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These days if you are betting regularly, no doubt a good deal of your gambling is done on the go. With our busy lifestyles and the ability to do just about everything via our phones, it is no surprise that betting can now be done via the tap of a smartphone too.

Many of the top betting websites have also set up their own apps, making life even easier for when you need quick and easy access to their services.

Out of all the many hundreds of apps out there though, which are the best? Which ones can provide vital info and tips when you need them? And which betting apps are the best for placing your bets on?

We have a look at all these questions below – looking first at the best apps to help you with your betting and then the best apps for placing bets (i.e. the bookies).

The Best Betting Apps to Help With Your Betting

First we will have a look at the betting apps that can help with your betting – whether that’s providing top quality tips, info and stats to aid in your research or by offering free competitions you can enter to win big prizes. 

Betting Gods

If you are looking for high quality betting tips then there are few better sources than the respected Betting Gods tipster platform. With some of the best tipsters you will find anywhere across a range of sports including football, golf, horse racing, greyhounds and cricket it is well worth checking this site out.

We have reviewed many of their tipsters under live trial conditions and they have performed phenomenally, delivering profits of over 1,000 points – or £10,000 to £10 stakes – in some cases. The app is primarily for the delivery of tips so best to check out the website first and see the fantastic tipsters they have on their books – and start profiting from their expert tips.

You can visit Betting Gods here and check out the Betting app here. 

Tipstrr

Another top tipping app comes from the renowned Tipstrr platform, which provides some of the top betting experts you will find anywhere. Much like Betting Gods, they provide tips across a range of sports including football, horse racing, basketball, NFL, tennis and more. Some of their tipsters have achieved €1,500 profit per month on average with returns on investment of over 30%. With cheap packages available at just €2 per month it can be well worth signing up to receive some of these expert tips to assist with achieving profit in your betting.

Visit the Tipstrr website and download their app here.

Racing Post

The Racing Post app provides a complete guide to racing in the UK and Ireland with race cards, results, news, free bets and more. All the race info is presented with the jockey, trainer, recent form and live odds available to view. Plus there are the same features for greyhound racing, so if the dogs is your thing then you also have access to a wealth of info via the Racing Post app. Something of a “must have” app for racing enthusiasts or if you are heading to the races yourself. 

Visit the Racing Post website and download the app here. 

Football Index

One of the most innovative new betting concepts we have come across in recent times is Football Index. Basically it is a football stockmarket that allows you to buy futures (like shares) in footballers and then you can profit from the rise and fall in their prices – and also receive dividends based on performances and media attention. 

The overall returns of the Top 100 players since the service started has been excellent, growing more than 20-fold – and counting. And that’s not even including the dividends. We have run our own live portfolio which has also done very well and is substantially in profit. The app is well worth downloading to allow quick and easy access to your portfolio and trading when you’re on the go.

You can check out the Football Index app here. 

Soccer Saturday Super 6

You may have seen the rather bombastic adverts on TV featuring Jeff Stelling for the Soccer Saturday Super 6. Basically the idea of it is to predict the scores of six separate football matches from the Saturday fixture list, normally across the Premier League and Championship. The prize is normally £250,000 but can get up to £1 million. Recently three different people correctly predicted all six scores and won £333,000 each – not bad for an afternoon’s work. And the great thing about it is that’s it’s free to enter, so you have nothing to lose by having a go.

You can check download the Soccer Saturday Super 6 App here.

Oddschecker

No discussion of betting apps that can aid your betting would be complete without odds comparison site Oddschecker.com. This is kind of a necessity for any serious bettor. Access to finding the best odds for any match or event is crucial, as much when you are on the go as when you are at home in front of your computer. Oddschecker have the odds from a large number of bookies for a whole host of sports and markets, as well as providing their own tips and trends and the latest odds boosts. Make sure you have this to get the best odds when you are on the go.

You can download the Oddschecker app here.

Betting Bias

Another top tipping site that is well worth checking out is Betting Bias. They have been going since 2011 and have generated over 1500 points profit in that time at a very healthy ROI of over 19%. They provide tips in a variety of sports including horse racing, football, tennis and cricket. Their most profitable tips however have been their golf tips, with a number of winners over 100/1 over the years for their followers. Best of all is that the tips are free – no sign-up is necessary either. Can’t say fairer than that really.

