US Open Golf Betting
June 24, 2009
The US Open is the second of the four Golf Majors played each year and falls in June. The tournament is scheduled so that the final days play falls on the third Sunday of the month and each year. The tournament is held in the United States and alternates between different venues across the country from year to year. With the courses selected aimed at being difficult for the players with an emphasis on long and accurate driving.
Since 1985, the US Open has grown in stature and during that time it has provided the stage for some of Golf’s most famous names to stake their claims in the sport’s Hall of Fame. These include the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Lee Trevino and Ben Hogan.
Largely thanks to its global coverage and the advent of online betting, US Open Golf betting continues to grow in popularity year on year, with people backing their favoured golfers to win the torunament for an additional interest over the course of the four days play. Other bets that are popular include US Open Odds on which players will win the three ball and two ball events on the individual days, who will be the top players from the various continents such as Europe, America and Australia in the final leaderboard as well as match bets that the bookmakers put together for the performances for various pairings. The opportunities really are endless and becuase the US Open is such a competitive event the odds offered are usually quite attractive to punters as too are the US Open Free Bets and special offers that bookies offer as they compete for your custom.
The 2010 US Open will be held at Pebble Beach Golf Course, California between 17th and 20th June
Wimbledon Tennis Betting Guide
June 24, 2009
Wimbledon is the most famous tennis tournament in the World. It is one of the four Grand Slams of the tennis season along with the US Open, French Open and Australian Open, however, as the oldest and the only one still played on grass it is the most prestigious of the four and always attracts the attention of the World’s sporting press when it takes place during the last week of June and first week of July each year.
Down the years, the biggest names to have ever played tennis have graced the famous Wimbledon Courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club most of whom have won the Championship on mutlitple occasions. The roll of famous Wimbledon mens winners include five times winners Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer, three times winners Boris Becker and John McEnroe and record Gentlemans singles title holder, Pete Sampras with seven championships to his name.
Famous winners of the Wimbledon Ladies championship include record holder for most wins, Martin Navratilova with nine titles, Steffi Graf who won six titles during the 80s and 90s and in recent years the Williams sisters have domianted with seven titles from the past nine years, with Venus securing five of those.
The popularity of Wimbledon continues to grow year on year with TV audiences, attendances at the All England Tennis Club and Wimbledon betting getting increasing annually. Tennis is a sport with global appeal and whislt it remains as such the Championships at Wimbledon will not only remain a national institution amongst Britons, but will also be one of the World’s best know sportign events.
Bookmaker of the Month: Paddy Power
