Australian PGA

No time for analysis this week, may post some thoughts on this event later, but just the late plays for now

Outright plays:

Peter O'Malley to win e/w 25/1 @ Victor Chandler

Craig Parry to win e/w 25/1 @ Victor Chandler

Brett Rumford to win e/w 25/1 @ Victor Chandler or First Stake

Will have 72-hole matchup plays soon

72-hole plays:

Brandel Chamblee to beat Matt Kuchar -111 @ First Stake [3 units]

Peter Senior to beat Rodger Davis -133 @ Easybets

Kenny Druce to beat Ted Tryba -111 @ First Stake [2 units]

Shane Tait to beat Scott Hend -115 @ DAS [3 units]

Peter O'Malley to beat Jarrod Moseley -125 @ First Stake [3 units]

Craig Parry to beat Adam Scott -111 @ First Stake

2nd round plays:

Wayne Riley to beat Justin Cooper +100 @ DAS [3 units]

James Kennedy to beat Robin Goodey -103 @ DAS [3 units]

Brett Rumford to beat Adam Scott -103 @ DAS [3 units]

Rodger Davis to beat Stuart Bouvier -103 @ DAS [3 units]

Jason Ashcroft to beat Paul Marantz -103 @ DAS [3 units]

After the 1st round the 72-hole plays currently stand 3-3-0: Chamblee/Kuchar 2 down; Senior/Davis 2 up; Druce/Tryba 1 up; Tait/Hend 2 down; O'Malley/Moseley 1 up; Parry/Scott 1 down. Very close, with the first two probably decided after 36 holes.

2nd round update: 4-1-0 and +8.91 units

Good day to back the dogs as the only loser is Davis by a single shot to Bouvier who closed with three straight birdies to inflict the loss   Elsewhere, Riley won by five, Kennedy by four, Rumford by one and Ashcroft by seven.

Four 72-hole plays were concluded at the cut, with one in dramatic fashion: Parry was disqualified was signing for an incorrect score in the 1st round. But such the honor in this game that even though no-one noticed it, he notified officials the following morning when he saw his name on the leaderboard at three-under-par not two-under. First time he's been disqualified in his career and you have to applaud such honesty, but this was a double loss as he was one of the outright picks as well   Remember having Padraig Harrington as a double-pick when he was controversially disqualified in the B&H! Anyway, Parry was a loser as was Chamblee to Kuchar, the margin five shots. The other two to be decided were a two-shot win for Peter Senior and a tie between Tait and Hend which is judged as a dead-heat by DAS rather than a loss. In the two remaining plays, Druce is tied with Tryba and O'Malley leads Moseley by two.

Only one of the outright plays survives to the weekend, Parry was disqualified and Rumford missed the cut by one, while O'Malley lies in 17th position, but just three shots out of a place finish.

Just one 3rd round play so far, might have more later

Adam Scott to beat Aaron Baddeley -103 @ DAS [3 units]

3rd round update: 0-0-1 and -0.04 units

Glad I opted for the -103 and dead-heat rule @ DAS rather than the +120 and ties lose available at a Euro book   Baddeley finished his round with an eagle and a birdie to make up the two-shot difference to Scott, but at least nothing worse than break even on the day. In the two remaining 72-hole plays, Druce now trails Tryba by six and O'Malley leads Moseley by five. The single remaining outright play improved though: O'Malley moved up to 5th place with one of a very small number of sub-par rounds; a long way behind the runaway leader, but a place finish would still bring the outright plays into profit for the week.

Just one play for the 4th round as well:

Peter O'Malley to beat Greg Norman +150 @ Easybets [2 units]

Final update: 0-0-1 and -2.00 units for the day; 6-5-2 and +4.14 units for the week

O'Malley lost by two shots to playing partner Greg Norman for a disappointing two-unit loss on the day, though the matchups retained a decent profit, due to the success in the 2nd round. The two remaining 72-hole plays were split: Druce lost to Tryba by seven, the same margin that O'Malley beat to Moseley.

Update on outright plays: 0-3 and -3.00 units

O'Malley's 73 dropped him out of the place finishes to 7th so with the Parry disqualification and Rumford missing the cut by one that's naught for six in Australia