Jeff Overton (Evs in the Outright Winner market) has opened up a four-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Greenbrier Classic after shooting an impressive second round 62.

The 27-year-old is without a win in five years on the US Tour, but is in a strong position to pick up the winner’s cheque in West Virginia.

Overton, who finished tied 11th at The Open, is currently 12th in the FedEx Cup standings but a win on Sunday will see him move up to second place in the money list.

He admitted afterwards: “As soon as I hit my driver on the first hole and I hit a good wedge shot in there, I knew that I was gonna have a good round.”

Boo Weekley (5/4 to beat Overton in 3rd round two-ball) is Overton’s closest challenger after carding a 63, to leave him on ten-under-par. Jimmy Walker and joint first-round leader Erik Compton are a further shot back at -9.

Only three Europeans made the cut – Swedes Richard S Johnson and Carl Pettersson, and Spain’s Sergio Garcia, who shot a second round 67 to leave him at five-under-par.

British trio Greg Owen, Brian Davis and Martin Laird all missed the cut, after finishing the second round on level par, +4 and +5 respectively.

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Ross Fisher had mixed feelings after seeing his lead trimmed to a solitary stroke as his third round at the 3 Irish Open tailed off following a flying start.

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England’s Ross Fisher missed a golden chance to score the European Tour’s first-ever 59 in the 3 Irish Open at Killarney today.

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Three of the best golfers in the world, who all happen to be Irish, battle it out this week at Kilarney Golf & Fishing Club for the Irish Open title. Nobody appears to have an edge this week as the KG & FC course hasn’t hosted an Irish Open in 18 years.
The Irish Open pits young Rory McIlroy against somewhat old Padraig Harrington, and against super-hot Graeme McDowell.

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Golf bettors won’t have any past history to go on when they handicap the Greenbrier Classic, which makes its maiden voyage this year in White Sulphur Springs, WV with a field that includes nine different major champions. It replaces the long-standing Buick Open on the Tour slate, and brings a top ten player - Jim Furyk - who is priced as the +1400 betting favorite to win.

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Golf bettors know that with three majors during a one-month period, this is clearly crunch time for the betting favorites on the Champions Tour, especially for people like Fred Couples.
The "young guns" are the guys in their early 50’s who have had a lot of early success on this senior circuit.

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England’s Robert Rock has been disqualified from the Irish Open for making a mistake on his scorecard, after an opening round 65 that would have left him one shot off leader David Howell (22/1 – 3 Irish Open In-Play).

Tournament officials found Rock, who lost last year’s Irish Open in a play-off to then-amateur Shane Lowry, had mixed up his scores on the 14th and 15th holes at the Killarney Golf Club and threw him out of the event.

Ryder Cup vice-captain Darren Clarke (14/1) shot a five-under 66 to give himself a chance of making Colin Montgomerie’s team as a player while fellow Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy (7/2) carded a 67.

Scotland’s 1999 Open champion Paul Lawrie (40/1) managed to reach six under par but bogeyed the last to slip back alongside Clarke (2/1 to win his 2nd round 3-Ball).

Italy’s Francesco Molinari (14/1) also bogeyed the last to drop onto four under – one shot ahead of Padraig Harrington (18/1).

The former Irish Open winner is currently outside of the top nine places which would give him automatic qualification for a place on Europe’s team for Celtic Manor.

But he fared better than fellow-hopeful Justin Rose, who also needs to pick up Ryder Cup points, but he shot a disappointing three-over 74 in his first round.

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Darren Clarke continued his recent revival with a five under par 66 when the 3 Irish Open began at Killarney today.

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Golf bettors usually want to make an evaluation of the top contenders (i.e., betting favorites) in a tournament before making an "investment," and the Greenbrier Classic is no exception.
This is the first year ever for this PGA Tour event, so there is not a lot of history on this course to lean on, but we know what kind of course it is, and that may serve some players better…

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Jim Furyk remains a +1400 golf betting favorite in the sportsbook to win the Greenbrier Classic this week. His closest competitor in that category, Matt Kuchar, is at +1800.
For some reason, though, Furyk isn’t the favorite in the sportsbook in his individual matchup to beat Kuchar.
The discrepancy on the PGA Tour’s iron-wielding men to win straight-up and in their individual…

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