You can check out Betting Bias here,  and their iPhone app here.

ITV7 Racing 

In a similar vein to Soccer Saturday’s Super 6 App, ITV7 Racing is a competition where you have to try and pick seven winners from selected races on a given day. If you manage to pick all seven winners then there is a cash prize of £100,000 to be won, to be split equally amongst any winners. If the jackpot isn’t won, then the top performer wins a consolation cash prize. It’s also free to enter so you’ve got nothing to lose and if you have an affinity for picking winning horses then this could be a chance to win a life-changing amount of money.

You can check out the ITV7 Racing App here. 

Betfan

Much like tipster platforms Betting Gods and Tipstrr, Betfan provides a range of tipster services across various sports. With over 86,000 members Betfan is a popular service and has hosted some impressive professional tipsters in its time, including Lucky 7 Naps and Racing Delights. They also provide free daily tips, which have produced decent profits in themselves.  Get all your tips and daily news updates via the App.

You can check out Betfan’s Tipster Champions here and the app here. 

Flashscores

For anyone betting on sports like football and tennis then a live score service is pretty much essential to keep track of how things are going and Flashscores is one of the best. With very comprehensive leagues covered throughout world football and all the major tennis tours, this app will keep you up-to-date on sporting action from around the globe. They also provide updates on a number of other sports including golf, cricket, hockey and rugby. The data is not only useful in checking on how your bets are doing but also helpful if you are betting in-running and want to know how a game is going – how many chances are being created and so on. 

You can download the Flashscores app here. 

Best Bookie Betting Apps

The other side of betting on the go is to have the means to place your bets quickly and easily for an app. Nowadays there are dozens of bookies with their own apps so there are plenty to choose from. Here are our picks for the best of the bookie betting apps.

Betfair Betting App

One of the most popular betting apps is the Betfair Betting App, which has a rating of 4.6 stars on the app store. Some earlier bugs on the Android version seem to have been ironed out and this now offers all the exchange features you could want including cash out, a cash out slider and even auto cash-out now. For all the many benefits betting on the exchanges provides including BSP, generally better odds and more, having the Betfair App is a must.

Get up to £100 in Free Bets with Betfair Sportsbook (T&Cs apply, 18+, new customers only).

Betfred App

One of the strengths of the Betfred App is that it’s nice and simple, meaning you don’t need to waste much time figuring out how to use it in order to get your bets on. That should be the priority really when betting on the go, so the Betfred App deserves to be held in high regard on that point. There are also numerous bonuses and special offers to take advantage of on the app, including Double Delight and Hat-Trick Heaven. 

Bet £10 Get £30 in Free Bets + 30 Free Spins with Betfred. (T&Cs apply, 18+, new customers only).

Sporting Index

Whilst most people tend to bet on fixed-odds sports betting, there is something to be said for wagering on the spreads. Sporting Index is one of the leading accounts for spread betting and has been around for many years. The app is simple to use and allows you to place your spreads on the go, whether it be on football, horse racing, cricket, golf or one of the many other sports provided on the Sporting Index app. For those using top services like Sports Spread Betting, having access to the app when you are on the go is vital.

Get £50 to Get Started with Sporting Index. (T&Cs apply, 18+, new customers only).

Matchbook Betting App

If you are using the exchanges then it’s a good idea to have some alternatives to Betfair so you can make sure you get the best odds every time. One of the best alternatives is Matchbook, which has excellent features and some very good offers for new customers. They offer a wide range of sports and markets so you should be able to find plenty of opportunities for wagering. 

Get 0% Commission until 31st December with Matchbook. (T&Cs apply, 18+, new customers only).

Sky Bet App

The Sky Bet App is very highly rated with scores of 4.5 out of 5 and it offers a range of different features including Soccer Saturday Price Boost (which is essentially an enhanced odds treble bet on selected matches). There are also stats you can view directly from Sky Sports which you can use to assist your betting, plus there is cash-out and numerous in-play markets. 

