Winning big on The Open

The MoneyMan explains the betting method applied to this past weekend’s British Open golf, that allowed over 100% return on investment. Golf is a sport where the margins between... Read more
Winning big on The Open

The MoneyMan explains the betting method applied to this past weekend’s British Open golf, that allowed over 100% return on investment.

Golf is a sport where the margins between the best are a lot smaller and the possibilities of the outcome more varied than the mismatches that often take place in two-team sports (rugby, soccer, NFL, NBA etc.). The odds on each individual are therefore a lot higher than your standard odds on many betting markets.

The British Open teed off this past weekend, and what I did (and usually do) is spread a lump sum of cash between a small field of players, with the hope that one will pay out.

On my Facebook page, The Money Man SA, I listed the 10 players I felt had a shot at victory and then spread R5000 between them evenly at R500 each.

With the R5000 initial “loss” in mind, I laid out the possible net profit to be made depending on which individual won. They rea as follows:

1) Louis Oosthuizen R11,000
2) Justin Rose. R27,000
3) Viktor Hovland. R11,500
4) Will Zalatiris. R34,500
5) Collin Morikawa. R12,000
6) Tommy FleetwoodR16,500
7) Scottie Scheffler R20,500
8) Patrick Cantlay. R13,000
9) Webb Simpson. R28,000
10)Brooks Koepka. R3,500
Collin Morikawa became the second golfer to ever win his debut at two separate events, at just 24 years old, when he took home the Claret Jug, and at the same time returned me a healthy R12000.
The methodology is obviously not full proof, one still has to back a select group and obviously anything can happen in sport. But the fact is that you will most likely bring home some cash, and you’ll at least have a bit of fun backing one of several studs while doing it.
Happy betting folks, MoneyMan.

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