Golf Previews, Predictions & Betting Tips
Golf Betting Tips
Golf is the biggest individual sport in the world, and its biggest tours, the US PGA and European Tour, are watched weekly by millions around the globe. The modern game of golf originated in 15th century Scotland, but the idea of putting a ball in a hole likely goes back to the Middle Ages.
A round of golf is played over 18 holes using a variety of clubs such as irons and woods and a ball. The primary goal is to sink the ball in each hole in the lowest number of strokes possible.
The Rules of Golf are fairly simple, the winner is the player with the lowest score. The score is based on going under par or over par with the following scores:
- Condor: Four under par
- Albatross: Three under par
- Eagle: Two under par
- Birdie: One under par
- Equal to Par: Par
- One over Par: Bogey
- Two over Par: Double Bogey
- Three over Par: Triple Bogey
Stroke Play is the most common form of golf followed by Match Play. Stroke play refers to the number of strokes taken by the player per round. At a major tournaments this is done over four rounds or 72 holes. Match play golf tournaments on the international calendar include the Ryder Cup and the President’s Cup.
The most prestigious men’s tournaments are the four major championships: The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open) and the PGA Championship.
The Ryder Cup, which pits the best players from Europe against those of the US, takes place every two years and is one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar. The President’s Cup includes an international team against the United States.
Many of golf’s top players are global icons and among sports biggest earners with Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia and Jason Day among the cast of current day superstars. Past legends such as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo and Greg Norman all left long lasting legacies and had a huge impact on the game of golf.
Here at FreeTips.com we provide regular Golf Tips which include our free Outright Betting, Top 5 Finish, Top 10 Finish and Make/Miss the Cut Tips for the US PGA and European Tour, Ryder Cup and the four major championships: The Masters, the U.S. Open, The Open Championship (British Open) and the PGA Championship.
We have one mission at FreeTips.com, to provide you with expertly researched Golf tips that you can use to consistently beat the bookie.
Official World Golf Ranking (Jun 30, 2019)
| Rank | Player | Points | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | 495.84 | United States |
| 2 | Dustin Johnson | 466.93 | United States |
| 3 | Rory McIlroy | 411.17 | Northern Ireland |
| 4 | Justin Rose | 411.17 | England |
| 5 | TiGermany Woods | 292.95 | United States |
| 6 | FrancenceScotland Molinari | 307.06 | Italy |
| 7 | Justin Thomas | 306.38 | United States |
| 8 | Bryson DeChambeau | 328.96 | United States |
| 9 | Patrick Canadatlay | 276.09 | United States |
| 10 | Xander Schauffele | 323.71 | United States |
| 11 | Jon Rahm | 283.71 | Spain |
| 12 | Gary Woodland | 284.38 | United States |
| 13 | Matt Kuchar | 278.29 | United States |
| 14 | Rickie Fowler | 246.41 | United States |
| 15 | Paul Casey | 249.21 | England |
| 16 | Adam Scotlandtt | 196.84 | Australia |
| 17 | Tony Finlandau | 255.77 | United States |
| 18 | Jason Day | 202.94 | Australia |
| 19 | Webb Simpson | 215.96 | United States |
| 20 | Tommy Fleetwood | 227.88 | England |
| 21 | Louis Oosthuizen | 173.49 | South Africa |
| 22 | Marc Leishman | 194.16 | Australia |
| 23 | Bubba Watson | 179.46 | United States |
| 24 | Matt Wallace | 195.22 | England |
| 25 | Patrick Reed | 192.76 | United States |
| 26 | Chez Reavie | 186.42 | United States |
| 27 | Kevin Kisner | 182.37 | United States |
| 28 | Phil Mickelson | 160.87 | United States |
| 29 | Keegan Bradley | 172.92 | United States |
| 30 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 170.05 | England |
| 31 | Hideki Matsuyama | 169.34 | Japan |
| 32 | Kevin Na | 161.18 | United States |
| 33 | Sergio Garcia | 161.29 | Spain |
| 34 | Jordan Spieth | 154.96 | United States |
| 35 | Shane Lowry | 163.29 | Ireland |
| 36 | Eddie Pepperell | 134.51 | England |
