In the general public, golf is still considered a hobby of the elite and in the eyes of many people it is not necessarily the most exciting of all leisure activities. But the traditional ball sport has found more and more fans, especially in the past few years, and it has been opened up to a wider section of the population.
Golf courses are easy to reach from any major city and in many rural regions golf courses are tried to provide further incentives for sports enthusiasts.
Instead of the expensive private clubs, more and more cheaper public golf courses are being built and the necessary sports equipment can be borrowed there or purchased cheaper than in the past in specialist sports shops.
The triumph of golf around the world
The history of golf goes back to the 15th century. It was first mentioned in 1457 in an official decree of the Scottish Parliament. Unfortunately, this was a ban on the game, which was to be stopped in favour of militarily more sensible archery.
Nevertheless, golf spread from Scotland to Great Britain and later all over the world. Today it is one of the most widespread organised sports in the world.
Unlike some other disciplines such as tennis, football. or baseball, it is difficult to practice it without your own public or private course. For this reason, membership of a club or controlled access to a course in another form is unavoidable.
In addition to private pleasure, professional golf also flourishes with competitions all over the world. Only a few other sports pay higher fees and prizes than here, and tournaments take place all over the world.
Golf betting as a fixed point in the bookmakers' programme
So it's no wonder that betting providers have long since discovered golf as an exciting opportunity for sports betting. The competition of the US-American PGA-Tour (Professional Golfers Association) and the European Tour move the masses here.
The bookies have come up with a wide range of different ante-post, long-term, live and special bets for the various tournaments and individual players.
Not surprisingly, the classic winning bets or single bets on the winner of a tournament prove to be the most popular among golf enthusiasts. You place your bet before the start of the competition and then wait to see who finally wins.
Since the current form plays a major role in golf, experienced sports weather players like to deal with the current condition of the players, instead of stubbornly betting on the odds leader.
Stars of the scene in head-to-head comparison
In comparison to many team sports, golf usually has a very large field of participants and (apart from the extremely rare team competitions) the team colleagues cannot simply correct a bad individual performance.
Very popular for betting in golf are the division of players into pairs and the subsequent evaluation of the relational or joint performance of the two competitors.
The most common option is to bet on who will be ahead in the final standings. This is a match bet or a head-to-head bet. This comes about regardless of whether these two participants compete directly with each other in the course of the tournament or not. Only the final result counts.
Structurally based on the head-to-head bets are the double bets for which the winner and the first runner-up must be correctly predicted. You can choose either an option without an exact ranking, both players in any order, or a bet on the exact ranking.
Similarly, a Double Chance bet combines two different tournament winners into one tip and ends with a payout if each player triumphs. Although slightly worse odds, higher chances of success allow bets on a top 5 or top 10 placement of a particular player.
If a pro is in good shape and consistently performing well, but does not manage the big throw with a tournament triumph, these tips still prove to be a good opportunity to benefit from the golfer's consistent form.
