Casual bettors will only bet on four or five tournaments all year round. This might be the Ryder Cup or the majors. You need to know that you will hardly be sharp at betting if you are betting on a sport this rarely. If you bet on a regular basis, you will stay sharp and be in a position to conduct good analysis. If you are a rare bettor, there are mistakes that are likely to occur. In this post, I am going to furnish you on mistakes you should avoid when betting on Golf.
Betting on more than you can win
One common mistake would be betting on more than you can possibly win. Most of the bettors betting on golf tournaments will bet on more than one player. They will do this thinking that they will have several rooting interests in the event but when you do this; you might be losing more than you are winning or simply making an unacceptable rate of return.
Placing bets on the big players
Golf is known to be a game of stars and those are the stars that are usually on the headlines. The likes of Tiger Woods, Mickelson, Harrington and Els; these are the players who will always grace the headlines. For this reason, they will draw majority of the action in betting. The odds compilers are aware of this and they will set the odds accordingly which makes it hard for you to find value with this big names than with the less popular but talented golfers.
Not taking the course into consideration
When placing a bet, you need to consider the course they will be playing on. As a bettor, you will have a smaller edge when the greens are hard to hit and small or when the greens are soft and easy for the players to land the ball near the pin. If a player has had a lot of success on the course in his previous games, then he will not have the advantage in case the course is altered and different from the last time he played in it.
With this information in mind and being able to carrying out analysis on not only the popularity or the skills of the player, you will be in a position to make smarter bets on golf than you would in the past.
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