How to read golf betting lines?

Question

I am new to sports betting and facing extreme difficulty in reading the golf betting lines. Can you explain me, how I can overcome this difficulty?

Answer 1

he match-up bet, which matches one golfer’s play against another’s, works differently. Bookmakers create the match-up, with the idea being whoever finishes higher within the grouping by the end of the tournament is the winner. If there’s a match listed between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson it would look similar to this:

Memorial Tournament Match-up Money PGA Golf Betting Line

Phil Mickelson +160

Tiger Woods -190

If you bet on Woods and he finishes ahead of Mickelson, then you win. The player whose line is listed as a negative or minus (-) is favored in the match. In the above example, to win $100 on Woods, you must risk $190. If Woods wins, then you get a total payoff of $290 ($190 original wager and the $100 profit). The player whose line is a positive (+) is the underdog. Thus, with Mickelson, if you lay down $100 and he finishes higher than Woods, you would win $160 and get a total of $260 back. When you put money on the golfer that’s likely to win, you risk more and get less of a return.

Some match-ups feature one golfer—a favored one—against two or three others. With this type of match, you might have Woods against Mickelson and Vijay Singh. You win if Woods’ lowest score once compared to whichever player finished best in the tournament-- Mickelson or Singh—is better than that particular golfer. This is a tougher bet to win than the one-on-one match-up, since Woods must in essence do better than two other golfers.

This is the manner in which odds perform when it comes to win or show betting and match-up opportunities. Some sites also offer obscure bets, especially for the more prestigious tournaments that attract greater amounts of golf betting action and public attention.

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