3 Insane Golf Betting Payouts

December 13, 2023 - 8:00 pm EST 2 hours ago

When it comes to golf, hitting a winner (or two or four) can result in some big paydays. Here are 10 of the biggest we’ve seen.

RENOWNED BETTER WINS BIG

Narrowing down a field of 156 players to 25 who have a chance to win can be difficult enough, but to pinpoint who is going to have their best stuff on a given week is nearly impossible. That’s what makes this bet from “a renowned golf punter in Australia” so impressive. What’s more? The guy didn’t just pick Henrik Stenson to win the Open Championship — a fairly straightforward wager — he went ahead and put all of his eggs in the Aaron Baddeley at Barbasol basket, parlaying the two winners on a $50 bet. Elvy only identified the winner of the $86,700 ticket to be a well-known Austrialian golf bettor, but regardless of who hit the Henrik Stenson/Aaron Baddeley double, we’re fairly certain he’s either a genius or a guy who liked Stenson at Troon and Aussie-homered Badds at Barbasol.

Photo via @Luke_Elvy on X

FOUR-WAY PARLAY HITS

Some of the biggest golf bets are those that include more sports than just golf. This one person put a $10 wager on a four-leg multi-bet at odds of 9,972.22 to 1. It included Ricardo Santos as firing the lowest round one score at the African Open golf ($41), Dustin Johnson to card the lowest score in the first round of the Northern Trust PGA golf tournament in the US ($23), Brisbane Roar’s win in the A-League grand final (at $2.35) then Hawthorn to win the 2014 AFL Grand Final ($4.50). In the end, it somehow hit and he won close to $100,000!

Photo via @tabcomau on X

RORY MCILROY’S DAD CASHES IN BIG ON 10-YEAR-OLD BET

Often, fathers tend to talk up their children as if they’re the “next big thing” in their respective sport. Few, however, are willing to bet £400 (or roughly $500 USD) on their child to win a championship, never mind a major championship. Gerry McIlroy is one of those fathers. And that’s exactly what he did. Ten years ago, when Rory McIlroy was just 15 years old, his father and three friends bet £400 on 500-1 odds for Rory to win the Open Championship by the age of 26. Then when Rory won in 2014 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, the bet cashed in big time. Like, $341,730 big time.

Photo via @rorymcilroy on Instagram

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