So this weekend I took on a side bet which was Padraig Harrington to finish inside the top 5 at this years golf open tournament. It was a pretty safe bet as he won the tournament last year and as Tiger woods wasn’t turning up this year it seemed a pretty good bet, the only problem I could foresee was the fact that if I had simply put the bet on him to win I would have won over £1000.

As it turns out I won £270 because I put the bet on each way which dramticaly narrowed my odds. Now I think it would have turned out different if I have lumped the whole bet on to win and if Padraig had known my past with betting the full amount and never winning he would have paid me to not do it.

My past history of betting the full amount is non existent in relation to winning but I might have to reassess this from now on.

Anyone else win this weekend?