Charley Hoffman 130s with the bookies, 380 on here. Played well this year on tight tracks, a bit perplexed by that one have had to back him a bit.

Just thought I'd have a quick skim read of this. I have no recollection of posting on this thread, but there I am on page 10 and I have even less memory of having a book in that tourny! July 2010 was a very hazy month, I guess that explains it. Glad I had a winning one at least

great read just spent an hour rereading this one......

i wonder if we are all gonna do this again for this years open,  on a sidenote what price was louis at the start of this - when eddie bet him? 500/1?

even i ended up on oostie , i jumped on around 6 or 7/1 after Rory made is first bogey on second day, it was that win and the following 4 weeks that set me up for what i do now, and it was because of this thread. So thanks Frames,Eddie ect ;)

it gave me the funds and the confidence to make betting on the golf my main source of income, ups and downs ofcourse but more ups....so far

If we are blowing our own trumpets here is a classic thread which any newbies might enjoy a read.

I can't find the original one off thread which incredibly was 10 years ago(Donny might find it ).In hindsight I probably wish I never did the original thread ,it ended up being my best ever week and I never came remotely close to achieving again.As well as that a few friends read it and no doubt word spread locally and people probably got the impression that was a normal week.

Anyway in this thread the golf forum legend Eddie The Eagle wins the best part of 500k.

Good morning everyone , I've got these positions at the moment :

Greens :
Oosthuizen   350 k
Casey        120 k
Garrido      260 k
Cink         360 k
Dyson         45 k
Na           125 k

Everyone else is - 8 k

Should lay off some on Oosty , but find it difficult to do so @ 4.5 when I think his price should be around 3 or even a little less than that.


Found these two ,350k it seems.

Eddie the eagle
Eddie the eagle 18 Jul 10 12:39 Joined: 01 Feb 04 | Topic/replies: 5,548 | Blogger: Eddie the eagle's blog
new bluey , no Premium Charge for me now even if Oosty seals the deal.
     I paid lots of PC last year , but this year has been awful so far , so I will still be down for the year even with Oosty winning.

frames , I don't think I will do anything before the leaders start playing.  No pictures on telli here as far as I can see , so will either follow play on the forum or try to find  a streaming , but internet connection isn't great here so doubt if it will work properly.
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Fecking hell ,still down on the year ,Eddie did have a swing or two.

I remember this thread the first time around.  I recall be absolutely astounded by the numbers involved.  It would be great for you to make another frames??

I know the liquidity was incredible back in those days but do any of you still work to the same kind of numbers? Does the market allow it these days...I know there's still quite a bit of money about in the majors still but just wondering if the figures are a distant memory of the hazy days!

Can this even be achieved anymore of do the fast picture guys just mop up??

Ok here we go ,could be boring to some ,apologies.

I have been in to gambling from a very early age , throwing 2p's against a wall from varying distances in school ,very occasionally 10p's.I was fascinated with cards ,3 card brag and pontoon were the games back then.In my school days I would get one afternoon off a year ,my Dad would take me to Chester races, horses racing then joined the fascination list.My dad likes a punt on the fixed odds football coupons ,that joined the list.
A treat when I was 15/16 was an hour or two in our local club ,one snooker table.I had been playing pool for a few years but quickly became hooked on snooker.I got to a reasonable standard and in my early 20's leased a snooker club.Needless to say this was gambling heaven for me.In the end cards stopped me from practicing snooker ,a game called Kalooki was played for hours on end in the club.
Those were great days now I look back.

Let's move on ,my forum date says I joined in Jan 2002 ( is that when I joined BF or found the forum ? Not sure).My maximum bet back then would be 100 and that was very rare.I think my first deposit was a grand ,the thought of laying horses was magical.I dabbled in football, snooker and darts.Over a few months I did the grand ,said to myself I will try another grand and if that goes so do I.I was not a winning punter on horses/football.I did win over the years playing snooker/pool and cards.

Anyway I drop on to golf by accident.I used to (cough, cough) lay the odd bet in the club.I did a bit of on-course bookmaking as well back then.It was Craig Perks's Players Championship 2002 ,one of my locals backed him at 10/1 ew, I'm guessing it was the Saturday.I had a lap top behind the bar ,put the golf market on and started laying with my grand.Two days later I was overs for a grand ,how the feck did that happen ? I don't know but I was now hooked.