You can download the Sky Bet App here. 

One of the questions we are most often asked here at Honest Betting Reviews is what the best sports to bet on are. 

It is not an easy to question to answer and can depend a lot on what you are looking for. Do you want a sport that will give you a high strike rate, with a high proportion of winners and short losing streaks?

Or would you prefer a sport that can deliver some massive priced winners at 50/1, 100/1 or more?

Or perhaps you are more interested in betting on a sport with a high return on investment, that could produce a consistent income over time. 

All of these factors – and more – come into consideration when you are thinking about which sport is the best to bet on. 

Let’s take a look at the question then, taking into account these factors and other important ones.

First we will take a look at the major sports to bet on and what their pros and cons are, before analysing what we think are the best sports to bet on.

The Best Sports to Bet On – Taking a Look at the Contenders

Here we will take a look at the key contenders and see which sports are worth looking at from a punting point of view. The good news is that these days the bookies have prices not only on just about every sport conceivable, but also a whole range of markets to choose from in each game or tournament.

Football

Football (or soccer to our American cousins) is the most gambled-on sport in the world, with an estimated $500bn wagered on the sport each year. 

As you can imagine, that should create a lot of opportunities to profit from it and these days the bookies offer markets on just about every market imaginable, from the number of corners to shots on goal, who will get the first yellow card and much more.

From that point of view and in terms of the amount of liquidity there is on major football matches, football is certainly a good sport to bet on. If there is a professional football match going on in the world somewhere, you can be pretty sure the bookies and Betfair will offer odds on it, leaving you with no shortage of action to choose from. 

And generally speaking there is good liquidity on the in-play markets as well on Betfair on most football matches, giving you the chance to trade and hedge positions freely. 

There are also emerging mediums like Football Index that allow you to buy futures (like shares) in footballers and to trade them for profit depending on whether a player’s value goes up or down. 

So that is all good, but what the profitability of football as a sport to bet on?

Well, perhaps surprisingly given the popularity of the game and the vast array of opportunities to bet on it, there aren’t actually that many professional football gamblers out there, certainly in comparison to horse racing for example. 

Fortunately there are a few good ones we have found, such as The Football Guru and Chloe’s Football Focus. If you follow experts like these then it is possible to turn a profit, as they have shown over the long run with profits of over 600 points and 400 points respectively.

With football markets being so hugely gambled-on, it can also be tough to find value and a lot of the time most things are “known” – perhaps only late team news can bring a surprise but you don’t have much that is hidden from the market like in horse racing (which we will delve into further below). 

On the other hand, the good thing about betting on football is that the strike rate (or win rate) tends to be higher than in sports like horse racing and golf, meaning more of your bets are winners and the losing runs are shorter and less painful.

However, because the strike rate can approach the 50% mark when betting on football, the return on investment tends to be lower, with even top football bettors often not getting above the 10% mark. 

That doesn’t matter too much if you are turning over a large volume of bets and making good profits, but it is something to bear in mind. 

Overall then, football is a good sport to bet on given the huge number of markets and matches available and high strike rate of winners, but is typically harder to make a profit on than some other sports and there are fewer professional football gamblers than horse racing ones.  

Horse Racing

Horse racing is known as the “Sport of Kings” but are you likely to live a King’s lifestyle from betting on it?

Well the potential is certainly there, although very few people actually manage it. There are some well known professional gamblers who have become incredibly wealthy from betting on the gee-gees, notably Bill Benter, who made a billion dollars from horse racing, as well as Alan Woods and Zeljko Ranogajec. 

Those guys tended to rely on complex algorithms and computer systems though, out of reach of most ordinary punters. So if you don’t have tools like that, is it still a good sport to bet on? 

Well there are some very good professional tipsters you can follow and who we have run live trials of here, like the Flat Racing Master, the Elite Betting Syndicate and the Bet Alchemist. They are probably your best choice for trying to make some profit from horse racing.

The good thing about racing betting is that you tend to get higher odds than on sports like football and there is a great satisfaction in seeing a horse you’ve picked at odds of 20/1 or more come flying home. 

