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Learn Techniques from Golf Betting to Beat the
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Golf betting is so varied that it
mirrors all other sports betting and can offer lessons to all, and you might
even take up betting it yourself. Its also continuous, that is there are
tournaments every week of the year and most of the time there are multiple
tournaments. You can bet outrights, place, match-ups, groups, handicaps, 2
balls, 3 balls, make or miss the cut and even teams (Daily Fantasy Sports),
plus many others for the big events. There are two main tours for the men, the
USPGA Tour and European Tour. There are also many minor tours and the
equivalent womens tours, though only the US tour and majors come into
consideration for betting purposes.
Value First and foremost
is value, that is you are betting with advantage at the highest price
available. What advantage is will be down to your methods and analysis. But
highest price is simple, you need to have multiple accounts with many bet
vendors like bookmakers and exchanges to be able to get the top price. To do
this just take up offers you see, for instance a
new £20 free bet from
Ladbrokes just started and gives you a way to open an account and get a
bonus along with it. Now you are ready whenever they have the top price for a
bet you are interested in.
Information Most golf tournaments
have in excess of 125 players and even the best odds makers and professionals
can not keep tabs on every aspect of every player. These days all the top
golfers in the world have social media accounts and they can't stay away from
the likes of Twitter. They are always giving away bits of information that give
you the chance to build a picture of their mental state and their game. The
only way to advantage is to put in the time and effort to follow huge amounts
of information and pick out the useful bits.
One great story from Jason
Sobel, the ESPN and Golf Channel senior golf writer, comes from the 2008
Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii, first tournament of the year. When
sitting in the press tent before the start of the event a well known golf hack
entered the room in a sweaty bedragled state. He had just walked nine practice
holes with Daniel Chopra of Sweden. The man declared he had just been with the
winner because not only was he playing well but that Chopra had just spent a
month playing the course on the X-Box Tiger Woods game. He won of course but
now that sort of thing is on Twitter.
Disinformation Lots of
hype from pros about 'just had a baby', just turned 40 and others. Ignore them
unless you have a real piece of analysis. Case in point is Phil Mickelson.
Before the 2017 Open Championship he declared he would leave the driver in the
locker room. Point being he had been wild off the tee with the driver and at
the Royal Birkdale Open that is plain death. This news was on every media
outlet. The important point however about Phil was that he was wild off the tee
with every club and he went on to miss the cut easily. So select information
carefully.
Daily Fantasy Sports In countries where real
betting is available the DFS participation is low and there is not the interest
there is in the USA for instance. But they have at their disposal new tools
that allow statistical analysis in depth over recent tournament results that
previously you had to work all week for just to get some of it. For as little
as $10 per month the people you are up against, whether bookie or punter, have
at their finger tips some top level analysis. You must get some yourself if you
are going to compete.
Bias Head versus heart is always a
battle. You must have a way of evaluating odds with real numbers. This way you
can remove any bias which all people have. If this means betting against your
favourite team or player then you can always leave that bet out. But remember,
you are likely to know more about them than any other so bite the bullet and
place the bet. Premier league winners Leicester City is a less than once in a
lifetime result. Its not happening again in your lifetime. |
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