Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Bookies Face Massive Payout On McIlroy. If Monkeys Say So

Odds setters staring at several screens in the big bookmaking firms are sweating on their swivel chairs at the prospect of having to pay out massive amounts of dough on a losing Rory McIlroy bet.

monkeyMost big bookmakers including paddypower had odds of 4/1 against Rory McIlroy becoming world number one at any time in 2012.  Now in Arizona at the WGC Accenture Matchplay McIlroy could edge within a Keegan Bradley spit of doing exactly that.

Bearing in mind that the official world golf ranking is based on a complex mathematical equation governed by a roomful of monkeys with some chalk and an egg it seems if world No 1 Luke Donald loses to Ernie Els in the first round or to Jason Dufner/Peter Hanson in the second then McIlroy could assume the No. 1 ranking should he take the title and the monkeys like him. 

It’s thought up to seven people with a tenner on the McIlroy bet stand to each gain 40 quid plus their stake back.

 

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