We did it! After a few close brushes with outright glory this season, we' one. Max Homa paid out 22-1 as the outright winner of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, but we didn’t stop there. I invested a total of three units into Collin Morikawa, who cashed our top-5 and top-10 tickets with his solo third-place finish. Sprinkles are for winners, and we also afforded ourselves a fudge drizzle and a maraschino cherry on top.
This week is a tournament that is near and dear to my heart. The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is up here in NorCal on some of the most hallowed golf grounds on the planet. The pros, along with a mixture of celebrities and local amateurs, will embark upon three courses (Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula Club) before the cut after 54 holes. The final round will culminate at picturesque Pebble Beach, where the roars from the gallery will infuse with the waves of the mighty Pacific and seagull screeches.
After my aggression paid off last week, I will be reining it in for this event. Not many of the world’s top golfers play this event anymore, leaving it open for anyone in the field to rise to the occasion and make an impression. Even though it seems like I’m allergic to betting favorites, this is another week where the odds at the top are much too short to make a sound investment. This simultaneously allows for some monster payouts should lightning strike for the second week in a row. My favorites aren’t widely shared by others in the golf betting community, from what I have gathered. We all agree that Pebble Beach is shaping up to be another crap shoot.
With that in mind, I plan on taking a buckshot approach at this event. This means I’ll put smaller bets on more golfers who I favor to win the tournament. It’s low risk with high reward if/when it hits.