The week of a golf major always feels like an appropriate time to talk about the explosion we have seen in the number of Twitter golf tipsters/experts in the last couple of years. I am sure it is different for everyone but my Twitter timeline becomes insane and almost unusable.
There has always been numerous tipsters and people can do whatever they want. I just find it somewhat comical that there are so many so called ‘experts’ out there. The explosion of gambling in America and the rise of DFS has contributed to the space.
I talked about it in Tweet 10 about how some of the tipsters will move markets significantly, causing prices to change significantly (usually contracting – don’t see the bookies push out many players unless a special offer). It poses a real problem to those who do it for a living.
One thing that it does mean, is that it is harder than ever, to get that little titbit of information that others might not have. It might be an illness like Spieth this week, some information about the course and how its playing or even whether someone played the course a lot in their youth. That information is increasingly hard to find, in terms of giving you an edge. It is clearly more important for people to have ‘likes’ than it is to actually benefit financially from betting using the information.
For the uninitiated out there. Out of all the tipsters writing and suggesting golf betting picks/tips probably less than a handful will bet full time for a living and it be their sole income. I would be a seller at 5 tbh. Think that through. Be careful.
I see No Laying Up have started tipping up players now ffs. I think they even had a winner or two a couple of weeks ago. Maths mean plenty will have the odd winner. Please be aware they have deals with Draftkings etc where they will make more money, the more you lose….
The strangest one I have seen this week is Tom Peabody and the review he gave for people about the course. I used to send people to the course on the week of majors (particularly on unfamiliar courses) to garner some of the information he is putting in the public domain.
I can only assume it is for likes and to help gain traction for the site that his brother Rufus Peabody is involved with. He is meant to be one of the biggest golf punters in the world. Why wouldn’t he be using the information for himself. It makes no sense to me.
The information itself can be incredibly valuable if used in the right way/interpreted correctly. Take advantage of it but also question why it is being put out there. Its just a good example of how social media is changing how information and content is used.
As for this week, good luck picking which of the 78 players that have been tipped up will win and the story told about why they are such great value this week. Ascot is no different fwiw.
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