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Betting Guide
One great and unique thing about the European Tour is the Race to Dubai. This is a season-long tournament to crown the European Tour’s number one player. Players get to the top by playing in tournaments on the European Tour and performing well. The previous champions is filled with outstanding golfers with Tommy Fleetwood, Lee Westwood, and Francesco Molinari being among them. Rory McIlroy is a three-time champion.
What NBA futures are to basketball, betting on the Race to Dubai is to the European Tour. Betting on the Race to Dubai is a bet you make on the future and can pay very well if you grab the right golfer at the right point in time.
This article is going to get into how you can start betting on the Race to Dubai and tell you where you can bet it and how to do so.
Where To Bet The Race to Dubai:
America: Bovada has a lot of great betting options for all of golf, including the Race to Dubai.
Canada: Sports Interaction is a great sportsbook for Canadian bettors and they have you covered for the Race to Dubai.
Everywhere Else: Bet365 Sportsbook offers betting odds on numerous golf tournaments as well as golf futures like the Race to Dubai.
What is Race to Dubai betting?
Betting on the Race to Dubai is a straight futures bet. There is a list of golfers and each are given odds based on the likelihood that they win the whole thing.
As an example, here is what the odds might look like early in the season:
Rory McIlroy +150
John Rahm +250
Tommy Fleetwood +1000
Viktor Hovland +1200
In these odds, McIlroy is a big favorite so a $100 bet would pay $150. While a $100 bet on Hovland, less likely to win, would pay of $1200 if he ended up winning.
Common Race to Dubai Questions:
What do you get for winning the Race to Dubai?
The winner of the Race to Dubai is given to the player who accumulates the most winnings on the European Tour that season. After being crowned, the winner of the Race to Dubai receives a large money prize and a ten-year European Tour exemption.
Was it always called the Race to Dubai?
No, from 1975 to 2008 the Race to Dubai was known as the ORder of Merit.
How to Bet The Race to Dubai:
Bovada: Once you are in the sportsbook, click “Golf” from the top menu. Then you will see all the current lines. Click “Futures” from the dropdown menu to find the latest Race to Dubai odds.
Sports Interaction: On the left hand side of the page there will be a tab for Golf. Click that and then it will show more betting options. Click “Futures” and it will show the Race to Dubai betting odds.
Bet365 Sportsbook: The odds for the Race to Dubai are pretty easy to find here. Just click on “Golf” on the left-hand menu and then scroll down until you see the Race to Dubai.
The Race to Dubai Betting Strategy:
Betting on the Race to Dubai is just like betting on any other future. The key is to get in early when the odds are the highest.
A golfer might have big odds at +1000 or higher earlier in the year, but with each tournament they win – those odds will go down.
You can pick golfers however you like, I prefer someone with some experience on the European Tour, but the important thing is to get in early to maximize your profits.
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