The foundations of the poor house are comprised of countless hordes who fooled themselves into believing that gambling was a form of investment. Yet the lessons of history will never be learned, even in the currently static economic climate. The UK savings rate is stuck at around one per cent for those who want to keep their cash within easy reach – and you won’t get much more of a return even if you lock up your money for longer.
So, I can almost understand why some are prepared to chance a calculated risk on stocks, shares or even the betting market to boost their portfolios.
The Race To Dubai, as it’s commonly known, for the Harry Vardon Trophy has only officially been in existence since 2009. But there was a battle to top the European Tour money list for almost 40 years previously. Rory McIlroy has won it three times in the last four years but the chances of the Northern Irishman topping the rankings again this year looks remote. McIlroy, the world number two, has pulled out of this week’s Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya, citing security concerns.
That means that McIlroy now only has two tournaments in which he can overturn a million-point deficit on leader Henrik Stenson. Danny Willett is also more than 700,000 points ahead of McIlroy, whose destiny is now effectively out of hands.
A sizeable bet on Stenson at Boylesports’ 2/5 represents an opportunity to boost those aforementioned savings to the tune of 40 per cent – but is there any danger that you could blow your money?
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Stenson won the Race To Dubai in 2013 but has been concentrating on the US Tour in the last two years. However, he appears determined to regain his crown this season and claim that $1.25 million bonus. Willett is a best 11/5 and finds himself in familiar territory going into the final three tournaments of the year. The Masters champion gave vain chase to McIlroy last year but he’ll probably need to win the season-ending DP World Tour Championship and play well in Turkey and in the Nedbank Tour Challenge to stand any chance of catching the Swede. McIlroy is now 66/1 with bet365 to win the 2016 Race To Dubai.
Race To Dubai 2016 Current Best Odds
Henrik Stenson (2/5), Danny Willett (11/5), Tyrrell Hatton (40/1), Rory McIlroy (66/1), Alex Noren (70/1), Bernd Weisberger (150/1), Lee Westwood (200/1), Rafael Cabrero Bello, Chris Wood, Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace (250/1), Martin Kaymer (400/1)
