By Aidan Elder | Chief sports writer Landing the ball on a green is harder than liking Sergio Garcia. The rough punishes you more than an angry ex-wife looking to secure half of your vast career earnings. Even if you do get it right, the bizarre wicker basket pins are on hand to provide their […]
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Check out how you can get off to a winning start on day one of the US Open
By Josh Powell | U.S. Open betting If you’re anything like me you enjoy the challenge of making a quick buck relatively hassle-free. Unfortunately the days of selling Dip Dabs and cans of Fanta out of my rucksack in the corner of the playground are gone, and so my attention turns to the US Open. […]
PGA Championship: 6 golfers you’re backing for Wentworth glory
Sean Goff | PGA Championship The European Tour gets a much-needed boost as the world’s top golfers abandon the US Tour en masse for the PGA Championship at Wentworth. Sergio Garcia’s joke that used ’Tiger Woods’ and ‘fried chicken’ in the same sentence has backfired and the Spaniard was forced to apologise early doors. One man […]
The Players Championship: 6 golfers you’re backing for the 5th Major
Golf’s fifth ‘Major’ tees off at Sawgrass on Thusday and now that Sir Alex Ferguson has decided to put his feet up Paddy Power will make the task of picking the winner that bit easier for him by paying 1/4 the odds the first 6 places. It’s the best line-up since the Masters and a […]
Betting news on Chelsea, McIlroy, Woods and today’s racing
Football Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle all progressed to the last 16 of the Europa League but it was a tough night for Liverpool. Brendan Rodgers’ side beat Zenit St Petersburg 3-1 thanks to another two goals from Luis Suarez but it wasn’t enough as the Reds crashed out on away goals. Chelsea, last season’s Champions League winners, are the 7/2 favourites to win the Europa League, closely followed […]
Betting news on Liverpool, Phil Mickelson, AP McCoy and the darts
Football The big game certainly lived up to all the hype Sky Sports had thrown at it, as Manchester United drew 1-1 with Real Madrid in Spain. Danny Welbeck opened the scoring midway through the first half before Cristiano Ronaldo rose like a salmon to nod in the equaliser after half an hour. It means the tie is delicately poised going into the […]
Betting news on Di Matteo, McIlroy, Benny the Swinger
Football A bad night for Chelsea got even worse for Roberto Di Matteo as he was sacked this morning by Chelsea. The Blues 3-0 loss at Juventus in Group E leaves them on the brink of becoming the first holders of the competition to go out at the group stages and given Roman Abramovich’s ‘we need […]
Betting news on the Champions League, Rory McIlroy and today’s racing
Football It was a tough night for Celtic fans in the Nou Camp after the Hoops suffered a last-gasp defeat to Barcelona. Jordi Alba scored the winner with 30 seconds to go after Celtic had taken the lead in the first half and then defended as though their lives depended on it. Manchester United looked shaky at the back […]
Ryder Cup heroes give Paddy Power the thumbs up
Europe’s history-making Ryder Cup team has sobered up for long enough to give Paddy Power the thumbs up for helping them complete one of the biggest fight-backs in the tournament’s history. Going into the 12 single matches 10-6 down it looked bleak for Jose Maria Olazabal’s team but with the encouragement from Paddy Power’s sky […]
McGinley fav to be next Ryder Cup captain after Miracle of Medinah
Sean Goff | Sports Reporter The dust has settled on the ‘Miracle at Medinah’ when the Europeans came from 10-4 down at one stage to record a staggering 14.5 to 13.5 win. Europe are already 4/5 favourites to defend their title at Gleneagles in 2014 after dedicating their heroic win to the legendary Seve Ballesteros. […]
Betting news on Rangers, Blackburn, the US PGA and the Olympics
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics – Despite my gloomy predictions earlier today, Tom Daley has qualified for the final of the men’s 10 metre platform. He put some poor form behind him to throw himself into the pool flamboyantly better than he was doing […]
Betting news on Tiger Woods, Liverpool, Man City and the Olympics
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Golf The wind finally blew at Kiawah Island yesterday and the US PGA Championship came to life. We’re only at the halfway point, but already dreams of a Tiger/McIlroy shoot-out on Sunday evening are hard to ignore. On a tough […]
Betting preview: Dufner to make amends in US PGA
By Sean Goff | Sports Reporter If Adam Scott wanted to run and hide after last month’s collapse at the Open Championship then Jason Dufner knew exactly how he felt. Scott famously joined the choker’s role-call headed by Jean Van de Velde who had the 1999 Carnoustie Open Championship at his mercy before bottling it in the […]
Open betting preview: Golf’s magnificent seven
By Lee Dover Europe’s biggest golf tournaments starts on Thursday when The Open Championship tees off and Paddy Power is paying each-way 1/4 the odds the first seven places. It’s a Magnificent Seven offer and here are Seven Magnificent contenders. 1. Darren Clarke The Northern Irishman’s emotional victory at Sandwich last year saw him leapfrog up the World rankings jump to […]
Swing when you’re winning: Paddy’s 3 ball special
Paddy Power is getting into the swing of things ahead of the Open Championship and is offering a cracking three ball special for the opening round of golf. If Luke Donald, Phil Mickelson or Geoff Ogilvy shoot the lowest first round score, Paddy Power will refund all losing bets on first round 3 balls! A few of […]
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