Golf Betting Sites 2024

To Win

‘To win’ bets are the bread and butter of golf betting. Put quite simply, these are wagers on which a golfer will win a tournament, full stop. At the end of a tournament, your pick will either have won or not won the tournament – and that’s all that determines if you’ll be paid.

As we mentioned earlier, the interesting thing about golf is that there is rarely an overwhelming favourite to win a tournament. Instead, even the best players are likely to only win a handful of events throughout the year, meaning you can get some rather long odds even on the world’s very best golfers.

A typical board for a tournament might look like this:

• Rory McIlroy: 8.00
• Dustin Johnson: 8.00
• Justin Rose: 9.00
• Justin Thomas: 11.00
• Tiger Woods: 13.00

Odds will typically be listed on every golfer in the field, with many receiving prices of 101.00 or more. In other cases, only a certain number of players will be listed, with the remaining competitors grouped together for a ‘field’ bet that pays out if any other golfer wins the tournament.

Some new betting sites even publish live golf odds that are updated throughout each round as golfers post their scores on each hole.

Head-to-Head

While betting on who will win a whole tournament is exciting, it can be frustrating for some bettors, since they’ll usually lose on any given bet. That’s why head to head markets are a popular option in golf betting.

These wagers pit two golfers against each other, with the one who scores lower winning the bet. For instance, you might see the following odds offered on a head to head golf bet:

• Jordan Spieth: 2.10
• Dustin Johnson: 1.80

These bets can be offered either on individual rounds or an entire tournament, but the concept is the same: you want to be on the side of the golfer who puts up a better score. Should the two competitors tie, your wager will resolve in a push.

Head-to-head bets are especially common during match play tournaments, Ryder Cup matches, and special televised events.

Futures

Golf betting sites frequently offer futures bets which pay according to the results achieved at the end of a season. For instance, you may be able to bet on who will win the FedEx Cup championship at the end of the PGA Tour season.

Futures bets on individual golfers might ask you to predict whether they will win a major, or how many majors you think they might win over the course of the year.

For major tournaments, you may also be able to make futures bets well in advance. For instance, you might find British Open betting odds months or years before a tournament takes place.

These wagers differ slightly from normal ‘to win’ bets, in that you have no guarantee that your player will even play in the tournament you are wagering on.

Prop Bets

Proposition bets offer unique ways to wager on golf tournaments and can include a wide range of interesting options.

Some of the most conventional include bets on how high an individual golfer will place, such as whether they will finish in the top five or top ten at the end of the tournament.

But there are also more exotic bets offered at many golf betting sites. For instance, you might be able to wager on the nationality of the winning player, or on who will be the best finisher from a given country.

Some sites offer golf bets on whether a hole-in-one will be scored during a tournament, or on how many birdies will be scored on a particular hole.

The Masters

This tournament is held on the second Sunday in April. An invitational event, The Masters is hosted by the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia every year, with the winner receiving a prestigious green jacket. As the first major of the year, plenty of punters focus on how to bet on the Masters at the start of each golf season.

PGA Championship

Formerly held in August, the PGA Championship will move to May in 2019. This tournament is hosted in various locations throughout the United States and dates back to 1916. As the event was traditionally held late in the season, the PGA Championship betting odds were typically based largely on performance throughout the year, although that may change now that it has been moved to the spring.

The Open Championship

The Open Championship has been held annually since 1960, and it rotates through ten different links courses throughout the United Kingdom. Because these courses are very different from most of the locations on tour, the British Open betting odds can vary greatly from those at other majors, and bettors often have to carry out extra research to understand the odds and make smart bets on the Open Championship.

FedEx Cup Playoffs

The PGA Tour season now ends with four FedEx Cup playoff events. The top 125 players compete in the first tournament, with the field narrowing down to 30 for the final event – the Tour Championship. The golfer with the most points after the final event is declared FedEx Cup champion.

Ryder Cup

Held every two years, the Ryder Cup is a competition between a team representing the United States and another representing Europe. Playing in the Ryder Cup is considered a huge honour, with players qualifying either through a points system or by being selected by their team captain. This is one of the most popular golf betting events, as wagers are available on individual matches as well as on the overall result.