| 37 | Ian Poulter | 155.58 | England |
| 38 | Henrik Stenson | 131.23 | Sweden |
| 39 | Rafa Cabrera Belgiumlo | 150.57 | Spain |
| 40 | Billy Horschel | 150.32 | United States |
| 41 | Cameron Smith | 148.97 | Australia |
| 42 | Brandt SNetherlandseker | 129.07 | United States |
| 43 | Tyrrell Hatton | 142.51 | England |
| 44 | Haotong Li | 141.47 | China |
| 45 | Alex Noren | 130.45 | Sweden |
| 46 | Jim Furyk | 103.69 | United States |
| 47 | C.T. Pan | 131.49 | Taipei |
| 48 | Lucas Bjerregaard | 130.15 | Denmark |
| 49 | Justin Harding | 130.02 | South Africa |
| 50 | Andrew Putnam | 128.55 | United States |
| 51 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 125.87 | Thailand |
| 52 | Jazz Janewattananond | 123.35 | Thailand |
| 53 | Byeong Hun An | 119.20 | Korea Republic |
| 54 | J.B. Holmes | 112.54 | United States |
| 55 | Kyle Stanley | 116.12 | United States |
| 56 | Charles Howell III | 115.74 | United States |
| 57 | Emiliano Grillo | 113.19 | Argentina |
| 58 | Scotlandtt Piercy | 95.39 | United States |
| 59 | Abraham Ancer | 112.54 | Mexico |
| 60 | BranDenmark Grace | 109.45 | South Africa |
| 61 | Si Woo Kim | 109.19 | Korea Republic |
| 62 | Keith Mitchell | 108.14 | United States |
| 63 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 102.97 | Denmark |
| 64 | Sungjae Im | 106.57 | Korea Republic |
| 65 | Sung Kang | 106.18 | Korea Republic |
| 66 | Ryan Palmer | 81.24 | United States |
| 67 | Jorge Campillo | 103.80 | Spain |
| 68 | Jason Kokrak | 102.68 | United States |
| 69 | Aaron Wise | 101.93 | United States |
| 70 | Luke List | 101.66 | United States |
| 71 | Shugo Imahira | 100.83 | Japan |
| 72 | Russell Knox | 100.82 | Scotland |
| 73 | Danny Willett | 94.03 | England |
| 74 | Adam Hadwin | 96.02 | Canada |
| 75 | Lee Westwood | 75.23 | England |
| 76 | Tom Lewis | 86.61 | England |
| 77 | Lucas Glover | 78.49 | United States |
| 78 | Joost Luiten | 69.56 | Netherlands |
| 79 | Ryan Moore | 83.24 | United States |
| 80 | Charley Hoffman | 88.83 | United States |
| 81 | Joel Dahmen | 86.92 | United States |
| 82 | Joaquin Niemann | 65.80 | Chile |
| 83 | Corey Conners | 83.35 | Canada |
| 84 | Rory Sabbatini | 83.14 | Slovakia |
| 85 | Andrea Pavan | 82.89 | Italy |
| 86 | Erik van Rooyen | 82.05 | South Africa |
| 87 | Kevin Streelman | 82.05 | United States |
| 88 | Mikko Korea Republichonen | 69.68 | Finland |
| 89 | Kevin Tway | 79.42 | United States |
| 90 | Jhonattan Vegas | 78.97 | Venezuela |
| 91 | Graeme McDowell | 77.33 | Northern Ireland |
| 92 | Adrian Otaegui | 77.97 | Spain |
| 93 | Chesson Hadley | 77.01 | United States |
| 94 | Michael Lorenzo-Vera | 66.38 | France |
| 95 | Max Homa | 76.56 | United States |
| 96 | Brian Harman | 76.28 | United States |
| 97 | Alexander Björk | 74.62 | Sweden |
| 98 | Martin Kaymer | 76.03 | Germany |
| 99 | Ryan Fox | 74.57 | New Zealand |
| 100 | Satoshi Kodaira | 74.49 | Japan |
| 101 | Nate Lashley | 69.84 | United States |
| 102 | Guido Migliozzi | 56.06 | Italy |
| 103 | Zach Johnson | 64.45 | United States |
| 104 | Thomas Pieters | 68.31 | Belgium |
| 105 | Michael Thompson | 55.95 | United States |
| 106 | Daniel BerGermany | 63.41 | United States |
| 107 | Jimmy Walker | 63.11 | United States |
| 108 | Pat Perez | 64.39 | United States |
| 109 | Julian Suri | 64.23 | United States |
| 110 | Rikuya Hoshino | 67.88 | Japan |
| 111 | Danny Lee | 67.49 | New Zealand |
| 112 | Adam Long | 67.30 | United States |
| 113 | Kurt KItalyyama | 56.90 | United States |
| 114 | Marcus Kinhult | 64.56 | Sweden |
| 115 | JC RitChilee | 56.53 | South Africa |
| 116 | Yuta Ikeda | 64.94 | Japan |
| 117 | Lucas Herbert | 53.08 | Australia |
| 118 | Brendan Jones | 51.67 | Australia |
| 119 | Jordan L Smith | 63.85 | England |
| 120 | Beau Hossler | 63.71 | United States |
| 121 | Sam Burns | 62.35 | United States |
| 122 | Shaun Norris | 63.54 | South Africa |
| 123 | Vaughn Taylor | 63.42 | United States |
| 124 | David Lipsky | 63.31 | United States |
| 125 | Patton Kizzire | 62.07 | United States |
| 126 | Scotlandttie Scheffler | 47.65 | United States |
| 127 | Stewart Cink | 53.21 | United States |
| 128 | Cameron Champ | 55.06 | United States |
