Golf betting question

[rickeyphillips]

Something I’ve never been able to figure out. Maybe someone here can explain it. End of round leader live lines. Just for example in the Women’s open on right now. Two players are finished and tied for the lead. Both players are +120 to be the end of round leader. Neither bet can win. Is that line posted just to try to sucker people into betting it not knowing they’ve both finished? The book calculates a vig if there’s a tie. Why would those two players even have a line posted? Puzzling.

 

[BMR Genie]

Maybe @europro or @jjgold can help.

 

[europro]

All depends on how much golf is left if u think someone can catch them

 

[europro]

@dougtushyterror the round leader god

 

[BMR Genie]

@dougtushyterror the round leader god

Aw, si. Thanks for tagging Doug.

 

[rickeyphillips]

All depends on how much golf is left if u think someone can catch them

That i understand but that still doesn’t explain why they have lines up that have no chance of winning. Two players tied for the lead and finished.

 

[djefferis]

Agreed doesn’t make sense:

So as I understand it - players A,B,C,D are finished - others still in play

A&B are currently at top of leaderboard at end of round 1

C&D are no better than 3rd place - but a line is still offered on them to finish in 1st after R1 - nothing short of A&B having a score change could push them into having a chance at 1st.

 

[rickeyphillips]

Agreed doesn’t make sense:

So as I understand it - players A,B,C,D are finished - others still in play

A&B are currently at top of leaderboard at end of round 1

C&D are no better than 3rd place - but a line is still offered on them to finish in 1st after R1 - nothing short of A&B having a score change could push them into having a chance at 1st.

A and B are finished for the day. +120 and +120, players still on the course +500 on and on. A and B can’t cash. It’s mind boggling, I’ve never been able to figure it out. The only explanation is I guess you can’t remove the two tied for the lead from the lines and they want to offer everyone else as an option but it still doesn’t really make sense even with that.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

probably for arbitrage betting since golf divides ties by # of players at a certain position.