2011 - Week 41 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship (European PGA Tour) and the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. It's the start of the Fall Series on the US PGA Tour, so there aren't a lot of big names teeing it up after the excitement of the FedEx Cup play-offs. That's not the case in Scotland, where five of the top six in the world are teeing it up with the celebrities!

2011 - Week 40 Winners

Kenneth Ferrie (ranked 19th by Golf Predictor) won the Austrian Golf Open pres. by Lyoness on the European PGA Tour. Ferrie, who turns 33 on Wednesday, gave himself an early birthday present by winning at the first extra hole against Simon Wakefield, after hitting two great approaches to the 18th from the rough. Our top ranked player, Miguel Angel Jimenez, finished in tied 14th and we had eight of the top nineteen plus ties (8/20) in total. 

Bill Haas (ranked 22nd by Golf Predictor) won The Tour Championship pres. by Coca-Cola on the US PGA Tour. The 29 year old American won a mind boggling $11.44 million by by beating Hunter Mahan on the third hole of a sudden death play-off. Haas won the event and the FedEx Cup with a great up and down from the water to make up for his closing bogey in regulation. Our top ranked player, Luke Donald, finished in tied 3rd to narrowly miss out on the FedEx Cup jackpot. Overall, we had six of the top ten in the restricted field event. 

2011 - Week 40 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the Austrian Golf Open pres. by Lyoness (European PGA Tour) and The Tour Championship pres. by Coca-Cola (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. Not many big names in Austria this week, except for Jimenez and triple major champion Harrington. On the US PGA Tour, it's the final week of the play-offs and the thirty men left standing will all be gunning for the huge pot of gold at the end of the FedEx Cup rainbow!

2011 - Week 39 Winners

Justin Rose (ranked 20th by Golf Predictor) won the BMW Championship on the US PGA Tour. The 31 year old Englishman completed a wire to wire victory despite some nervous moments on the final day. The win shoots Rose up 31 places to third in the FedEx Xup standings ahead of the finale this weekl  Our top ranked player, Luke Donald, overcame a poor start and finished in fourth. Overall, we had sixteen of the top twenty two plus ties (16/30) in total. There was no stroke play event on the European PGA Tour this week. 

2011 - Week 39 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the BMW Championship (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. Just the one stroke play event again this week as the team based Seve Trophy is being held on the European PGA Tour. Qualification for the final leg of the FedEx Cup play-offs is at stake in Illinois, so the pressure will be on to finish in the top 30 of the points race on Sunday evening.

2011 - Week 38 Winners

Simon Dyson (ranked 5th by Golf Predictor) won the KLM Open on the European PGA Tour. The 33 year old  Englishman won his second title of season and third KLM Open by a single shot. That feat puts him in esteemed company, with only the late Seve Ballesteros and Bernhard Langer having won the event three times. Our top ranked player, Lee Westwood, finished in fifth and we had ten of the top sixteen plus ties (10/24)* in total. There was no event on the US PGA Tour this week. 

*David Horsey makes the top 24 of the rankings due to two withdrawals above him.

2011 - Week 38 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the KLM Open (European PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. Just the one event this week as it's the rest week in the FedEx Cup play-offs on the US PGA Tour. Qualification for the European Ryder Cup team continues though, so there are a few big names looking for an early boost to their chances of making the team.

2011 - Week 37 Winners

Thomas Bjorn (ranked 12th by Golf Predictor) won the Omega European Masters on the European PGA Tour. Despite missing the cut in twenty of his first twenty one events this season, the 40 year old Dane won his second event in a row and his third of a memorable season by finishing in style with a 62 (-9) for a four shot win. Our top ranked player, Lee Westwood finished in tied 6th and we had ten of the top sixteen plus ties (10/17) in total. 

Web Simpson (ranked 36th by Golf Predictor) won the Deutsche Bank Championship on the US PGA Tour. The 26 year old American won his second tournament in the last three weeks by beating Chez Reavie on the second hole of a sudden death play-off. Reavie will be kicking himself though for bogeying the last from the fairway with a wedge in his hand. Our top ranked player, Luke Donald, finished in tied 3rd and we had ten of the top sixteen plus ties (10/20).