Golf

How does a sportsbook pay a golf top-five bet when players tie for fifth?

Direct answer

Check whether the market applies dead-heat reductions or explicitly includes ties. In a dead-heat rule, the available places and the number of tied players determine the stake portion treated as winning.

What to check

If three golfers share one remaining place, a conventional dead-heat rule can apply winning odds to one-third of the stake. Check the operator’s published calculation.

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