You can't play Major League Baseball and bet on a game; just ask
Pete Rose. Don't try running a betting ring in the NHL, either.
Want the surest ticket out of NCAA sports? Betting's the way to do
it. In stark contrast, however, the United States Golf Association
officially sanctions betting among players during their games. And
it's not just the pros who bet. Every man, out with his buddies,
asks at the first tee, "Shall we make this interesting?" Yet there
has never been a betting scandal in organized golf."Money Golf" is
the first book that tells the complete story of golf's unique
association with wagering and how that relationship evolved. It
features anecdotes from fifteenth-century Scots to Tiger Woods and
all the smooth-swinging flatbellies, movie stars, athletes,
politicians, women golfers, Joe Six-Packs, hustlers, and sharks in
between. It also serves as a primer for novice golf bettors,
providing explanations of Calcuttas (betting auctions),
odds-making, on-course games, and the art and history of golf
hustling. It even highlights movies and books that include golf
wagers, showing that even writers understand the marriage of the
two.Wagering on golf has been part of the game since it migrated to
the United States in 1888. All of the early icons of American golf
bet when they played-Francis Ouimet, Walter Hagen, and Gene
Sarazen. Even Bobby Jones, the simon-pure amateur, wagered on his
game. Sam Snead and Ben Hogan always had a little something on the
side; so did Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Gary Player. Tiger
Woods and Phil Mickelson learned how to bet on golf when they were
little kids. All the personalities, stories, and history of betting
on birdies are included in"Money Golf."
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