08/28/2008 - Perthshire, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gregory Havret carded a five-under-par 68 Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
Havret's fellow Frenchman Christian Cevaer is one of four people tied for second place at minus-three. Cevaer shares second with Paul Broadhurst, Gary Orr and Robert Rock.
Nick Faldo's European Ryder Cup players and hopefuls had very average days on Thursday. This is the final event before the 10 automatic spots are filled, then Faldo will make his two picks.
Soren Hansen carded a two-under 71 and is tied for sixth, while Lee Westwood and last week's winner Darren Clarke are one stroke back at minus-one.
Havret played the back nine first on the PGA Centenary Course at The Gleneagles Hotel. He opened with a pair of pars before dropping in a birdie effort on the par-five 12th.
The Frenchman moved to minus-two with a birdie on the 14th. He turned in minus-three thanks to a birdie at 17.
Havret stumbled around the turn with a bogey on the first. He ran off three straight birdies from the fourth to jump into the lead at minus-five.
"I played really solid golf," Havret stated.
The 31-year-old is playing for the first time since the British Open.
"I've played five rounds of golf, one a week. I haven't played much. I usually play a lot. This time I tried to focus on my family," said Havret of what he did in his time off.
Cevaer was even-par through nine holes with two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine. He birdied the 12th to get back to minus-one.
After dropping a shot on the 15th, Cevaer bounced back with a birdie at 16. He closed with an eagle at the last to end in a share of second.
Broadhurst bogeyed two of the first four holes, but played bogey-free golf the rest of the way. He fought back to even-par with birdies at five and seven. He birdied the ninth, then posted birdies at 12 and 15 to end at minus-three.
Orr birdied three of his first five holes from the 10th to quickly get to minus-three. He moved to minus-four with a birdie at the first, but dropped back into a tie for second due to a bogey on the sixth.
"The wind was gusty today, it was tricky. Anything under par was a good score today," said Orr, who has tied for eighth and fourth in the last two events. "The last two weeks have been good."
Rock birdied each of the first two holes, but gave both those shots back as he tripped to a double-bogey on the par-three sixth. He rolled in another birdie at the ninth.
Around the turn, he dropped in birdies on 12 and 14 to get to minus-three. However, Rock tripped to a bogey on the 15th, but he bounced right back to birdie 16 to finish at minus-three.
Hansen was joined in sixth place at minus-two by Bradley Dredge, Benoit Teilleria, Anthony Wall, Gregory Bourdy, Martin Wiegele and Jose-Filipe Lima.
Ross Fisher, one of three players who could bump Oliver Wilson from the 10th qualifying spot on the European Ryder Cup points list, is among the group of players tied with Clarke and Westwood in 13th at one-under 72.
Wilson is tied for 73rd at three-over-par 76.
<< United to face Celtic, Villarreal in CL group play
Monaco, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Manchester United, which won the Champions
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with Scottish champions Celtic, Spanish runners-up Villarreal and Danish club
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<< Broncos deal G Holland to Dallas
Englewood, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Denver Broncos have traded guard Montrae
Holland to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2010
NFL Draft.
Dallas was in need of a guard after Kyle Kosier suffered a foot injur
<< Curlin makes Saratoga debut in Woodward Stakes
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin
returns to the races Saturday in the $500,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race
Course versus seven rivals. This will be the first ever start for the colt at
his hom
<< Rocky Mountain rivals square off in rare Friday fixture
Salt Lake City, UT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake
resume their Rocky Mountain rivalry on a rare Friday night Major League Soccer
fixture at Rice-Eccles Stadium this week.
Both teams are in need a wins in the
Fiorentina signs Gamberini to five-year deal >>
Florence, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fiorentina defender Alessandro Gamberini has
signed a new five-year contract, the club announced Thursday.
Gamberini, 27, earned a call up to the Italy squad for Euro 2008 following his
impressive form in
Art Official favored in Cane Pace >>
Freehold, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Art Official, Meadowlands Pace champ, is the
9-5 morning-line favorite for Monday's Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway. The
$392,850 one-mile event is the first leg of the Pacing Triple Crown.
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Mrowiec leaves Kaunas to join Hearts >>
Edinburgh, Scotland (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Hearts signed Poland midfielder Adrian
Mrowiec to its already substantial ranks from FBK Kaunas on Thursday.
Mrowiec was part of the Kaunas side that dumped Rangers out of the Champions
League qual
Wigginton powers Astros by Reds >>
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ty Wigginton homered twice as Houston clipped
Cincinnati, 3-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set from Minute Maid
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Humberto Quintero also homered for the Astros, who won the final two games i
Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament odds
As of February 9, MySportsbook.com has released its coveted 2007 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament betting odds. “March Madness betting ” only a month away, the top ranked Florida Gators are favorite at 7-2 to win it all. The defending champs have not disappointed at all this season and currently have a 22-2 record and are undefeated (9-0) in SEC play. The Gators’ thrive off of their extremely balanced, experienced and versatile attack. All five starters started in last seasons National Championship game. What is most impressive with this group is their balance; the five starters all average between 10.7 and 13.6 PPG. The Gators have been on an absolute roll having won 15 straight by an average of 16.4 PPG.
Right behind the Gators are the 5th ranked UNC Tar Heels at 9-2. The Heels (21-3, 7-2) are absolutely loaded with top notch talent and are as deep as any team in the country. A concern for the Tar Heels might be inexperience. Of their top four scorers/ minute earners, three are freshmen and the other is a sophomore. The rest of the regular season, the Tar Heels play only one team that is currently ranked (Duke). Their remaining opponents do combine for an impressive 107-58 record though.
Other teams that the MySportsbook.com members seem to believe will win it all include the west coasts’ top team #2 UCLA (6-1), #3 OSU behind man-child Greg Oden (8-1), and #4 Wisconsin (10-1) behind their defense which has given up 70+ points only three times all season.
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Arizona 20-1
Butler 20-1
Duke 30-1
Florida 7-2
Georgetown 30-1
Indiana 35-1
Kansas 15-1
Marquette 25-1
Maryland 40-1
Memphis 50-1
Nevada 50-1
UNC 9-2
OSU 8-1
Oregon 30-1
Pittsburgh 15-1
Texas 30-1
Texas A&M 18-1
UCLA 6-1
Wisconsin 10-1
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Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back
With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times.
"Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders."
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