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The best gambling story of The Open is this wager on Tommy Fleetwood

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You’ve probably heard quite enough about Southport native Tommy Fleetwood trying to win the British Open at the course he snuck on to play with his father as a child.

But the better Tommy Fleetwood story this week might be this item from The Southport Champion.

A gentleman by the name of John Murray saw Fleetwood in action some 15 years ago, and he apparently really liked what he saw.

Murray decided he wanted to place a bet on Fleetwood. What kind of a bet? That the Englishman would win “an open championship on the PGA Tour” by 2017. Bookmaker William Hill offered him 66-1 odds.

Not exactly a great bet in light of Gerry McIlroy’s famed 500-1 wager on his own prodigious son, most punters would argue, regardless, that was the bet.

Here’s where things get a bit tricky. While most would interpret “an open championship on the PGA Tour” to mean either the British Open of the U.S. Open, Murray has a different interpretation. He thinks any open championship that a PGA Tour golfer is eligible to enter should count. And by this logic, Fleetwood’s French Open win should net Murray £33,000, or so he thinks.

William Hill, of course, isn’t of the same mind. Murray has retained a lawyer in hopes of pocketing the princely sum.

“Mr. Murray has since presented his bet to William Hill who have refused to settle the bet,” Murray’s lawyer said. “They argue that the bet was in respect of The Open Championship and and not any other. Mr. Murray argues that winning ‘an open golf championship’ referred to Mr. Fleetwood attaining first place in any championship which was open to all pro golfers on the PGA Tour.”

Unfortunately for Murray, the Independent Betting Adjudication Service has sided with William Hill.

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  1. Bob Prytherch

    Jul 21, 2017 at 1:02 pm

    As they would, money talks.

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (1/16/24): Cobra Forged One Length irons

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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.

It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.

Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Cobra Forged One Length irons.

From the seller: (@adamwittman): “4-PW, GW, lw. Nunchuk shafts. $350 tyd conusa.”

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Cobra Forged One Length irons

This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules

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What GolfWRXers are saying about Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons

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In our forums, our members have been discussing Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons which he has in the bag at this week’s CJ Cup. WRXers have been commenting on the switch and the clubs themselves in our forums.

For lots more photos, check out the full thread here.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

  • btyh: “Holy offset.”
  • Glf_LU: “These are interesting. Not going to make a rush to judgement until I see them in person. It does look like a little more offset than I would expect to see in this model.”
  • bcflyguy1: “Kisner is not one to make a lot of equipment changes (see the GBB driver he’s still using), so if these do have staying power in his bag that will be interesting to see. I have to wonder if there’s something different about his set, because like others have mentioned there appears to be more offset on his than I recall seeing in the samples I’ve had in hand.”

Entire Thread: “Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons”

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WATCH: PGA Tour players play hole blindfolded and it’s hilarious/amazing

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As part of a Srixon campaign, four PGA Tour players recently participated in a three-hole challenge, with each hole being a different game; hole No. 1 was blindfolded, hole No. 2 was costumes and distractions, and hole No. 3 was alternate shot with a baseball bat. The teams were Smylie Kaufman and Sam Ryder against Shane Lowry and Grayson Murray.

Watch the full video below, since it is quite entertaining (albeit not the type of golf that Old Tom Morris surely had in mind), but in particular, make sure to check out the first hole where Lowry and Ryder play a full hole completely blind folded. It’s amazing to watch how badly Ryder struggles, and how Lowry nearly makes par.

Cleveland-Srixon’s marketing department has been hard at work crafting these viral-esque ad campaigns; if you remember, former long-drive champion Jamie Sadlowski recently dressed as 80-year-old Grandpa Jamie to fool range-goers. That video has since gathered over 1.2 million views on YouTube.

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