As alluded to above, there is also more opportunity to spot things that aren’t immediately obvious. There is of course “inside information” which those lucky enough to be connected with stables and trainers may be partial to, but we have yet to see any service promising such information that can actually generate a profit.  

But clearly when the bookies price up the markets the night before racing there is some subjectivity in the odds and they will often move quite dramatically before the off, indicating that the “smart money” is able to identify where a mistake has been made in pricing up the odds. There are so many variables – ground, jockey, trainer, draw, distance, form etc – that often bookies won’t pick up on the significance of one of those variables improving a particular horse’s chances in the race.

It is by pouncing on these mistakes that experts like those tipsters mentioned above are able to generate very high returns on investment of over 20% or even 30%, thus generating strong profits over the long run.

The other side of the coin is that the strike rate tends to be lower than in football, often at around the 10-30% mark, but that just means you need a bigger bank and a little more patience.

If you have those, and a professional gambler to guide you, then horse racing can be a very good sport to bet on.

Golf

Golf has grown in popularity as a betting medium in recent years and is now one of the most gambled-on sports in the world, behind just the “big two” of football and horse racing. 

It has a lot of similarities with horse racing in terms of having big-priced winners – probably even more so with regular 100/1+ winners on both tours – and needing patience and a decent-sized betting banks.

Much like horse racing, there are some top professional golf gamblers – the likes of Keith Elliott, Steve Palmer and Roger Chapman being known to most punters via the Racing Post and online presences.

Other specialists with excellent records who we follow include the Golf Betting Expert, Ultimate Golf Tips and Top 20 Golf Tips. 

Bookies tend to focus a lot of attention on the top of the market and the big names like Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth and whilst they are undoubtedly great players, it means you can often get very good value on less-heralded players who may be in red-hot form or have a strong record at a particular course. 

This, coupled with study of stats, can be a recommended path to profit when wagering on golf. As mentioned though, you will tend to need a really big betting bank and lots of patience because if you’re backing at odds of 40/1, 50/1 or 100/1 plus then you can wait months for a winner, which can become quite frustrating.

So betting on golf won’t suit everyone’s temperament, but it can quite a thrill when one of those 100/1 shots does land the spoils and you are one of the select few shrewdies who picked them. 

Tennis

Tennis has a lot going for it as a sport to bet on with usually excellent liquidity on in-play matches and events all year round to get involved in.

With just two outcomes on the main match market and no possibility of a draw it is also straightforward to approach. 

Tennis betting shares some similarities with football in that you are generally have a high strike rate if you are betting on the match odds market but conversely the return on investment doesn’t tend to be very high. 

We don’t know of any famous professional tennis gamblers but there probably are some out there.

From the way the markets operate with so much liquidity on individual matches but little on the outright tournament winner, it is likely that a great deal of trading is happening on tennis matches. 

There are some good trading guides like Trade Shark Tennis that can help you with trading ideas if that is something you are interested in. 

One of the benefits of betting on tennis is that the bookies often have very low percentage books, meaning in other words that there is good value compared to other sports and by using an odds comparison site like Oddschecker you should be able to get odds that are very close to the actual chances of the player winning.

So whilst in theory tennis should be a good sport to bet on, we have come across very few people who have figured out how to profit from it. 

Cricket

Cricket has grown tremendously popular as a sport to bet on with the emergence of 20-20 cricket and fuelled by huge interest in India and the subcontinent.

This has led to massive amounts being wagered on cricket matches, particularly on events like the IPL and big T-20 tournaments. Much as with tennis, quite a lot of this is probably a result of people trading the matches in-running. 

It also has other similarities with tennis in terms of being a high strike-rate, low return on investment, good value sport to bet on, but at the same time not being famed for professional gamblers making a living from it (although again it may be that there are some out there but they are just not well-known).

There is a promising tipster in the form of The Cricket Betting Tipster, who focuses on the man of the match market and has made good profits to date, so that is one to watch.

If you are looking to bet on cricket it may be best to focus on one particular form of the game, whether it be test cricket, one dayers or T-20. 

Overall cricket has a great deal of interest in it as a betting medium but we are not sure at the moment it is the best sport to bet on.

