The British Open is the UKs biggest single day event in golf and is becoming pretty popular with gamblers. Showing a hype of big golf events becoming popular with gamblers. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are the big names that draw in gamblers. But also unknown underdogs such as Angel Cabrera from Argentina who gone on to win and became amazingly popular.

An outsider at 60 to 1 who then goes on to win the tournament, has caught the attention of many gamblers who wants to profit from golf. This makes the 2009 US Masters extremely popular with gamblers. A lot of  online casino sites are paying, if Tiger Woods wins, 150 dollar for every 100 dollar bet. Also a lot of bets are made on how many Major Tournaments Tiger Woods will win in 2009. For Woods to win four majors, a 100 dollar bet will turn into 2000 dollar. With all attention going to Tiger Woods it can be easy to ignore other favourites which include: Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen and Sergio Garcia. If you take these factors into consideration it is not hard to see why golf can be a perfect sport to gamble on.