Tiger withdraws from Arnold Palmer Invitational

Lump on the others they will shorten big time

Good on him, nothing worse than an injured golfer starting then pulling out just so you lose yor money.

Will he start Masters at 15ish ? (if he tees up)

lets hope so!

Thanks to Clerkmore on the Arnold Palmer Invitational 2014 we had 26 minutes before this post to do the business. Thank you from the bottom of my pocket Clerkmore. And thanks to Twitter.

Wouldn't be surprised if both Tiger and Arnold filled their boots before making this public

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^^ voyeur alert

thats me looking for my first betfair account......that wasnt it :(.  cant remember what it was lol

Its ok we have the new Tiger playing anyway

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Good job there's no 'Rule 4'. How much deductions would we have in our bets now Tiger has pulled out.

10% at least sheppy .

I don't know who the big layers are these days - I think Eddie the Eagle and Knight Rider aren't in the markets any more - but whoever it is they must have taken a bit of a hit today.

In saying that, can the big boys lay the field? If not they just have to hope for an upset winner to maybe square things up.

There is an absolute pile of money waiting to be matched on the back side. Someone had fun smashing everything in after Tiger pulled out. Haven't seen amounts that big since major season last year.

I still do some laying, Miss Anomaly.  By complete fluke yesterday I happened to check the forum about 5 minutes after the first guy posted the news, assumed he was taking the p1ss as my bets hadn't been cleaned out, then checked Twitter and realised it was true and managed to get my bets down in time.  Still took a small hit as obviously any players I had laid prior to the withdrawal were now 10% lower but such is life.  I suppose I could have waited until Wednesday to put my lays up, as I did at Doral.  It's certainly less of an issue than it was when Tiger was going off at 7/4 for these events!

In general is it better for you now that Tiger is a bigger price? Total turnover figures look lower than they used to be, but when Tiger was 7/4 he likely attracted a lot more $$$ than he does at 8-1+, so maybe it balances out?

I think a strong Tiger is always good for everyone as he brings so much liquidity into the market and that filters through everywhere.  More money on outsiders, more money in-running, etc.

Ahh, right

I'd love to know if he's in The Masters. I'm a small layer but he'd still turn my whole book red if he withdrew.
I'd be in favour of a "rule 4" or an "all in run or not" on these golf tournaments.  A lone voice though, I expect.

If anyone was pricing the Tiger in or out market what would be fair odds? No one has priced it yet.

if tiger wasa genuine  7/4 for masters there would be no money around

we would need a rule 4 or similar to protect layers



ive seen them in tennis markets

Betfair used to have a rule that voided all bets if Tiger was a non-runner. All bets.

I believe there was never a rule 4, though. It's a bit of a buttock-clencher if you lay in the majors.

A 'bulging disk' according to Jeff Rude.

http://golfweek.com/news/2014/mar/20/tiger-woods-bulging-disc-back-source-pga-tour/

I was going to be clever but Win McMurry beat me to it years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORhdgW_mw30

Betfair got rid of the winner with markets because of the sportsbook...

Does anyone happen to know if the winner market on the Sportsbook had a rule 4 due to the withdrawal of Tiger Woods

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