Other Sports

There are of course many other sports to bet on and whilst it wouldn’t make sense to get through them all here, it is probably worth looking at some of the contenders for best sport to bet on amongst the rest.

Boxing is very popular and will have its adherents as a good tool for betting. The big bouts have massive amounts wagered on them and can have profitable angles to use, whether it be fight winner, method of victory or round betting. Although not offering as many events to bet on as other sports, it can still be worth taking a look at. 

Another popular sport for betting is greyhound racing and although it is often regarded as the poor relation of the more glamorous sport of horse racing, it can also yield results for those with the knowledge and expertise. One who has done that admirably is Premier Greyhound Tips, which has made over £6,000 profit to just £10 stakes since starting up. 

Finally, US Sports like NFL, basketball and ice hockey also attract a lot of gambling activity and will probably attract even more now that gambling has been legalised in the US. Whilst we haven’t yet come across many profitable angles for taking these sports on, hopefully we should see some more tipsters starting to emerge as betting becomes more established in states across America, so watch this space for that.

Conclusion

So there is no easy answer to the question of “what is the best sport to bet on” and it depends on which angle you approach it from and what is most important to you.

If you are looking for the most markets and action to gamble on regularly, with some top experts to guide you, then football is probably the way to go.

Golf is also a contender with winners at 100/1+ being possible, although you do tend to need a big betting bank and a great deal of patience if you want to make it work.

Overall it is perhaps horse racing that just about gets the nod in the end, with numerous professional gamblers having shown the way to make profits and enough angles to exploit to beat the bookies. 

Whichever sports you choose to bet on though, please always gamble responsibly and only risk money you can afford to lose. 

After having a look at some of the top horse racing tipsters recently, today we are going to take a look at some of the best golf tipsters and which ones you might like to follow.

Here is a list of the top twelve golf tipsters we have found through our extensive research and testing.

1. Golf Betting Expert

At the top of our list is the Golf Betting Expert, a tipster who has amassed an incredible record of success since he started tipping.

Having begun in early 2016, the Golf Betting Expert has managed to make over 700 points profit, a quite astonishing feat. That would work out as over £7,000 to just £10 stakes and is equivalent to nearly £250 per month profit.

Some of his winners in that time include:-

• John Deere Classic – Bryson DeChambeau – WON at 66/1
• Greenbrier Classic – Xander Schaufelle – WON at 66/1
• Valero Texas Open – Kevin Chappell – WON at 33/1 
• US Masters – Sergio Garcia – WON at 45/1 
• Shell Houston Open – Russell Henley – WON at 40/1
• Barclays Kenya Open – Aaron Rai – WON at 25/1 
• Indian Open – SSP Chowrasia – WON at 100/1
• Hong Kong Open – Sam Brazel – WON at 250/1
• DP World Tour Championship – Matthew Fitzpatrick – WON at 66/1 
• Sanderson Farms Championship – Cody Gribble – WON at 125/1
• Boise Open – Michael Thompson – WON at 110/1
• Sony Open – Fabian Gomez – WON at 100/1

So as you can see, quite an amazing roster of winners there. Plus there have been some great placed finishes as well to top up the profits.

Overall the Golf Betting Expert has made a return on investment of over 25% since starting tipping, one of the highest returns we have ever seen from any tipster, not just a golf tipster.

So with a record like that, it’s no wonder he is top of our list of golf tipsters. 

2. Ultimate Golf Tips

Ultimate Golf Tips is run by a guy who has been betting professionally on golf for over 15 years and  has worked with several bookmakers and odds compilers during this time, with connections to both the European Tour and the PGA Tour in America.

The service has made over 150 points profit since starting up just this year and that has been made with an incredible return on investment of over 50%.

That works out at an average monthly profit of £445 per month to just £10 stakes, which is quite a handy return indeed.

Recent winners include Thorbjorn Olesen at the Italian Open at 90/1, Bubba Watson at the Travelers Championship at 35/1, Francesco Molinari at the Quicken Loans National at 20/1 and Alex Noren to win the Open de France at 16/1.

