Golf Betting Thread on Forum.

onlyfinewine

Please keep this to the relevant gambling section please

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Betting
Do no make posts that are purely around betting/odds in main event threads. Either take it to the Gambling forum or, if one exists the associated betting thread in the golf forum for that thread. Likewise do not make non betting related posts in the betting thread.
Its fine to make a comment on a bet you had on someone etc but this must not be the main purpose of your post.
Infractions will be given for breaches of this rule. Blatant attempts to ignore or circumvent this rule will result in a 1 month ban.
Under no circumstances should any poster offer a bet to any other poster. Immediate 1 month ban will result.
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I have tried to find a betting forum for golf betting and there does not seem to be one set up. Would it be possible to open a golf betting thread with a sticky in the golf forum please?
There are lots of references to betting in the golf forum and there seems to be a need for a place to discuss the upcoming tournaments and the prices that are being offered? Thanks.

Keano

Gambling forum here

First page alone has 2 threads on golf betting

SnowDrifts

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Gambling forum here

First page alone has 2 threads on golf betting

That's all well and good having a designated forum for gambling Keano but think of it in real life terms...

You're out Sunday morning playing in a singles comp and as you stroll down the 1st, you comment on how McIlroy is off the ball at the moment and you wouldn't even back him at 20-1. Your playing partner retorts that he had €20 on Donaldson to win last weekend at 40-1. You then inform him that the post round drinks are on him and he should dispense any tips for next week.

Or...

You stroll into your local PaddyPowers and scan the screens for betting odds. You get talking to the guy beside you and as you look at your options you highlight the fact that the odds on Tiger are fairly good this week and he is totally worth an e/w bet. He looks at you and acknowledges your tip with a nod whilst quickly getting to business and asking you what the odds are for "Dont push it" at the 11:30 at Ascot.


Point of the silly analogies... this is a golfing forum and betting talk is a frequent topic of discussion on fairways all over the country every Sunday morning so why should it not be allowed here?

Keano

Betting talk is allowed so to say it's not is not correct.

Why was betting talk curtailed? I'll tell you why because during the majors the threads became all about betting and for most of us just boring. Guys coming in to say I backed Bubba at 100/1 to win etc. Many of those posters had zero interest in golf and more interested in gambling, so off to the gambling forum with them.

charlieIRL

Lads,c'mon. It was decided last July just to allow gambling chat IF it was discussed within a golf tournament thread and not separate threads.