O Macaco's back with a Sawgrass Special

Ask any golfer for their opinion on the scariest shot in golf and they'll probably tell you that standing on the 17th tee with a score in the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass narrowly pips standing on the 17th tee at Reay with a chance of bagging the McBob Thistle!! So, who is going to get over the knee-knocking and lift the trophy this weekend? Come with me on a journey of a process I like to think sits someone betwixt elimination and pure guesswork....

The Punt - O Macaco's Masters Machinations

With the 76th Masters just around the corner, O Macaco takes a look at which of Magnolia Lane's movers and shakers have a prayer through Amen Corner....

The Punt - O Macaco's Nag Sabatical

Now, see if I'd googled "KING + BUDGIE + SMUGGLER" I could just about understand why I was presented with this dodgy mugshot of The Hoff, but the search was "SLOW + HORSE".  Go figure!!!

The Punt - O Macaco's Golfing Gamble 6

OK the less said about last week's effort the better.  Matt Bettencourt - Beat n caught....by pretty much the whole field!!

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With the European Tour taking a March break, many of last week's matchplaying Eurostars have stayed on in the states for the Honda Classic.

O Macaco's World Matchplay Update

Right sportsfans - couldn't find a frog to lick so I had to settle for a sook on one of bertie's liquorice allsorts!  And the result is a mixed bag of wee first round bets for your consideration...

The Punt - O Macaco's Golfing Gamble 4

Last Week:  What a shocker.  In the U S of A, Kevin Na na na na na na na na na na na na managed to avoid the cut and nothing more. 

The Punt - O Macaco's Golfing Gamble 3

Last Week...
And the Oscar nominations in the category of "most disappointing performance by something French".....my insipid green Peugeot 407 wobbling up and down the A9 like a badly set blancmange.........French referee Romain Poite disallowing a Scottish try without going to video replay...........JB Gonnett for his pitiful performance in Dubai...oh hang on JP DQ'd on a technicality - he never made it to the weekend!!!!!

The Punt - O'Macaco's Golfing Gamble 2

Last week:
Mixed fortunes for O Macaco's men last week: In Qatar peter Hanson managed to hang on to a top 5 place for a solid each way return on investment.  Taking the laurels on the European Tour was the dourest of the dour - Paul "I won The Open and nobody gives me the credit I deserve" Lawrie.

The Punt - O Macaco's Golfing Gamble

Europe

This week sees the Euro Tour in the middle of the desert swing.  An uncharacteristicly tame finish in Abu Dhabi last week saw Scandinavian sun lover Peter Hanson fall out of contention, but O Macaco can see world number 46 going the distance this week in Qatar and at 33-1 with many bookies, its got to be worth a few bananas of anyones bunch!

USA

Across the pond our american cousins are in a swing of their own - west coast styly.  After a run of relatively unknown winners lately, O Macaco's crystal ball tells him that it's time for one of the established names to take to the winners enclosure again.  After struggling with injury through last season, may I re-introduce you to South African green jacket owner Trevor Immelman.  Can he hold his nerve through the 16th at Phoenix?  Got to be worth an each way punt at lots-1.