I am bored. I am soooooooo bored. I am bored of weather
delays. Last week’s European Tour action was delayed by weather, but frankly,
that pales in to insignificance compared to what I'm being forced to endure
this week. Round 1. Weather delays, completed on Friday. Round 2, weather
delays, completed on Saturday. And guess what happened in Round 3? Ha! Caught
you, Round 3 ran through smoothly and completed on time. GOT YOU AGAIN! Round 3
is, as expected is currently suspended.
Whilst I sound a bit whiney here, I understand that it is
irresponsible to do golfing in “inclement” weather, i.e. giant lightning
storms. I also don’t expect the PGA Tour officials to do anything other than
attempt to get players out during any intervals, but it doesn't stop me from
being bored. And stupid.
The other week I wrote of a bet on Nico Rosberg, who I keep
tipping up to my chums, but I never really seem to back. Had I had the
foresight to continuously back Nico I would probably be rich at the moment. The
11/8 second favourite came in to 2/5 favouritism before the race today, due to
some stunning qually times, another power unit problem for Hammers and a penalty
for Vettel.
This put Nico on the front row with Bottas. I part-fancied
the Finn to do well here, so had £5 on him at 16s, just for a bit of interest. That
didn’t look too bad for a while, with Valteri holding off Lewis well, but after
the pits he came out behind Raikkonen and my race was well and truly run.
Nico cruised to a comfortable victory and I was beside
myself with envy at what could have been. It seems inevitable that he will
continue to crush the life out of everyone on the circuit, so future lumping
will be heading in his direction. Having said that, unlike most other sports
cruising to a win in F1 actually means very little coverage of you will be
shown on TV. I mean, who wants to watch lap after lap of perfectly executed
apexes and breaking? The coverage normally consists of those mid table
constructors, jostling for position, points and perhaps podiums. With Vettel
out of the race Kimi was free to cruise to 3rd, and my money went
awry. Oh well, I was bored once Lewis overtook him.
The snooker now is also boring. After a thoroughly exhilarating
semi-final, which saw Mr Harrow’s exceptional punting thrown out the window
with his failure to lay off. Picture the scene, £5 each way on Fu at 80s. Fu
gets in to the semis somehow, and is up against World Number 1, Selby. After a
very scrappy match, Fu started to look the stronger of the two. This was the
opportune moment to back Selby. £100 on the Jester at that point would have
guaranteed Mr Harrow £100 profit, as, if Fu progressed to the final, the each
way was in, which would return £200. But the hedging was denied, and Fu failed
to win.
The final thus far has been a thoroughly unenjoyable and
boring affair. So you know, boring.
Football has less than no interest for me, so all of these
people rooting for some team from the East Midlands is frankly boring.
The European Tour golfing has been happening at abhorrent
hours at the moment whilst I've been asleep which kind of makes it boring.
Fortunately to cut through the boredom I have hope. Hope in
Hoffman, hope in Aiken, and hope in Horschel, hope in Tringale, who, at the
time of writing, are 3, 5, 6 and 6 shots off the lead respectively. Thankfully,
I did not back Justin Rose who missed the 36 hole cut at some point on Saturday.
I also did not back Rickie or Day, and I couldn't be less bothered.
I am, however, bored.
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