We have published the predictions for week 33 - the AT&T National (US) and The European Open (Europe!). The former is only in its second year while the latter has moved course (and country and sponsor!) this year, so this makes prediction a little trickier. The Booz Allen Classic was held on the same course (Congressional) as the AT&T National in 2005, so that gives us some extra data to work with there. However, we have no data for The London Club in Kent, England as it is hosting a European tour event for the first time.
Competitors who were winners of The European Open before 2003 (when Golf Predictor records commence) include Darren Clarke (2001) and Per-Ulrik Johansson (1996 & 1997). However, they won at the K Club in Ireland, so not sure if that has any relevance this week.
Monday, 30 June 2008
2008 - Week 32 Winners
Golf Predictor narrowly missed out on a hat trick of successful predictions when our second choice for the Buick Open, veteran Kenny Perry, continued his great season by winning the Buick Open. Second placed Woody Austin was our 6th ranked player while our top choice, Jim Furyk, ended up in a tie for 36th place.
The French Open has been a forecaster's nightmare in recent years with all manner of lowly ranked golfers coming through and triumphing. This year proved no exception when the young Spanish qualifier, Pablo Larrazabal, romped to victory. Showing impressive steel, the 481st ranked player in the world easily held off his pursuers in the final round, led by a resurgent Monty. He reckoned himself that he was only the 150th most likely to win the tournament before it started, but we think he was unduly harsh on himself - Golf Predictor had him ranked 136th! He never used his driver during the entire tournament, which tells you about the power of these young guns (or how wayward he is with it!).
Let's hope Montgomerie can keep his form up now and make the Ryder Cup automatically, as he isn't the best of buddies with Faldo (but then again, who is?!!). A lot of the bigger names tanked this week, but our top choice, Lee Westwood, finished in a tie for fifth place. Even the ultra consistent Robert Karlsson didn't finish in the top 3 - "only" managing a tie for 13th this time.
The French Open has been a forecaster's nightmare in recent years with all manner of lowly ranked golfers coming through and triumphing. This year proved no exception when the young Spanish qualifier, Pablo Larrazabal, romped to victory. Showing impressive steel, the 481st ranked player in the world easily held off his pursuers in the final round, led by a resurgent Monty. He reckoned himself that he was only the 150th most likely to win the tournament before it started, but we think he was unduly harsh on himself - Golf Predictor had him ranked 136th! He never used his driver during the entire tournament, which tells you about the power of these young guns (or how wayward he is with it!).
Let's hope Montgomerie can keep his form up now and make the Ryder Cup automatically, as he isn't the best of buddies with Faldo (but then again, who is?!!). A lot of the bigger names tanked this week, but our top choice, Lee Westwood, finished in a tie for fifth place. Even the ultra consistent Robert Karlsson didn't finish in the top 3 - "only" managing a tie for 13th this time.
Sunday, 29 June 2008
€200,000 British Open Competition
The Irish Sunday Tribune newspaper is offering a cool €200,000 prize to the person who can predict the top four places at this year's British Open (Royal Birkdale, July 17-21). If there ever was a competition that Golf Predictor was made for, this is it!
We're not going to keep that week's prediction data to ourselves until after the closing date (5pm local time, July 16th) for the competition or "accidentally" get the prediction wrong that week! Oh no, we're going to have our best prediction ready that week as usual and we wish you the best of luck. Just don't forget about us if you win!!!
Unfortunately, this particular competition is only open to residents of the island of Ireland (north and south of the border), but I'm sure there are similar competitions run from time to time in papers all over the world. With a Golf Predictor subscription, you can see our full ranking list and analyse the statistics for all the golfers in the field. This will definitely give you a huge advantage in this type of competition.
So, sign up today - it could be the best investment you ever make!
We're not going to keep that week's prediction data to ourselves until after the closing date (5pm local time, July 16th) for the competition or "accidentally" get the prediction wrong that week! Oh no, we're going to have our best prediction ready that week as usual and we wish you the best of luck. Just don't forget about us if you win!!!
Unfortunately, this particular competition is only open to residents of the island of Ireland (north and south of the border), but I'm sure there are similar competitions run from time to time in papers all over the world. With a Golf Predictor subscription, you can see our full ranking list and analyse the statistics for all the golfers in the field. This will definitely give you a huge advantage in this type of competition.
So, sign up today - it could be the best investment you ever make!
