70
15	Jimmy Walker	-3	16:30	69	72
15	K.J. Choi	-3	16:10	69	72
15	Kevin Na	-3	16:40	73	68
15	Marc Leishman	-3	16:40	70	71
15	Nick Watney	-3	16:20	68	73
15	Sean O'Hair	-3	16:10	69	72
23	Camilo Villegas	-2	15:50	73	69
23	Daniel Summerhays	-2	15:40	72	70
23	Davis Love III	-2	16:00	70	72
23	Kevin Chappell	-2	15:40	73	69
23	Ryan Moore	-2	16:00	71	71
23	Trevor Immelman	-2	15:50	73	69
29	Anthony Kim	-1	15:10	69	74
29	Brian Davis	-1	15:10	70	73
29	Bud Cauley	-1	15:20	70	73
29	Gary Woodland	-1	15:30	75	68
29	John Rollins	-1	15:20	71	72
29	Kris Blanks	-1	15:30	71	72
35	Jim Furyk	0	15:00	72	72
35	Phil Mickelson	0	15:00	73	71
35	Skip Kendall	0	14:50	71	73
38	Bill Haas	1	14:50	73	72
38	Brian Gay	1	14:10	72	73
38	George McNeill	1	14:10	73	72
38	Hunter Mahan	1	14:20	72	73
38	Justin Leonard	1	14:40	75	70
38	Matt Every	1	14:30	73	72
38	Rod Pampling	1	14:20	75	70
38	Tim Herron	1	14:40	74	71
38	Tom Gillis	1	14:30	79	66
47	Bobby Gates	2	13:02	74	72
47	Boo Weekley	2	13:40	74	72
47	Brandt Snedeker	2	13:40	73	73
47	Brian Harman	2	13:20	77	69
47	D.J. Trahan	2	14:00	76	70
47	Henrik Stenson	2	13:30	72	74
47	J.B. Holmes	2	13:30	71	75
47	Jeff Overton	2	14:00	76	70
47	Jhonattan Vegas	2	13:02	76	70
47	Lee Janzen	2	13:50	74	72
47	Martin Flores	2	13:20	74	72
47	Michael Thompson	2	13:50	74	72
47	Scott Stallings	2	13:11	74	72
47	Seung-Yul Noh	2	13:11	73	73
61	Andres Romero	3	12:53	73	74
61	Billy Hurley III	3	12:35	75	72
61	Chad Campbell	3	11:59	71	76
61	Charley Hoffman	3	12:17	76	71
61	Chez Reavie	3	12:26	73	74
61	Colt Knost	3	11:55	76	71
61	Dicky Pride	3	12:53	74	73
61	Fredrik Jacobson	3	12:44	77	70
61	Greg Owen	3	12:26	73	74
61	John Huh	3	12:08	77	70
61	Josh Teater	3	12:44	74	73
61	Mark Wilson	3	12:08	77	70
61	Robert Allenby	3	11:59	72	75
61	Ryo Ishikawa	3	12:17	73	74
61	William McGirt	3	12:35	73	74
	Andrew Magee	5
	Ben Crane	4
	Brandt Jobe	4
	Brendan Steele	12
	Brendon Todd	9
	Brendon de Jonge	4
	Cameron Tringale	4
	Carl Pettersson	7
	D.A. Points	9
	Daniel Chopra	5
	David Damesworth	23
	David Duval	8
	David Toms	4
	Erik Compton	10
	Gary Christian	5
	Greg Chalmers	7
	Harris English	9
	Harrison Frazar	6
	J.J. Killeen	11
	Jason Kokrak	8
	Jeff Maggert	6
	Jerry Kelly	8
	John Mallinger	4
	Jonathan Byrd	5
	Kelly Kraft	15
	Ken Duke	6
	Kyle Reifers	6
	Mike Weir	5
	Pat Perez	5
	Ricky Barnes	15
	Robert Damron	5
	Robert Gamez	7
	Robert Garrigus	4
	Rocco Mediate	5
	Rory Sabbatini	7
	Ryan Palmer	4
	Sam Saunders	8
	Sang-Moon Bae	5
	Scott McCarron	10
	Scott Piercy	4
	Spencer Levin	12
	Stewart Cink	9
	Ted Potter, Jr.	12
	Tim Clark	7
	Tommy Gainey	9

US Masters 2012 - News from Augusta 2012

With the Augusta 2012 USMasters course looking set to ride at 7800 yards the US championship will remain a true test of the big hitters in golf. Fairway accuracy remains paramount for the US Masters 2012 but of course putting has to be the strongest element with such fierce greens as seen at Augusta.

Hitting long remains ideal but if the payer's a poor putter he surely suffer.

So far according to USPGA Stats SergioGarcia, not Tiger Woods remains the strongest putter. Can the spaniard be a contender at the USMasters 2012?