Selective Betting

Selective Betting  is a very real key to success when it comes to making money from golf tournaments. Although a “bet and pray” approach might result in you getting lucky every once in a while, taking the time to be selective can dramatically improve the number of winning bets you have. Here are our top tips on how to be more selective:

• Event Selection –Our first recommendation is for you to be selective about the events you bet on. There are many factors that can make one tournament a better betting proposition than another – such as the likely weather conditions and the number of players that have decided to participate – and taking these factors into consideration can help you to identify those events that give you the best chance of picking winners.
• Player Selection – Next, consider the players you bet on from the perspective of current form. Your favourite professional golfer might be a household name, but if he hasn’t won a major tournament for over a decade and is currently fighting off the flu, he probably isn’t the wisest selection. Ideally, you should concentrate on betting only on those players who are at the top of their game both physically and mentally.
• Bet Selection – As our golf betting page explains, there are many different types of bets that are available from bookmakers, and exercising selectivity here can be a great way of improving your chances. For example, if you bet on a player to win the tournament outright, you might only have a 1 in 60 chance of winning, but if you bet on the same player to win a two-ball event, you’d have a 1 in 2 chance!
• Bookie Selection – The golf bookmaker you choose to bet with can have a direct impact on the amount of money you make if you win. Bet £10 on a player at odds of 1/1 with one bookmaker and you’d make 10% less than if you bet £10 on the same player at odds of 11/10 with a different bookmaker, so be sure to shop around and go for the bookmaker offering the best odds.

May 13, 2008