Probably the only thing more difficult and frustrating than gaining a degree of proficiency at playing golf is trying to make a buck betting golf. As the PGA Tour tees it up for the start of another season this month, its a sober fact of betting that no matter how you slice it-into the rough, into the water, into the woods, beyond the hazard-earning a profit through golf betting may be the most absurdly arduous and unrewarding task facing a prospective sports bettor.
Consider that if you place a future book wager on a major tennis tournament where there are 128 entrants, such as Wimbledon or the US Open, your choice has to beat just seven players. The other 120 are eliminated by someone else.
The same thing happens in the NFL playoffs where a team need beat just three or four opponents to claim a Super Bowl championship. The NBA and Major League Baseball have similar formats, where most of the teams are eliminated by someone other than the eventual winner.
About the closest thing to golf is a NASCAR Nextel Cup race, where your driver has to beat 42 other competitors.
But a typical golf tournament features about 150 players, meaning the man on whom...