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Prediction Update for Week 32, 2008
We have re-run the prediction engine for this week's tournaments as the previous results were not in the system, although the tournaments themselves were. You know what they say about assumption being the mother of all cock ups? Well, it's obviously true!
This has allowed some players to move up a few places in the rankings on the back of good performances on the same course in the past so be sure to check out the new list. Note that you may have to refresh the Golf Predictor prediction pages to see the updated rankings.
This has allowed some players to move up a few places in the rankings on the back of good performances on the same course in the past so be sure to check out the new list. Note that you may have to refresh the Golf Predictor prediction pages to see the updated rankings.
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
New Search Feature
We have added a basic search page to the member section of Golf Predictor. This will allow members to search for tournaments, golfers and courses in our system. As shown in the screen shot above, members can search by tournament name, golfer first name, golfer surname, golfer nationality, course name, course location, course country and course par.
We've altered the top menu to accommodate this new functionality and we hope that you find it useful.
Course View Enhanced
We've enhanced the Courses view slightly by adding the par and length to the list of courses. These two fields are also sortable, so you can now list courses by these parameters.
Knee Latest
Apparently, Tiger has had his latest knee operation already and it was a complete success. That's great news for him and everyone else with an interest in golf, save perhaps the other pros!!
Let's wish him the best and hope he's back striding the fairways as soon as possible. In the meantime, all the other guys better may hay while they can!
Let's wish him the best and hope he's back striding the fairways as soon as possible. In the meantime, all the other guys better may hay while they can!
Monday, 23 June 2008
2008 - Week 32 Predictions Now Online
The predictions for the Buick Open and the Open de France are now live on the site. Let's hope that we can keep our hot streak going here at Golf Predictor!
2008 - Week 32 Extra Information
There are a lot of previous winners playing in the Buick Open this week in Michigan. Most of these competitors won before 2003 (as far back as Golf Predictor goes), including Scott Verplank (1988), Dan Forsman (1992), Larry Mize (1993), Woody Austin (1995), Justin Leonard (1996), Billy Mayfair (1998), Tom Pernice Jr (1999), Rocco Mediate (2000) and Kenny Perry (2001).
The corresponding list of pre 2003 winners competing in the Open de France this week is Miguel Angel Martin (1992), Paul Broadhurst (1995), Colin Montgomerie (2000) and Malcolm MacKenzie (2002).
The corresponding list of pre 2003 winners competing in the Open de France this week is Miguel Angel Martin (1992), Paul Broadhurst (1995), Colin Montgomerie (2000) and Malcolm MacKenzie (2002).
Sunday, 22 June 2008
2008 - Week 31 Winners
Week 31 has been a great week for Golf Predictor. We have got our first back to back wins after Stewart Cink prevailed once more in the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Connecticut. In fact, 4 or our top 5 finished in the top 10 and we had 5 of the top 10 in total. Hunter Mahon and even auld Corey Pavin continued their good showings here. With his consistent performances this season, a win was on the cards and Cink duly delivered his 5th career victory. It was his first win for 4 years and he finally sealed the deal with a good up and down on 18.
Martin Kaymar (ranked 7 by us) almost did a "Hennie Otto" and let a big lead slip in the BMW Interational Open in Munich. After playing imperious bogey free golf on Friday (63) and Saturday (67), he squandered a 6 shot lead and needed a birdie at the last to force a play-off with Anders Hansen (ranked 12). Luckily for him, he triumphed in front of his home crowd and dedicated his win to his ill mother, to whom we wish our best. We have spoken a lot about knees lately and Hansen did incredibly well just one month after his own knee surgery. Our top choice, Henrik Stenson finished in a tie for 6th and altogether we had 9 out of the top 14, which is a great result for us.
Martin Kaymar (ranked 7 by us) almost did a "Hennie Otto" and let a big lead slip in the BMW Interational Open in Munich. After playing imperious bogey free golf on Friday (63) and Saturday (67), he squandered a 6 shot lead and needed a birdie at the last to force a play-off with Anders Hansen (ranked 12). Luckily for him, he triumphed in front of his home crowd and dedicated his win to his ill mother, to whom we wish our best. We have spoken a lot about knees lately and Hansen did incredibly well just one month after his own knee surgery. Our top choice, Henrik Stenson finished in a tie for 6th and altogether we had 9 out of the top 14, which is a great result for us.
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