Wagering on golf has never been more popular. As one of the world’s most watched sports, professional golf tournaments like The Masters and the PGA Championship draw millions of viewers and punters every year. For Irish punters looking to get in on the action, Ladbrokes offers unbeatable golf markets, competitive odds, and helpful resources to give you an edge.
We offer diverse golf markets for major tournaments and tours in Ireland and around the world. As one of the leading online sportsbooks, Ladbrokes provides competitive odds and a broad range of options for golf fans.
Getting Started with Betting on Golf
Wagering on professional golf requires knowledge of common Ladbrokes golf markets and golf scoring fundamentals. Below are some key concepts to know.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Outright Winner | On a player to win the tournament outright |
| Each-Way | Allows you to wager on a player to win or finish in a high placing (usually top 5 or top 10) |
| Top 5/10/20 Finish | On a player to finish in the top 5, top 10, or top 20 of the tournament |
| Head-to-Head | Which player in a selected pairing will achieve the best finishing position or lowest score |
| First Round Leader | On a player to have the lowest score after the first round |
Scoring:
- Stroke Play – The entire score across all rounds determines the finishing positions.
- Par – The expected number of strokes to complete a hole, typically 3, 4 or 5.
- Under/Over Par – If a round or score is below or above par.
Armed with that basic knowledge, you can start confidently placing golf wagers.
Inside Ladbrokes’ Industry-Leading Betting on Golf
As an official partner of the European Tour, Ladbrokes provides extensive markets for all major professional golf events. Using July’s The Open Championship as an example, here are the myriad ways to bet on golf’s original major.
Outright Winner
Ladbrokes offers outright winner odds on over 200 golfers to lift the Claret Jug. Pre-tournament favourites included Rory McIlroy (+1000), 2021 champion Collin Morikawa (+1400), and rising Spanish star Jon Rahm (+1600). This market depth allows you to find value well beyond the short-priced favourites.
Having over 200 wagering options removes the pressure to only target prominent golfers, allowing you to pinpoint value selections across the field during your research.
Top Finishes
In addition to picking the winner, Ladbrokes also offered markets on:
- Top 5 Finish – A golfer to finish 1st-5th place
- Top 10 Finish – A golfer to finish 1st-10th place
- Top 20 Finish – A golfer to finish 1st-20th place
These markets provide excellent value for golfers expected to contend but not necessarily win. Backing Tyrrell Hatton for a Top 20 Finish at Evens odds could offer much longer odds than his outright odds suggest.
Nationality Markets
Do you fancy this to finally be the year an Englishman lifts the Claret Jug? Or for the Americans to dominate on links courses? Ladbrokes has you covered with Top English, Irish, US, and European wagering.
With golf being such an international sport, having multiple betting angles through a national lens allows for tremendous creativity in your wagering strategy.
Make/Miss The Cut
Ladbrokes provides markets on whether a player will make or miss the weekend cut after 36 holes. This brings pre-tournament opportunities – offering value to golfers expected to either safely advance or narrowly miss out.
Other Tours, like the PGA, feature 54-hole cuts, where only the Top 70 and ties play the final round. This adds another mid-tournament market to exploit.
Live Betting
Once tournaments start, Ladbrokes has you covered with industry-leading Live Betting across all markets – often enhancing odds to offer even more value.
If Jordan Spieth goes on a birdie run to take the early lead during Round 1, you might find his outright odds enhanced into double digits. Live betting allows you to react in real time and capitalise.
No other bookmaker rivals Ladbrokes’ combination of golf markets and live wagering capabilities.
How to Calculate Ladbrokes Golf Odds
Actually, to calculate expected returns from golf bets, it’s important to know how odds are expressed. Ladbrokes uses decimal odds, which represent the total return for a winning bet, including the original stake.
