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09/14/2007 - Halmstad, Sweden (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The European team clawed back to earn halves in the last two matches of Friday's fourballs at the Solheim Cup, but still trail the Americans by a point, 4 1/2 - 3 1/2.
Annika Sorenstam and Maria Hjorth won the 18th hole to halve the American pair of Stacy Prammanasudh and Angela Stanford.
The anchor match was the most exciting as Laura Davies made an amazing par to win the 16th hole and lead Trish Johnson to a halve against their much younger American opponents, Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel.
The European pair, who are each older individually than the combined ages of Pressel and Creamer, were 1-down with three to play.
At the 16th, no one was in good position, least of all Davies. She had to blast out from some trees, over a stream and came up short with her second. That's where she chipped in for a three to square the match, then narrowly missed a 25-foot birdie putt at the 17th.
With daylight waning, all four players found the fairway off the tee at 18. Davies missed left with her approach, while Johnson came up 60 feet short with her's. Pressel also failed to get it to the hole with her second, but left herself 30 feet for birdie.
Creamer hit the longest drive and not coincidentally, the best approach. Her ball stopped 15 feet left of the flag and gave herself a realistic chance at birdie.
Davies pitched to four feet and Johnson had roughly the same distance for par. Pressel blew her birdie try almost five feet past the hole, leaving the outcome in Creamer's hands.
If she made the birdie putt, the Americans would go two points ahead, but her putt never moved toward the hole. Creamer was conceded par, then in act of sportsmanship maybe ahead of their years, the young U.S. duo conceded the par putts to the Europeans to halve the match.
Each side won a match Friday afternoon. Europe's Iben Tinning and Catriona Matthew beat Pat Hurst and Brittany Lincicome, 4 & 2, while Americans Cristie Kerr and Nicole Castrale handled Sophie Gustafson and Gwladys Nocera, 3 & 2.
On a day of crazy weather that saw minute-by-minute shifts of sunlight, downpours, heavy winds and cold temperatures, the Americans won the morning foursomes, 2 1/2 - 1 1/2.
With two of the matches pretty much decided, the conclusion of the difficult day revolved around the two matches that were halved.
Prammanasudh and Stanford headed to the back nine armed with a 2-up lead, but Hjorth chipped in for birdie to win the 10th. The two halved several holes on the back nine, including a pair of long birdie putts that erased easy wins.
At the 13th, Sorenstam nearly holed her seven-iron tee ball, but left herself five feet for birdie. Prammanasudh drained a 20-foot birdie putt first to put the pressure on Sorenstam, who cooly stroked home her birdie effort.
Hjorth spoiled a possible win for the Americans at the 14th. The Swede ran home a 25-foot birdie try and Prammanasudh had to cash in on her five-foot birdie putt. She did and everyone made a mess of the 16th en route to halving the hole with bogeys.
Sorenstam made a par at the last and that left the Americans in some trouble. Stanford found a greenside bunker and blasted her shot over the green into the fringe. Prammanasudh came up short with her second and chipped to 15 feet.
Stanford rolled her long par effort well past the hole, right in the line of Prammanasudh's par saver. Stanford tried to show her partner the path, but neither player threatened the hole with their attempt, giving Europe a halve.
"We just fought really, really hard," said Sorenstam. "We never gave up. We tried as hard as we could. In the end, I thought it was some good golf, despite the conditions."
With that tight match in the books, the focus shifted to the anchor match.
Perhaps the biggest swing came when Pressel missed a two-footer that could have won the 13th and given the American side a 2-up advantage.
Johnson, like she did most of her match, missed a very makable birdie putt at the 14th. She converted from long range for birdie at 15, but Creamer followed her in the hole with a birdie of her own.
Then Davies, who has missed only one session in her 10 Solheim Cups, made one of the best pars in competition history.
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2007 Academy Award Betting : Oscars odds
The 79th Annual Academy Awards odds , which will air February 25th, is sparking an interest throughout the nation with the announcement of its nominees. As the public chooses their favorites, sportsbooks are creating odds for one of the biggest entertainment betting nights of the year.
Whether its at a “Oscar Party” or in an on line sportsbook, entertainment gambling on award shows represent a huge increase in betting. As the public speculation mounts, MySportsbook.com, the largest and most respected sportsbook on the web, posted odds on who is going home with a “Golden Best Friend.”
“ We see a majority of our entertainment wagers come from the Academy Awards,” said MySportsbook.com spokesperson, Tim Dalton. “This is a competition that applies to everyone. These are the people that entertain us on a daily basis and you want to see them win.”
MySportsbook.com posted the following odds for Academy Awards:
Odds to win the Achievement in Directing:
Alejandro González Iñárritu "Babel": 8/1
Martin Scorsese "The Departed": 2/17
Clint Eastwood "Letters From Iwo Jima: 4/1
Stephen Frears "The Queen": 12/1
Paul Greengrass "United 93": 15/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
Leonardo DiCaprio in "Blood Diamond": 11/1
Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson": 20/1
Peter O’Toole in "Venus": 16/5
Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1
Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Penélope Cruz in "Volver": 18/1
Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1
Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50
Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1
Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1
Best Animated Feature Film:
"Cars": 1/3
"Happy Feet": 2/1
"Monster House": 20/1
Best Foreign-Language Film of the Year:
"Water" – Canada: 22/1
"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2
"After the Wedding" - Denmark: 24/1
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)" – Algeria: 23/1
"Pan's Labyrinth" - Mexico: 1/10
Odds to win the Best Live-Action Short Film:
"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)": 6/5
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many)": 7/2
"Helmer & Son": 5/2
"The Saviour": 6/1
"West Bank Story": 7/2
Odds to win the Best Original Screenplay:
"Babel": 7/4
"Letters From Iwo Jima": 3/1
"Little Miss Sunshine": 21/20
"Pan's Labyrinth": 11/4
"The Queen": 5/4
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
"Babel": 11/4
"The Departed": 1/2
"Letters from Iwo Jima": 15/2
"Little Miss Sunshine": 17/10
"The Queen": 20/1
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 11/10
Jackie Earle Haley in "Little Children": 10/1
Djimon Hounsou in "Blood Diamond": 9/1
Eddie Murphy in "Dreamgirls": 2/5
Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed": 5/1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Adriana Barraza in "Babel": 14/1
Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal": 11/1
Abigail Breslin in "Little Miss Sunshine": 2/1
Jennifer Hudson in "Dreamgirls": 1/8
Rinko Kikuchi in "Babel": 11/1
Film To Win Most Oscars:
Dreamgirls: 2/3
Pans Labyrinth: 6/5
The Departed: 6/1
The Queen: 11/1
Babel: 15/1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 11/1
Little Miss Sunshine: 15/1
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