Think there is no way [Rory] McIlroy can make par from off the fairway on No. 1? Click. Click. You just bet on a bogey. Like the way Vijay Singh is hitting his short irons? You can wager on him making birdie on the par-3 12th.
Betting on The Masters has become big business.
…Software specialists at Bovada.lv had been working feverishly to get the site’s in-round betting offerings ready for the Masters; those pages allow bettors to wager on players on a hole-to-hole basis, literally betting while lying on their couches.
Well, that’s one way to turn the Masters into Caddyshack. (August National does seem to have Judge Smails types in abundance already.)
Among the golf “prop bets” currently offered by Bovada:
- Will Rory McIlroy get a hole-in-one? (100-1 against.)
- Will Tiger Woods make the cut? (You can get 8-1 odds on “no.”)
- How many letters in the first name of this year’s winner? (The odds say 4.)
Almost as much fun as betting on the Royal Wedding last year!