Chapter 3: Biggest golf betting markets

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Outright winner

Punters predict who they think will win the overall tournament.

Each way

This is 2 separate bets. One of them is to win, and the other is place. This offers some increase security to your outright winner selection, however it’s important to note it may also lessen the value of the odds.

First round leader

Predict which player you believe will be on top of the leader board come the end of the first round of play.

Top 5/10 Finish

Analyse the competing golfers and pick 1 or multiple that you think will finish within the top 5 or 10.

Match betting

Bookmakers will often offer a pair or group of players competing and punters predict who they believe will score the best throughout the entire tournament.

Versus the field bets

Golf’s structure lends itself well to in-play betting. Viewers attempt to predict events occurring in real time. For example, if the next stroke will get the ball in the hole, who’s winning the next round or if the next stroke will go out of play.

Live/In-play betting

Golf’s structure lends itself well to in-play betting. Viewers attempt to predict events occurring in real time. For example, if the next stroke will get the ball in the hole, who’s winning the next round or if the next stroke will go out of play.

Top Nationality betting

With groups of players being from the same nation, punters can predict which of these country mates will finish with the best score. This could be between as few as 2 players, or upwards of 20.

Read Chapter 4

Now that you understand the biggest betting markets of golf, read chapter 4 before you bet.