2014 - Week 46 Winner

Henrik Stenson (ranked 1st by Golf Predictor) won the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai on the European PGA Tour. The 38 year old Swede retained his title in Dubai, despite a mid round wobble on Sunday. However, when then leader Cabrera-Bello found water twice in a row, Stenson held off big names Rose and McIlroy to win by two after a birdie on the last. Our top ranked player was the aforementioned McIlroy, who finished in tied 2nd. Overall, we had ten of the top sixteen plus ties (10/20)

2014 - Week 46 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions/statistics for this week, the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai (European PGA Tour) are now available on Golf Predictor. It's the last event of the 2014 season (but not the year!) on the European PGA Tour and although Rory McIlroy has the Race to Dubai sown up, there's still plenty of money up for grabs in the season finale. The US PGA Tour has no more regular events until January.

2014 - Week 45 Winners

Brooks Koepka (ranked 21st by Golf Predictor) won the Turkish Airlines Open pres. by Ministry of Youth & Sport on the European PGA Tour. The 24 year old American won maiden title with a closing bogey free 65 (-7), which including some impressive putting. Koepka won by one over Ian Poulter, who will be kicking himself for throwing away a six shot halfway lead. Our top ranked player, Sergio Garcia, finished in tied 25th and we had ten of the top nineteen plus ties (10/24).

Charley Hoffman (ranked 4th by Golf Predictor) won the OHL Classic at Mayakoba on the US PGA Tour. The 37 year old American won his first tournament in over four years in Mexico. Hoffman won by a single shot, despite being completely stymied by a tree on the final hole. However, a bogey proved to be enough when his playing partner and nearest competitor, Shawn Stefani, chunked his third shot to also finish with a five. Our top ranked player, Ben Martin, missed the cut and in an event which is usually hard to predict, we only had five of the top sixteen plus ties (5/22).
 

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2014 - Week 45 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions/statistics for this week, the Turkish Airlines Open pres. by Ministry of Youth & Sport (European PGA Tour) and the OHL Classic at Mayakoba (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. The European Tour heads back to Turkey for the next leg of the big money Final Series and several of the big European names are teeing it up on the Colin Montgomerie designed course. Meanwhile, it's the last event of the year (but not the season!) on the US Tour and there the usual second string line up for the Mexican tournament.

2014 - Week 44 Winners

Bubba Watson (ranked 5th by Golf Predictor) won the WGC - HSBC Champions on the European/US PGA Tour. The big hitting American looked to have blown his chances with a bogey on sixteen and a double on seventeen, but made up for it in spectacular fashion on the par five final hole. Watson found a greenside bunker in two and holed out for eagle to force a play-off with Tim Clark. The American took the title with a birdie on the first extra hole, giving him an impressive -3 total for the eighteenth on Sunday! Our top ranked player, Adam Scott, finished in tied 12th place and we only had six of the top fourteen plus ties (6/19) in total.

Nick Taylor (ranked 102nd by Golf Predictor) won the Sanderson Farms Championship on the US PGA Tour. The 26 year old Canadian won his first tour title just two months after securing his PGA Tour card. Taylor showed admirable composure in just his seventh tour start as a pro to come from four shots back and secure the title. Our top ranked player, Ben Martin, finished in tied 29th and we had only five of the top fourteen plus ties (5/19). 

2014 - Week 44 Predictions/Statistics Online

The predictions and statistics for this week, the WGC - HSBC Champions (European/US PGA Tour) and the Sanderson Farms Championship (US PGA Tour), are now available on Golf Predictor. Although some of the bigger stars aren't playing for various reasons (e.g. Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and defending champion Dustin Johnson), there is still a strong field for the last WGC of the season in China. Meanwhile, as usual a second string line up will be battling it out in Mississippi. Only three out of the world's top one hundred will be playing in the event, amongst them recent winner Robert Streb.

2014 - Week 43 Winners

Marcel Siem (ranked 29th by Golf Predictor) won the BMW Masters on the European PGA Tour. The 34 year old German won his fourth tour event in a play-off on a windy final day in Shanghai. Siem chipped in for birdie at the first extra hole to defeat Alexander Levy and Ross Fisher, who both missed makable putts to prolong the fight. Levy in particular will be disappointed having let a four shot overnight lead slip and slumping to a final day 78. Our top ranked player, Justin Rose, overcame a poor start to finish in tied 4th and we had seven of the top seventeen plus ties (7/20) in total. 

Ryan Moore (ranked 16th by Golf Predictor) won the CIMB Classic on the US PGA Tour. The 31 year old American successfully defended his title, winning by three shots from Kevin Na, Sergio Garcia and last year's runner up Gary Woodland. Moore was helped in no small measure by Na (my betting tip!), who lost a ball on the penultimate hole to drop two shots. Our top ranked player, Sergio Garcia, finished in tied second and we had nine of the top nineteen plus ties (9/19).