Paddy Harrington has ruined my season... Either Westwood or McIlroy in his place and I would be flying high on the overall leaderboard.

To reflect on his recent poor form... All you need to do is look at this weeks odds.

McIlroy 8/1
Harrington 20/1

I'm going to have a large wager at that price hoping that old Paddy re-pays me for destroying my Fantasy Golf season.

(an old Tglover trick of covering the guy I just sold from all my teams)

Last Years Irish Top 10 no event for The Greenbrier Classic

1 LOWRY Shane IRL
2 ROCK Robert ENG
3 EDFORS Johan SWE
4 DOUGHERTY Nick ENG
5 WARREN Marc SCO
6 FORSYTH Alastair SCO
7 KAKKO Roope FIN
8 LEVET Thomas FRA
9 RUMFORD Brett AUS
10 BLAND Richard ENG
10 WALL Anthony ENG
10 WOOD Chris ENG

Was the field really that weak last year? no big names there...

Have you contacted Mr Green to find out which numpty keeps logging into your team and putting in Harrington? Shocking lapse in security. It is probably the same person who didn't log-in last week to make changes.

for the record Marathon Jon...

last weeks misfortune cost me 10 points per team... thankfully, KJ Choi blew up on sunday

however, in my rage... i transferred in Villegas and O'hair

amateur stuff losing out on 2 transfers per team and gaining 0 points

Was held in May I think and timing clashed with the big guns' schedules - maybe too close to US Open? Anyway, the change of date has brought the big boys in.

Welcome to my world, Kdub! Keep an eye out for similar things from me in the upcoming OFL footy season

Last year, the event was held in May - in-between the Players Championship and BMW PGA Championship - thus explaining the relatively poor field.

The event was also held at a different venue (Baltray), so last year's results mean very little.

Personally, I'd be surprised if the winner didn't come from the elite group of McIlroy, Harrington, McDowell, Rose and F Molinari.

I hoping my 100% reliance on McIlroy comes to fruition again...half a million euros would do wonders for either him or Harrington in the Race to Dubai.

i got a little Paul McGinley at 100/1

now if only i could lay that off after round one

Explain to me this laying off malarky? I see it mentioned a lot. What does it mean? Does it mean you cash in your bet for a smaller return in case after day 1 the player blows up?

It's something you can do on Betfair...and depending on how much time you have on your hands, can prove very fruitful.

Taking the above instance, let's say you put a tenner on Paul McGinley at 100/1. Then, including your stake, you'd get back £1010 if he wins.

Let's say his odds tumble down to 20/1. Then you can act as the bookmaker and lay it off at that price. You can lay off whatever you like, but I'd quite commonly cover my stake, so lay-off £10 at 20/1 - thus reducing your potential profit by £200.

This means that you now have a no-lose situation. You'd win £800 if McGinley wins and breakeven if he doesn't. Simples.

Alternatively, you can lay off far more than your initial stake to ensure a profit. By laying off £25 at 20/1, you'd win £15 if McGinley doesn't win and £500 if he does. Quids in.

You can quite often bet on a player before he reaches an easy par five and lay-off after he makes birdie (hopefully!) and bag a nice profit! You can also lay before you bet (say, when a player you don't particularly fancy reaches a tough stretch of holes), but this is a far more risky strategy!

But beware...there are always people with more information than you (i.e. are at the course rather than relying on leaderboards or delayed television coverage!)

Wow. Thanks Mr Green. That is all far too clever for me. You would need to spend all day in front of a computer watching the odds I would imagine. And a live feed from the event would help, too.

What happened to Robert Rock? On for a BR and now DQ

I think there might be something wrong with the leaderboard on europeantour.com, it's also showing Michael Campbell at level par after 6 holes!

Apparently, Rock's scores on 14 and 15 had been entered in the wrong order and he was disqualified.

in OFL team

in NCG team

Owning Rock is like owning Bradders! Dyslexic caddies, eh? They should be scaked.

Unfortunately, Rock himself cannot be excused from error (the caddy probably has nothing to do with it, unless they're specifically requested to be an extra pair of eyes) - it's the player who is responsible for ensuring that his scores and the scores inserted by their marker tally up.

It's unfortunate, but rules are rules...he's not the first and he certainly won't be the last.

It's slowly correcting itself....he's now showing as +2 after 8!

Wasn't it the Irish Open last year when Molinari was DQ'd for the same reason?
Peter Hanson marked him down as a 5 - 4 when it should have been 4 - 5.

It must be the done thing for pro's to just mark their cards on every other hole.

and my mini masterplan of bringing robert rock in straight after the open is -4.....

dredge hard enough you get a rock eh jonathan

Yes, it was indeed.

Some players mark their cards after every hole, some every three holes, and a few on a more ad hoc basis...but it just shows how important it is to check and double check after the round.

CHRIS WOOD hole in one

on a par 4

Another European Tour live scoring hiccup, I would suggest...

stupid site acting up again... of course it wasn't true

I don't know what made me think the caddy marked the card. I seem to be getting dafter by the year! I had quite a nice team forming this week with Overton, De Jonge and Rock (with Price benched).

Ross fisher on a massive charge - 6 birdies on a the trot......assuming the site has it right!

Nothing wrong with the site this time now -7 after 11 -9 overall

Just tapped in for his fourth birdie in a row (the previous three holes being 486, 477 and 501 yard par-fours!), now 10-under for the round.

Needs top be -2 for the final four holes (one being a par five, and the other three not particularly long par fours) for a 59...

Alas, just four pars to finish with and a round of 61. I'll be surprised if he's not leading at the end of the day, though...