A year or so later the night that ultimately changed my betting.I was still dabbling in football trying to find that system ,I had started laying the fav in a live football match for a few grand (I had built my bank up to around 35k by then ,mind blowing to this day for me).The idea was to get out after a few minutes ,nick a few quid if it's 0-0,hoping for the miracle early goal from the rag.The first few goes resulted in wins of around 400.

I will never forget ,it was a Monday,quiet day in the club.The evening game was Blackburn at home to Everton.I layed Blackburn for about 5k early in the day,can't remember the price but I'd guess around evens.I check in about and hour or two later and they are now 1.9 (these are guesses regards the price but you will get the drift),I lay another 5k hoping the price goes back and I can get some back.Wrong they continue to shorten and by kick off Blackburn are losers for 20k+.It transpires that Everton tried to get the game called off as a flu bug had swept though the squad.

You can guess the rest ,Blackburn score very early.I'm fecked ,2-0 by half time.Everton tease me and get a goal back ,Unsworth had a great chance late on but no 2-1 it finished.I remember winning 600 on a side market ,next team to score or something but I had blown around 23k.Sick is an understatement ,went home nearly in tears ,told the wife ,withdrew the remainder ,gave most to her and put the rest in savings accounts for the kids.In a year I had gone from a max 100 punter to losing over 20k on a football match.

In hindsight it may be the best thing to happen to me ,I came back a month or two later with renewed concentration and a willingness to accept  a red when needed.

I went full time Jan 2004 ,the pre PC days were amazing for me.By full time I was doing both golf tours most week,18 hour days min Thurs,Fri and 12 hours min Sat ,Sun.If there was a snooker tournament on it was 7 days a week.

I have gone on a bit ,apologies but now to the question.I cannot do anywhere near what I could back then.PC 1 was ok,PC2 killed it for me but luckily I had had the good years.

The first a ONE OFF thread turned out to be my pinnacle ,I won 24k and paid 945 in commission.I have never came anywhere near to that amount since ,maybe once I have won 10k+ in the 10 years since.

I tried Purple ,got banned.Dropped on a way to beat a bot ,turns out the bot must have been Purples ,how was I supposed to know ?

I'm now down to the 4 majors and maybe 10-15 Euro events ,it's a hobby although my wife tells me I am now working for BF.Had my best week in a long time last week ,won 6.3k,BF will take 4k ish of that so I suppose she is right.

Gone on a bit ,count myself very very lucky to have dropped on BF early.

I have a file of all golf I have covered since 2004 ,rather large file with small write ups for every day.I might read it one day.

The answer to your question is it can't be done these days, not sure the fast pic boys get that much in Europe these days.

Good read frames, thanks for posting.

I don't know why exchange betting hasn't exploded, I figure it's simply too complicated for average Joe. I've tried explaining what I do to plenty of mates who love a punt - nails on a chalkboard. Feel like I'm explaining grade 2 maths to adults and they just don't get it. Only ever managed to fully convert one former workmate who loves me for it, he's now an accountant, was studying to be one at the time.

Have often wondered why they don't advertise the product, I suppose because how do you explain it in 25 seconds when regular users who know the product better than the staff can't explain it properly in 10 minutes.

ironic that the premium charge was rolled out as a way of funding advertising that would be
promoting the exchange to non users.

then with in months betfair.com default was to direct to sports book.

any plans for a repeat this year?

Thanks for posting. I'd never seen this thread before. Staggering amounts in some books - greens and reds. Really interesting reading. Cheers!

I came back to this thread again last night. This time I read it in conjunction with the round summaries for the 2010 Open. I'm even more flabbergasted than before. Rory sets the lowest score on Thursday and loads of you have got massive reds on him. I can't imagine the task of trying to reduce liability on that sort of scale. I trade the golf every week, but I'm in and out, in and out, hundreds of times over at a major. I'd have a coronary watching my screen go so far into the red. I need to take a copy of this thread before the forum closes, if nothing else to remind me that there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Just read the whole thing - great stuff.

Really don't know how I missed it first time around or the ttt's in 2013 and 2019 as I love golf.

A fantastic read - very interesting.

I started betting on PGA golf properly five or six years back and (although this last season has been poor for me) I am quite pleased the way it has gone.

Normally back six or seven players before the start to hopefully lay here and there after the first two rounds.

A great game to watch and nothing beats having one or two in contention on Sunday night.

Thanks for giving me some food for thought for next year.