Easy scoring conditions last week meant you had to hit the ground running to be involved. JT certainly didn't do that, with an opening 74, but he finished strong and picked up a Top 5 finish.

The win was a two horse race from a long way out, and it was Australian Cam Smith who prevailed over Jon Rahm.

Seamus Power was briefly in a tie for the lead on Friday, but couldn't maintain the pace of the leaders.

SENTRY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

0.5pt ew Jordan Spieth at 20/1: unplaced
0.5pt ew Tony Finau at 25/1: unplaced

Five to Follow

Justin Thomas at 8/1: T5
Jordan Spieth at 22/1: T21
Tony Finau at 28/1: T19
Seamus Power at 75/1: T15
Lucas Herbert at 125/1: 37th

Five to Oppose

Jon Rahm at 9/1: 2
Collin Morikawa at 11/1: T5
Abraham Ancer at 30/1: T35
Harris English at 40/1: T30
Branden Grace at 125/1: T33

LW

Our racing tipster started the day with a +33% return on investment from all his tips (nearly 300 in total) from non-festival Cheltenham meetings.

Saturday started with a winner, and Kansas City Chief was tremendously unlucky to be touched off on the run in.

Cheltenham
12.15: Hillcrest 2pts win at 7/2: WON, SP 3/1
12.50: Undersupervision 1pt ew at 4/1: unplaced, SP 9/2
13.25: The Glancing Queen 2pts win at 10/3: 2nd, SP 3/1
14.00: Coole Cody 1pt ew at 13/2: unplaced, SP 5/1
14.35: Kansas City Chief 1pt ew at 11/1 (Betfred - 5 places)
15.10: McFabulous 2pts win at 3/1: 2nd, SP 9/2
15.50: Beyond Boundaries 1pt ew at 5/1: unplaced, SP 15/2

There was a smidge of seconditus on the day with three of ours only finding one too good.

LW