My Sporting Weekend
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Articles by John Pargiter
My sporting weekend
I get a lot of stick inside and outside The Rust as a closet gambler . I reply that just as a regular drinker is not an alcoholic so a flutterer is not a gambling addict. One of the reasons for this is that I hate ” if only”. Gamblers are unhappy people as even if they win they wished [...]
My sporting weekend
There are many fine European golfers in the up and coming generation and two did well over the weekend. Renato Paratore aged 20 won the Nordea Masters whilst Matt Fitzpatrick who won the tourney last year finished a respectable second. Alexandre Levy of France recently won a tournament too. It was [...]
Election betting
When it comes to a flutter I like it to be on a live sports event . However I became rather engrossed in the 24 page General Election betting guide in the Racing Post last Thursday. I was amazed how many markets there were and to see hose football tipsters once advising you to buy Dumbarton’s [...]
Golfing weekend
Jeremy Chapman refound his touch by tipping Kevin Kisner who won the Dean and Deluca invitational at Colonial and his pick Jordan Spieth finishing second. He also recommended Francesco Molinari who finished second to Alex Noren in the flagship event of the European PGA the BMW at Wentworth. The [...]
The golfing weekend.
Both European and US PGA events were determined by play offs. Alvaro Quiros whose recent form was so bad he nearly lost his card squandered a 7 shot lead largely through nerves to Zander Lombard but beat the South African in a play off. Over at Texas, the Byron Nelson played out on the Four Seasons [...]
Golfsixes
A new format was presented yesterday on the European Tour namely internationally paired four balls played over 6 holes over 2 days. It’s marketed as golf’s attempt at T20: quicker, more razzmatazz for the younger audience who in our compressed accelerated age has they say no time for 4 [...]
The golfing weekend and other matters
Once again Jeremy Chapman came up trumps with his third consecutive winner, Alexandre Levy in the Volvo European event in Beijing. I have a bit of Jewish blood in me so I found myself rooting for the swarthy young Frenchman for reasons beyond lucre. France has produced some exciting golfers [...]
Golfing update
With our pages dominated by those cavorting on the Riviera I have had less opportunity to boast about my golf betting. Last weekend was the best ever with Jeremy Chapman picking the winner at the Heritage (Kevin Chappell) and Shenzhen (Bernard Wieberger in a play off with another Chappers pick [...]
Watching the Masters
Unlike my distinguished co-writer I always intended to watch till the bitter end but this just like any pro’s preparation for the Masters requires attention to detail and experience. BBC were covering this year so no tedious ads breaks for betting but crucially no 2 minutes for comfort [...]