It's not easy to make a mint betting in-running at Augusta but take heed of these five pointers from Paul Krishnamurty before making your
In-Play decisions
Never forget that Augusta is a front-runners' course
Arguably the principal attraction of betting in-running is the scope to 'back high, lay low'. Due to the nature of the sport - big fields, big prices, the potential for disaster holes - this strategy is particularly popular with golf punters, and rightly so.
Most events offer numerous such opportunities, and those with the bravery to take on the front-runners and favourites must surely have enjoyed a payout at Bay Hill and Andalucia last weekend. While foolish favourite backers were steaming in at short odds-on to back the likes of Mark Foster and Steve Marino, the shrewdies were either taking them on, or building up big-priced positions about players who would soon be challenging for the lead.
Of course, it isn't quite so simple. Every course is different, and an important lesson for punters to learn this week is that the Masters rarely offers such opportunities. Augusta is renowned as a front-runners' track, with 19 of the last 20 winners coming from Sunday's final group. Why? Because most of the birdies and eagles on what is otherwise a very tough course, arrive on four holes, all par-5s. Especially given some evil Sunday pin positions, it is set up for the man two shots clear, playing conservatively, waiting to attack the par-fives while his opponents are punished for playing too aggressively elsewhere.
That doesn't mean that money can't be made by trading players at big prices, from off the pace. That strategy would have paid off last year with final day chargers Anthony Kim and KJ Choi, so long as bets were laid back at the opportune moment. Such successful timing is the key, and in order to get it right, you need to know the course.
How to play the front-nine
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Golf Betting
In-Play decisions
Never forget that Augusta is a front-runners' course
Arguably the principal attraction of betting in-running is the scope to 'back high, lay low'. Due to the nature of the sport - big fields, big prices, the potential for disaster holes - this strategy is particularly popular with golf punters, and rightly so.
Most events offer numerous such opportunities, and those with the bravery to take on the front-runners and favourites must surely have enjoyed a payout at Bay Hill and Andalucia last weekend. While foolish favourite backers were steaming in at short odds-on to back the likes of Mark Foster and Steve Marino, the shrewdies were either taking them on, or building up big-priced positions about players who would soon be challenging for the lead.
Of course, it isn't quite so simple. Every course is different, and an important lesson for punters to learn this week is that the Masters rarely offers such opportunities. Augusta is renowned as a front-runners' track, with 19 of the last 20 winners coming from Sunday's final group. Why? Because most of the birdies and eagles on what is otherwise a very tough course, arrive on four holes, all par-5s. Especially given some evil Sunday pin positions, it is set up for the man two shots clear, playing conservatively, waiting to attack the par-fives while his opponents are punished for playing too aggressively elsewhere.
That doesn't mean that money can't be made by trading players at big prices, from off the pace. That strategy would have paid off last year with final day chargers Anthony Kim and KJ Choi, so long as bets were laid back at the opportune moment. Such successful timing is the key, and in order to get it right, you need to know the course.
How to play the front-nine
Continued:
Golf Betting