With the weekly tips come full detailed write-ups and you can tell they really know their stuff, with detailed knowledge about the players’ games, courses, conditions and other key factors.

Ultimate Golf Tips is a top notch service and well worth adding to your portfolio.  

3. Top 20 Golf Tips

This service is a little different to most golf betting services as it focuses not on who will a tournament, but which players will finish in the top 20 – hence the name Top 20 Golf Tips. 

In many ways that is a sensible approach because it can be very tough to predict who will actually win a tournament outright and just a little bit of bad luck or a putt lipping out can be the difference between winning and losing, leading to a great deal of frustration if the player you have backed misses out.

However, by betting on a player to finish in the top 20 you are giving yourself a much wider margin of error and really just the need player to have a good tournament.

That’s the theory anyway and it certainly has worked very well for this betting service, with over 600 points profit made since they started tipping in 2016.

That equates to over £6,000 profit at just £10 stakes and has been made with an excellent return on investment of over 25%.

The average monthly profit is over £230 to just £10 stakes and a 150 betting bank would have grown well over 400% since the service started.

All in all then some superb metrics for Top 20 Golf Tips and well worthy of a place high on this list of the best golf tipsters.

4. SJP Golf Tips

One of the most renowned and long-running golf tipping services is SJP Golf Tips. 

The interesting thing about SJP Golf tips is that the service is provided by someone who is a professional golfer themselves – namely Stuart J Priestley (initials SJP).

Using his vast knowledge and golfing experience, SJP Golf Tips has generated large profits over the past few years and boasts an excellent return on investment (ROI) of 38%.

Since starting up in January 2015 the service has made a superb 1100 points profit, which works out an average monthly profit of £275 to £10 stakes.

Being a professional golfer himself Stuart obviously follows the game very closely and knows the players strengths and weaknesses very well. Each week you get a nice summary of the tournaments, courses and fields taking part.

That experience has certainly paid off and SJP Golf Tips has produced some of the most consistent and profitable golf betting results we have seen. Well worth checking out.

5.Betting Bias

Betting Bias is a website run by a team of professional gamblers who tip across a number of sports including horse racing, football, cricket and tennis.

However, their greatest achievements have come from tipping on golf, with some amazingly priced winners over the years. They tip not only in the main PGA and European Tours, but have had some of their greatest success on the Web.com Tour (which is the satellite tour for the PGA Tour).

Some of their top winners over the years have included:

• Smylie Kaufman at 250/1 to win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in 2015
• Kevin Stadler at 125/1 to win the Phoenix Open in 2014
• Pablo Larrazabal  at 125/1 to win the Abu Dhabi Championship in 2014
• Brian Harman at 100/1 to win the John Deere Classic in 2014
• Patrick Reed at 80/1 to win the Wyndham Championship in 2013
• Keegan Bradley at 150/1 to win the USPGA in 2011

A good deal of their success has been in following up and coming players who are “under the radar” so to speak and not yet household names – or even known to most regular golf punters.

There is clearly great value to be found in identifying such players before the vast majority of other gamblers have – and Betting Bias have shown a real knack for that.

With the tips provided completely free, it really is a “no-brainer” as they say to follow their golf tips. The only thing we could caution is to have patience, as when tipping at odds regularly over 100/1, there can be long spells without a winner.

But when one does come, it is a tremendous feeling and well worth the wait. In between times they will often land decent-priced each-way bets as well, which keeps things ticking over nicely.

With a record that is almost unparalleled over the last 5 years, we are happy to give Betting Bias a place right towards the top of our list of golf tipsters.

6. The Golf Profiteer

Next on our list is the Golf Profiteer from the Tipster Street stables.

Since starting tipping in 2013, the Golf Profiteer has amassed 402 points profit at a return on investment of over 26%, which is very impressive figure for a two-year period.

Some of their notable winners include:

• Emilliano Grillo at 60/1 for the Frys.com Open in 2015
• Victor Dubuisson at 44/1 for the Turkish Airlines Open in 2015
• Bernt Weisberger at 38/1 for the French Open in 2015
• Matteo Manassero at 70/1 for the BMW PGA Championship in 2013
• Hunter Mahan at 47/1 for the Barclays in 2014

The Golf Profiteer has made at least 85 points profit in each of the three years he has been operating, which is very impressive. His results for the three years are as follows:

• 2013: +141 points profit
• 2014: +86 points profit
• 2015: +177 points profit

So, very consistent stuff over the three years and just what we are looking for from a golf tipster.