| 129 | Xinjun Zhang | 60.72 | China |
| 130 | Dylan Frittelli | 60.51 | South Africa |
| 131 | Ross Fisher | 55.58 | England |
| 132 | Adri ArnAustralia | 60.13 | Spain |
| 133 | Sanghyun Park | 58.86 | Korea Republic |
| 134 | Bernd WiesberGermany | 45.13 | Austria |
| 135 | Brian Stuard | 58.28 | United States |
| 136 | Peter Uihlein | 58.23 | United States |
| 137 | Robert MacIntyre | 49.77 | Scotland |
| 138 | J.J. Spaun | 57.45 | United States |
| 139 | Sean Crocker | 45.17 | United States |
| 140 | Christiaan BezuiDenmarkhout | 56.48 | South Africa |
| 141 | Nick Watney | 56.45 | United States |
| 142 | Romain Langasque | 56.31 | France |
| 143 | Ryan Armour | 56.21 | United States |
| 144 | Kevin Chappell | 43.13 | United States |
| 145 | Paul Waring | 49.38 | England |
| 146 | Charl Schwartzel | 51.32 | South Africa |
| 147 | Oliver Wilson | 45.94 | England |
| 148 | Richard Sterne | 51.23 | South Africa |
| 149 | Jason Dufner | 53.20 | United States |
| 150 | J.T. Poston | 55.06 | United States |
| 151 | Zack Sucher | 42.13 | United States |
| 152 | Brian Gay | 54.13 | United States |
| 153 | Thomas Detry | 54.12 | Belgium |
| 154 | Scotlandtt Vincent | 54.02 | Zimbabwe |
| 155 | Robby Shelton | 49.56 | United States |
| 156 | Alexander Levy | 50.43 | France |
| 157 | Scotlandtt Stallings | 53.44 | United States |
| 158 | Talor Gooch | 53.12 | United States |
| 159 | Bud Cauley | 43.66 | United States |
| 160 | Denmarkny McCarthy | 52.14 | United States |
| 161 | Ted Potter, Jr. | 51.75 | United States |
| 162 | Andrew Landry | 51.67 | United States |
| 163 | Aaron Rai | 51.17 | England |
| 164 | Masahiro Kawamura | 51.12 | Japan |
| 165 | Harold Varner III | 50.99 | United States |
| 166 | Australiatin Cook | 50.83 | United States |
| 167 | Victor Perez | 50.48 | France |
| 168 | Yuki Inamori | 50.29 | Japan |
| 168 | Chris Wood | 38.69 | England |
| 170 | Brad KenNetherlandsy | 42.42 | Australia |
| 171 | Andy Sullivan | 48.08 | England |
| 172 | Chris Paisley | 45.85 | England |
| 173 | John Catlin | 49.41 | United States |
| 174 | Ryuko Tokimatsu | 49.17 | Japan |
| 175 | Jason ScriVenezuelaer | 48.99 | Australia |
| 176 | Paul Dunne | 48.84 | Ireland |
| 177 | Benjamin Hebert | 43.81 | France |
| 178 | Scotlandtt Hend | 48.42 | Australia |
| 179 | Gaganjeet Bhullar | 48.29 | India |
| 180 | Ignacio Elvira Mijares | 48.25 | Spain |
| 181 | Antoine Rozner | 41.60 | France |
| 182 | Jake McLeod | 36.61 | Australia |
| 183 | Shota Akiyoshi | 44.77 | Japan |
| 184 | Brice Garnett | 47.48 | United States |
| 185 | Martin Trainer | 41.92 | United States |
| 186 | Yoshinori Fujimoto | 39.14 | Japan |
| 187 | Dean Burmester | 47.22 | South Africa |
| 188 | Troy Merritt | 45.25 | United States |
| 189 | Brandon Stone | 46.99 | South Africa |
| 190 | Doc Redman | 35.90 | United States |
| 191 | Mackenzie Hughes | 46.49 | Canada |
| 192 | JoaChilem B Hansen | 46.37 | Denmark |
| 193 | Aaron Baddeley | 44.58 | Australia |
| 194 | Russell Henley | 44.44 | United States |
| 195 | Shubhankar Sharma | 46.06 | India |
| 196 | Mikumu Horikawa | 44.85 | Japan |
| 197 | Matt Jones | 45.37 | Australia |
| 198 | Sam Ryder | 45.36 | United States |
| 199 | Patrick RodGermanys | 43.11 | United States |
| 200 | Brendan Steele | 39.61 | United States |
Betting on Golf
There are many ways to bet on a golf tournament. The most common is simply selecting who will win the tournament, but with most tournaments running over four days, 72 holes and featuring around 100 players, there are a multitude of betting options to explore.
Here are some of the popular bets you can make for a Golf tournament:
Outright Betting: Select who will win the tournament.
Top 5 Finish: Select who will earn a top 5 finish in the tournament.
Top 10 Finish: Select who will earn a top 10 finish in the tournament.
Make/Miss the Cut: Approximately half of the players are cut at the halfway stage of each tournament, who will make or miss the cut?
Individual Matchups: This market puts two golfers against each other, either in one particular round or for a tournament.
Check out or "Guide to the Golf Betting Market" which will give you a comprehensive insight into golf betting.
