Capelle On Golf

British Open Coverage
When asked about stock prices, the late and great financier J.P. Morgan once said, “They will fluctuate.” And so it is with odds on the golfers at this week’s British Open.
The action at British gambling house Ladbrokes in the days leading up to the Open is fast and furious as the punters [...]

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British Open Coverage
The sorry state of so many in the top 20 in the World Golf Rankings and Tiger Woods’ absence makes the British Open a wide open. The form chart lists each player’s last three starts. In rating the players, more weight is given to the later starts. Red is hot, black in lukewarm, [...]

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British Open Coverage
To the winner of this week’s British (Wide) Open goes the Claret Jug and not an asterisk as many have be led to believe. Every winner also gets the first place check, endorsements, recognition, and a place in the history books, but a win means even more to those who are playing [...]

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British Open Coverage
Ladbrokes, the London based gambling house, offered very enticing odds for a bevy of top players not named Tiger Woods at the US Open. As an example, you could have gotten 33/1 on former major winners Jim Furyk, Geoff Ogilvy, and Vijay Singh. With Tiger babysitting Sam in Florida, the odds on this [...]

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