What is slightly different about the Golf Profiteer is that rather than tipping each way, he tips win and top 10. Perhaps this gives a bit more leeway to players who do well but would otherwise agonisingly just miss out on a top 5 finish.

Anyway, the service comes highly recommended and we think well deserving of a place on our list.

7. Sporting Life Golf

The Sporting Life’s principal golf tipster is a chap called Ben Coley and he has established a formidable reputation with a string of impressive winners in recent years.

He was in hot form towards the end of 2015 with winners including Victor Dubuisson to win the Turkish Airlines Open (did anyone not tip him?) at 45/1, Graeme McDowell to win the OHL Classic at 35/1 and Rory McIlory to win the DP Tour Championship at 5/1.

Some of his big winners over the years include:

• Russell Henley for the Honda Classic in 2014 at 300/1
• Richie Ramsay for the Omega European Masters in 2012 at 100/1
• Brett Rumford for the Ballantines Championship in 2013 at 80/1
• Billy Horschel for the BMW Championship in 2014 at 70/1
• Kyle Stanley for the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2012 at 66/1
• Hunter Mahan for the Barclays in 2014 at 50/1

Before joining the Sporting Life’s Betting Zone website, Ben had previously provided betting tips on Sports Live Radio and even worked for one of the UK’s largest bookies. He apparently spends many hours studying the golf form to come up with selections and it has certainly worked well for him over the years.

With Ben’s tips being provided for free, you really can’t do much better than following his golf tips with a record like he has established. Highly recommended.

8. Keith Elliott

Number eight on our list is perhaps the “doyen” of golf tipping, Keith Elliott. Author of over a dozen books on golf betting, Keith is perhaps most famous for his “nappy factor” theory – the idea that a player often performs better after they have had a child. This theory has been behind a number of Keith’s notable winners over the years and it would appear to have some validity.

Keith has a strong reputation as a golf tipster and is well known in the industry. In our live trial of his tips, we gave Keith a neutral rating, as although he finished slightly down at -16 points, that was only a 6% loss of the bank and there was a potentially profitable angle found during our trial.

Keith seems to have a real penchant for the big events – i.e. the majors and WGC events – where he has made over 300 points profit in these events in the last two years.

That has included picking five of six winners of the USPGA Championship in a great run of years:-

• Jason Day at 14/1 in 2015
• Rory McIlroy at 5/1  in 2014
• Jason Dufner at 40/1 in 2013
• Rory McIlroy again at 20/1 in 2012
• Marin Kaymer at 50/1 in 2010.

The only one he didn’t pick was Keegan Bradley in 2011 – which of course was picked by Betting Bias at 150/1! So if you’d been following both of those tipsters you would have done pretty well in recent years on the PGA.

Keith also did well on the European Tour in the 2015 season, notching up 181 points of profit at a return on investment of 43% – a very good season’s work.

Our overall recommendation is to follow Keith in the big events where he has a good record. For us the jury is still out on his record in the regular tour events – but that is something to keep an eye on for the future.

9. The Golf Guru

The Golf Guru is a tipster who was previously based at the (now defunct) Gambling System Reviews site but has since moved home to FTS Income.

More of a new kid on the block, the Golf Guru has only been tipping since 2014 so there are fewer results to go on than some of the other tipsters on this list, but nonetheless his record seemed worthy of consideration.

In 2014, the Guru managed to rack up 146 points of profit, which is pretty good going for a first year of tipping. His winners have included:

• Victor Dubuisson at 40/1 at the Turkish Airlines Open in 2015
• Kiradech Aphibarnrat at 35/1 in the  Shenzhen International in 2015
• Brian Harman at 100/1 at the John Deere Classic in 2014
• JB Holmes at 66/1 at the Wells Fargo in 2014
• Hunter Mahan at 50/1 at the Barclays in 2014
• Ross Fisher at 28/1 in the Tshwane Open in 2014

Sadly 2015 didn’t turn quite so well for the Golf Guru as 2014, as for the year he broke more or less even, ending up just two points down. So although that was no disaster by any means, it is not quite as impressive as some of the other names on this list.

