2011 - Week 37 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the Omega European Masters (European PGA Tour) and the Deutsche Bank Championship (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. All of the world's top ten are playing this week, seven in Boston and the remaining three in Switzerland. That's fairly unusual outside of a major or WGC event. It's the second week of the FedEx Cup play-offs on the US PGA Tour and hopefully there will be no acts of God this week in Boston! 

2011 - Week 36 Winners

Thomas Bjorn (ranked 16th by Golf Predictor) won the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles on the European PGA Tour. The 40 year old Dane took his second title of the season after a  dramatic five hole, five man play-off. Long time leader Mark Foster will be kicking himself again after bogeyed the last to let yet another lead slip. Our top ranked player, Anders Hansen, finished in tied 31st and we had eight of the top fifteen plus ties (8/20) in total. 

Dustin Johnson (ranked 7th by Golf Predictor) won The Barclays on the US PGA Tour. The 27 year old American won his second 54 hole tournament as the first FedEx Cup play-off event was shortened due to Hurricane Irene. The big hitting Johnson took the front nine apart, realising -17 of his -19 total on the outward half. Our top ranked player, Luke Donald, finished in tied 18th and we had eight of the top eighteen plus ties (8/23). 

2011 - Week 36 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (European PGA Tour) and The Barclays (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. No Tiger Woods at Gleneagles despite that audacious invitation from Monty, but it should be a good event regardless. It's the first week of the FedEx Cup play-offs on the US PGA Tour and no Tiger Woods there either! It will be interesting though to see if the likes of Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els can capitalise on their last gasp qualification for the lucrative series.

2011 - Week 35 Winners

Oliver Fisher (ranked 67th by Golf Predictor) won the Czech Open on the European PGA Tour. Despite missing the cut in twenty of his first twenty one events this season, the 22 year old English man tore up the form book to win his maiden title by two shots. Our top ranked player, Miguel-Angel Jimenez, couldn't overcome tiredness to perform on his own design and we had eight of the top twenty plus ties (8/22) in total. 

Webb Simpson (ranked 9th by Golf Predictor) won the Wyndham Championship on the US PGA Tour. The 26 year old North Carolina native delighted the home crowd by taking his maiden tour title by three shots. It was a squeaky bum day for several big name vying for FedEx play-off spots, with Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington eventually prevailing after some anxious moments! Our top ranked player, David Toms, finished in tied 17th and we had ten of the top seventeen plus ties (10/24)*. 


*Spencer Levin didn't play, thereby promoting Davis Love III to 24th in the rankings.

2011 - Week 35 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the Czech Open (European PGA Tour) and the Wyndham Championship (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. Not many big names as usual in the Czech Republic, but the situation is slightly different across the pond. It's the last event on the US PGA Tour before the FedEx Cup play-offs, so there will be a scramble for places from those on the cusp of qualifying. Among the bigger names just outside the top 125 are Padraig Harrington and Tiger Woods. However, only the former is playing this week to try and make the play-offs. The latter may be off licking his wounds!

2011 - Week 34 Winner

Keegan Bradley (ranked 85th by Golf Predictor) won the US PGA Championship on the European/US PGA Tour. Despite a triple bogey on the par three 15th, the 25 year old American ended his country's recent major drought by defeating his compatriot Jason Dufner in a three hole play-off. In doing so, Bradley emulated Ben Curtis by winning a major at his first attempt. Lee Westwood and Colin Montgomerie must be sickened! Not as much as Dufner though, who lead a sizeable lead slip with a poor finishing stretch. Our top ranked player, Luke Donald, finished in tied 8th and we had eight of the top twelve plus ties (8/18).

2011 - Week 34 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, US PGA Championship (European/US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. Just the one tournament to cover this week, but it's a big one! It's the final major of the season and the PGA Championship returns to the Atlanta Athletic Club for the first time in ten years. It's the last chance for eight months for a golfer to land one of those prestigious titles, so the pressure will be on for everyone to perform!

2011 - Week 33 Winners

Adam Scott (ranked 18th by Golf Predictor) won the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational on the European/US PGA Tour. The 31 year old  Australian eased to the first WGC victory of his career, birdieing the last to finish four clear of the field. The win was particularly sweet for his new caddie, Stevie Williams, who promptly gave his former employer a 'subtle' dig, claiming it to be the best caddying  week of his life! Our top ranked player, Luke Donald, rallied well over the weekend to finish in tied 2nd and we had eight of the top nineteen plus ties (8/20) in total. 

Scott Piercy (ranked 24th by Golf Predictor) won the Reno-Tahoe Open on the US PGA Tour. The 32 year old American made hard work of it on the last day, but rolled in a 7 foot par putt on the last to win his maiden tour title by a shot. Our top ranked player, Robert Garrigus, finished in tied 38th, but we had ten of the top twenty one plus ties (10/24)*. 

*There were three withdrawals above him, so Steve Elkington gets promoted into the top 24 in the rankings.

Changes to Tournament Results on Golf Predictor

The availability and display of tournament results has been altered on Golf Predictor. From today, only subscribers will have access to full tournament results on the "Results by Year" and  the "Tournaments Details" pages. Non-subscribers will now only able to see the top 25 and ties on both these pages. In addition, the page size for the results tables (now subscribers only) has been reduced from 80 to 50.

These changes have been made to ensure that anyone copying the data that I have spent years accumulating at great personal effort will at least have to pay a subscription fee. The reduction in page size also makes it slightly more onerous to manually copy all the results for a tournament. Apologies for any inconvenience to other members affected by these unfortunately necessary changes.

2011 - Week 33 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational (European/US PGA Tour) and the Reno-Tahoe Open (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. It's the first of two weeks of big tournaments in the US this week with the WGC event serving as a final tune-up for the final major of the season, the US PGA Championship, the following week. The second string event in Reno will have to do for some of the lesser lights, but all eyes will be on Arkon and Tiger Woods' latest comeback. He has sunk to a historical low ranking on Golf Predictor, so it will be interesting to see how he performs.

2011 - Week 32 Winners

Simon Dyson (ranked 13th by Golf Predictor) won the Irish Open pres. by Discover Ireland on the European PGA Tour. The 33 year old Englishman won his fifth tour title after Richard Green unfortunately three putted the last. The ever increasing group of Irish major winners all disappointed in their home Open. Harrington and Clarke missed the cut, while GMac and McIlroy never really challenged. The latter was our top ranked player, and finished in tied 34th. In an event where a lot of the bigger names didn't perform, we had five of the top seventeen plus ties (7/20) in total. 

Scott Stallings (ranked 70th by Golf Predictor) won the Greenbrier Classic on the US PGA Tour. The 26 year old American became the sixth rookie winner of the season when he birdied the first play-off hole against Bob Estes and Bill Haas. Our top ranked player, Phil Mickelson, finished in tied 87th and we had nine of the top eighteen plus ties (9/26)*.

*Brandt Snedeker didn't play, thereby promoting Anthony Kim into the top 26 in the rankings.