The Tour Championship 2010 Betting

The Tour Championship 2010 Betting The Tour Championship 2010 starts today (Thursday 23 September) and golf betting fans all over the world will be keen to see who plays well enough to defeat the field and claim the title when the competition concludes on Sunday 26 September. As always the bookmakers have formed their own opinions and sports betting enthusiasts who want to bet before the first ball is struck have a wide range of markets to choose from in addition to the main Outright Betting market.

Phil Mickelson is the early favourite to win the tournament and there is no doubt that he will have a lot of supporters. If Mickelson puts in a good performance in The Tour Championship 2010 then he could become world number one – not something that a certain Tiger Woods would be too happy about but definitely something that will motivate Mickelson to give his best. That motivation should give bettors who fancy Mickelson to do well even more confidence when they place their wagers.

Those who want to oppose Mickelson have plenty of quality players to choose from. Steve Striker, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Paul Casey are all at the short end of the Outright Betting market with most bookmakers, and if want to side with a player at bigger odds then you can do so. Each way bets in the Outright Betting market pay 1/4 the odds on players who finish in first, second, third or fourth place with most bookmakers, so a wager on a bigger priced player could still prove profitable even if they don’t go on to win the event.

As we said earlier, there are other markets beside the main Outright Betting market just mentioned. The ones that are likely to be of most interest to the majority of golf betting fans are as follows:

Place Only – Here you can bet on a player to achieve a place only. The odds are shorter then betting for a win in the Outright Betting market, but you have four chances of your bet succeeding (for the first four places) instead of just one (for the win only).

Group Betting – Group Betting markets allow you to bet on players to perform best in a certain group. With each group having just a handful of competitors, your odds of landing a winning bet are obviously better than if the entire field of players was involved.

Match Betting – Match Betting markets involve two players who are viewed as going head to head for betting purposes, so these are the easiest bets to get right. And because each Match Betting market is independent of all the others, you could place several Match Betting wagers and have several winners.

Whether you wager on the player who you think will win The Tour Championship 2010 outright or you have a bet in any of the other markets that are available, enjoy the tournament and good luck.

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