Bet on the Ryder Cup with totesport
Golf’s biggest team competition always causes a stir and when Europe face America it is also a spectacular golf betting opportunity.
The historic battle takes place every two years, alternating between venues in Europe and the US and offering nail-bitting excitement. 24 of the best players from the two continents come up against each other in a matchplay format.
Since changing from Great Britain and Ireland in 1979, the European team have won the trophy on eight of the 14 meetings and will be very popular in the outright market in 2008, especially after winning the last three events.
Some punters choose to bet in-running, as this gives everyone the chance to see who is playing well, enabling you to assess how the players are handling the course and conditions and still have the opportunity to back the team you favour.
The event takes place on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the format sees eight fourball, eight foursomes and 12 singles matches over the three days. totesport offers you the chance to bet on each foursomes, fourballs and singles match.
Foursomes is between two teams of two golfers - the golfers on the same team take alternate shots throughout the match, with the same ball.
A fourball match is also a competition between two teams of two golfers, but all four golfers play their own ball throughout the round and each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score.
Singles is just a head-to-head clash between two players. The winner of each match scores a point for their team, with half a point each for any match that is tied after 18 holes.
Other opportunities to bet on golf we offer include a possible bet on which player will be the top scorer for either team and whether anyone will card a hole-in-one. There have been six aces in Ryder Cup history, with two in the 2006 event – from Paul Casey and Scott Verplank.
Whatever your strategy, have fun with your Ryder Cup betting and don’t forget to check out all our latest odds at totesport.com.
