How often do the favourites win golf events?
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How often the favourites win
8.22%
We looked back at 365 Events, dating back to the start of 2016, of which the pre-event bookie favourite won 30 times.
Therefore the favourite wins 8.22% of the time.
With average(median) odds of 9/1, which is equivalent to 1.11%, you can see there's not much value to be found in betting on the favourites!
However;
One of the top-3 favourites won 21.64% of the time
One of the top-5 favourites won 32.88% of the time
What are the odds of the winners?
How often does the first round leader go on to win?
How much would you win/lose if you bet on every favourite?
All bets are each way
At £10 per point.
As a % of inital bank.
From Jan 1st '18 till now
At £10 per point.
Percent of events with positive return.
Divide your starting bank by this num = what you should stake per event. Lower the better.
All previous winners
In descending order of their odds