It will be interesting to see how he gets on in 2016 and whether the Golf Guru can recapture the form of 2014 and move higher up our list.

10. Jeremy Chapman

One of the best known of all golf tipsters is the Racing Post’s main golf correspondent Jeremy Chapman. Having been around for a long time, Chapman has been tipping for over 20 years now and has earned a solid reputation as a tipster.

Although we haven’t reviewed his tips yet here at Honest Betting Reviews, we note another site followed his tips during 2015 and Jeremy amassed 11.7 points profit for the season, at a 2.6% return on investment. So in other words he more or less broke even but ended up with a small profit.

In previous years we followed Jeremy’s tips but never kept a formal record so can’t provide much additional comment other than to say we hadn’t found the tips to be particularly profitable. It is shame the Racing Post don’t publish a full record of their tipster’s tips, but perhaps that is asking too much.

Anyway, we always used to enjoy reading his column in the Racing Post and he did pick the occasional big-priced winner, so we thought a place on this list at number seven seemed reasonable.

11. Steve Palmer

The Racing Post’s junior golf correspondent is Steve Palmer, who regularly provides columns to accompany those of Jeremy Chapman, often covering the smaller tournaments or specialist events.

Palmer is perhaps best known for his book Born to Punt: Steve Palmer’s Betting Year, which is a highly entertaining look at the ups and downs of a regular punter trying to win big. One of the features of the book is Palmer’s attempts to hit the jackpot from his golf betting by putting on outrageous doubles of winners on the PGA and European tours each week at odds normally in the ‘000s to 1.

The goal behind this is that if he can win one of these (and at least £30,000 in the process) then he can quit his day job at the Racing Post and become a full-time professional punter. In his enigmatic style, Palmer refers to this as the “face-spitter” – a win so large you could quit your job and spit in your boss’s face in the process. Well, that might be taking it a bit far but then some people really don’t like their bosses…

Anyway, the book was published in 2011 and as yet we don’t think Steve has landed one of these big winners, but of course it only takes one – as any lottery winner will tell you…

Again sadly the Racing Post don’t publish the records of their tipsters, so we are unable to give an idea of how successful Palmer is over the long term. The only proofing we can find showed he made over 100 points profit over a six month period in 2012, but nothing more than that.

Overall our best guess from his own comments and those that follow the column is that Palmer more or less breaks even or makes a small profit, so not too bad but at the moment not worthy of higher consideration in our list of golf tipsters just yet.

12. Golf Punters Guide

Completing our list at number ten is the Golf Punters’ Guide. It is a popular golf betting site that has been running for a number of years and offers free tips for the golf. 

The site was originally run by a guy called Sam who made a very nice 1200 points profit between 2011 and 2015 at a yield (ROI) averaging close to 40%.

It then had a chap called Chris providing the selections and he unfortunately made a loss of 340 points. The tips are now provided by another tipster called Simon who is aiming to replicate the feats of Sam and who has had a decent 2017. 

The approach is very selective with just 1-2 tips per tournament on average, so the workload in following Golf Punters’ Guide is minimal. 

With such phenomenal results achieved between 2011 and 2015, we thought it would be remiss not to include it as part of our list.

Conclusion

So there you have it – a list of our top twelve golf tipsters. Some of them provide tips for free, others charge a fee but all of them have proved themselves over a lengthy period of time. 

With golf tipsters it is worth bearing in mind that the strike rates tend to be much lower than with traditional horse racing and football tipsters. That means you need a larger betting bank and a good deal more patience, as there will be some long losing streaks and drawdowns, no matter how strong the tipster overall.

If you have the right mindset though and accept this from the outset, you can do very well following a top golf tipster like those we have listed above. Certainly it is a great feeling when they land one of their 100/1+ winners!

As ever, if you are going to follow a golf tipster then please gamble responsibly and only risk what you can afford to lose.