For instance, if a player is listed at 10.0 odds to win a tournament, a €10 bet would return €100 (€10 x 10.0) if they emerge victorious. For an each-way bet, the wager is split into two parts: one for the outright win and one for the place finish. If the each-way terms are 1/5 odds for a top 5 finish, and you place a €10 each-way bet (€20 total stake) on a player with 20.0 odds, you would receive €50 (€10 x 20.0 × 1/5) for a top 5 finish, plus your €10 place stake, for a total of
Popular Ladbrokes Golf Events
There are many local and international events to wager on at Ladbrokes. You only need to go to the official site, select “Golf”, and get started.
The Open Championship
As one of golf’s four major championships, The Open attracts significant betting interest. Ladbrokes offers an extensive range of markets for this prestigious event, including outright winner, each-way, top 10 finish, and nationality-based bets.
The Ryder Cup
The biennial Ryder Cup pits the best golfers from Europe against their counterparts from the United States. Ladbrokes offers odds on the outright winner, correct score, top points scorer for each team, and individual match betting.
The Irish Open
As Ireland’s most prominent golf tournament, the Irish Open draws considerable attention from local punters. Ladbrokes provides a full suite of markets, including outright winner, each-way, top Irish player, and hole-in-one odds.
The PGA Championship
Another of golf’s major championships, the PGA Championship, offers ample betting opportunities through Ladbrokes. Markets include outright winner, each-way, top 10/20 finish, and 72-hole match bets.
The U.S. Open
The U.S. Open is renowned for its challenging course setups and intense competition. Ladbrokes golf betting odds include wagering on outright winner, each-way finish, top American player, and wire-to-wire winner (leader after each round).
Best Golf Betting Tips
Consistently generating profits from Ladbrokes golf betting requires discipline and perseverance. Avoid chasing losses or betting outside your means. Instead, incorporate these best practices used by successful golf punters:
- Specialise in betting 2–5 golfers per tournament after extensive research.
- Target first-round leader and top 20 finish markets for longshot value.
- Identify golfers whose games fit courses favouring specific attributes.
- Focus on stroke play events while avoiding volatile match play.
- Record all bets to identify strengths, and weaknesses, and optimise over time.
Wagering on professional golf through Ladbrokes unlocks a world of markets with great liquidity. Couple those options with the shared resources to sharpen your process – and the profits will soon follow.
Now that you grasp golf essentials and what Ladbrokes offers, it’s time to put your knowledge to work. Browse upcoming tournaments, study the odds, do your homework, and prepare to achieve the financial birdies you deserve!
How We Use Statistics and Odds to Improve Golf Betting Strategy
In addition to statistical modelling for futures wagers, analysing the implied probabilities derived from the Ladbrokes golf odds allows us to find value in prop and matchup bets.
As a simple example, let’s look at a matchup between two golfers at a tournament:
- Golfer A: +110 odds (47.6% implied probability of winning)
- Golfer B: -130 odds (56.5% implied probability)
If our modelling projects:
- Golfer A: 52% probability
- Golfer B: 48% probability
Then Golfer A would provide strong wagering value as an underdog at +110 odds. Repeating this analysis across matchups, props, and long-term odds allows us to systematically build value into our golf betting strategy.
Improving Golf Betting Models with Continuous Updates and Analysis
Building statistical models is an iterative process, requiring continuous refinement as new data comes in. We must review outcomes to pinpoint where our projections may have erred.
Some key questions to assess post-tournament:
- Were there any surprise missed cuts from golfers projected highly?
- What inputs may have changed for golfers who over/underperformed their projections?
- How can we increase our ability to account for golfer fatigue and injury risk?
Updating our modelling based on these learnings will bring us closer and closer towards projecting golfer performance accurately and consistently uncovering betting value in golf markets.
Ladbrokes golf betting markets are filled with inefficiency from the bookmakers, given golf’s volatility. But by taking an analytical approach through statistical modelling, strokes gained analysis, and odds derivative assessment, we can cut through the noise to systematically find and capitalise on value wagers. It’s a challenging but highly rewarding process that can pay dividends for those willing to put in the work.
