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Betting on professional golf tournaments can be a very "hit or miss" affair, with many more misses than hits. However, with the pre-tournament favourite often available at around the 10/1 mark, winning golf bets return significantly more than those on other sports. The following seeks to guide novice punters towards success in golf betting.

Read The Stats
The players themselves greatly aid golf punters by being so consistent with the various different facets of their golf game. For both the European and US Tours, the Internet has comprehensive, detailed statistics and rankings for all components of the game. These include average putts, average one putts per round, driving accuracy, driving distance, greens in regulation (GIR), putts per GIR, scrambling (making par having missed the green), sand saves (getting "up and down" from a greenside bunker) and stroke average. Studying these stats is one of the best ways to predict a player`s performance in a particular event. Punters should read player stats in conjunction with the course layout and weather forecasts. For a tournament on a very long course with enormous greens, it may be worth chancing longs odds about a player who ranks highly in driving distance but not accuracy, especially if accompanied by good scrambling stats. Conversely, for a tournament on a relatively short course with narrow fairways, the more accurate players are likely to prosper, especially if the wind blows.

Avoid Last Week`s Winner
Any golfer winning consecutive tournaments is a very rare occurrence. Recent form is an important consideration when attempting to predict the winner of a golf tournament, but competitors with very recent WINNING form should be avoided. They seldom win and the betting odds on offer tend to be somewhat cramped because of that recent win.

Adopt A Long-Term Approach
In order to be successful in golf betting, it is vital that punters view their betting as a marathon, rather than a sprint. Given the nature of the sport, long losing runs are inevitable, so it is important that every punter has a sensible staking plan to prevent them from "going broke" after several successive losing bets. In addition, punters should try not to become disheartened, as a single, decent-priced winner will more than make up for a long string of losers. It may even be that just one winning bet can make for a profitable golf year.

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Finding The Right Sport For You

Exercise is a fundamental part of a healthy lifestyle and the right sport can be an excellent way to achieve the appropriate level of physical activity. However, what constitutes the "right" sport is very subjective and there are a number of factors to consider.

Most people have some interest in watching sport, whether it be live or on TV. Making a list of your favourite spectator sports may be a good place to start in finding the right sport for you. Obviously, some of these will be non-starters as far as participation is concerned. However, the list is likely to contain several viable participation sport options. This is an important point, since an initial interest in a sport, from a watching perspective, means that you are more likely to stick with it than something that does not capture your imagination.

In attempting to choose a sport, it is vital to identify exactly what you seek to gain from participating in that sport.

Many people use sport as a way of meeting different people and perhaps making some new friends. A vibrant social side often accompanies many sports, such as athletics, swimming and tennis, usually labelled as "individual" sports. For the less fit sportsman or sportswoman, sports such as bowls and golf provide competitive sporting activity, along with plenty of opportunities for social interaction.

Another way to make the most of the social aspect of sport is to form part of a team. Popular team sports, such as football, rugby, cricket, hockey and netball are within easy reach of most people. A common misconception is that you need to be a sporting genius to compete in a team. This is categorically not the case. Most sports clubs run several teams and are happy to welcome new members of all abilities, although a reasonable level of physical fitness is required.

Losing weight or improving their fitness level is another reason that people take up sport. If either or both of these are your sporting objectives, then aerobics classes, jogging or cycling may prove to be good sporting choices. For those that are substantially overweight or very unfit, low or non-impact sports such as walking or swimming are the best starting points. Swimming is great for improving fitness, without putting too much strain on your joints, whilst walking is a pleasurable outdoor activity that everyone can enjoy.

It is important that you do not run before you can walk - literally. Any form of exercise following a long period of inactivity will make your muscles ache. However, there is a vast difference between this kind of ache and the injuries that many sports newcomers incur as a result of trying to do too much too soon. Injuries are likely to bring any new sport/exercise regime to a dead stop, so it is important to "listen" to your body and not try to do more than you are able. For those that already have a decent fitness level and seek to improve it, options that are more active include boxing and martial arts, which also provide participants with self-defence skills.

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