Golf Tips Checker – Final Review
We have come to the end of our 15 month trial of Golf Tips Checker and here are the final results:-
| Profit/Loss: | -122 point loss |
| Strike Rate: | 14% |
| Bank Growth: | -61% |
| ROI: | -8% |
| Average number of bets: | 10-15 bets per week |
| Cost: | FREE |
| VERDICT: | FAILED |
| Rating: |
You can view full results here.
Golf Tips Checker – Full Review
Golf Tips Checker brings together golf betting tips from over 150 sources (i.e. tipsters) and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
This is an example of their charts:
So you can see at a glance who the most tipped players are for an upcoming PGA Tour or DP World Tour event.
It’s kind of a betting interpretation of the “wisdom of crowds” – a novel theory popularised in this book by James Surowiecki.
Now not all the tipsters will be good of course, but the idea is that with over 150 experts and proven specialists with track records included, you should get a good deal of valuable knowledge in there.
We tracked the tips for over 15 months which gave us a very healthy sample size of 792 bets.
Sadly in that time the tips didn’t deliver the results hoped for, with a loss of 122 points made at the end of our trial.
That was achieved with a strike rate of 14% (including placed golfers) and a return on investment of minus 8%.
So whilst this is a very interesting idea in theory and one we would have liked to see succeed, unfortunately it just hasn’t quite worked out in practice.
Ultimately it looks like you are still better off focusing on one or two top tipsters with proven track records like the Golf Insider of Ben Coley.
Perhaps there is just too much “chaff” in there amongst the 150 tipsters and not enough “wheat.”
Credit to the Golf Tips Checker service for tracking, posting and collating all those tipsters though. It is no easy feat and worthy of praise to do that for free.
The information can also be used to identify promising individual tipsters who crop up in their Twitter feeds, so there are other potential benefits to it.
So we certainly wouldn’t want to knock their efforts nor to suggest Golf Tips Checker are not worth a follow in general.
In terms of following the “most tipped players” charts though, it just didn’t work out for us during the course of our trial so that aspect has to go down as a failed rating sadly.
Service Breakdown
Ease of use: The selections can be found via their Twitter feed or website. They tend to post the “most tipped” pie charts on Tuesday with a reminder on Wednesday, leaving plenty of time to get the bets on. With around 10-15 bets per week on average it’s a pretty standard workload for a golf service.
Availability of prices: We didn’t notice any discernible impact on prices after tips were posted.
Strike rate: The strike rate for our trial was quite low at 14% (including placed golfers), and would need to be higher to generate a consistent profit.
Advised Betting Bank: No bank is recommended for the service, but we used a 200 point bank for the purposes of our trial. As 60% of that bank was lost during the trial, a 300-400 point bank may be more advisable here to be on the safe side.
Subscription costs: The tips are free to follow on the Golf Tips Checker Twitter (now X) and website.
OVERALL VERDICT: FAILED
Golf Tips Checker brings together golf betting tips from over 150 sources (i.e. tipsters) and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart. It is a golf tipping version of the “wisdom of crowds.”
We were intrigued by the idea and whether it could work in practice but sadly at the end of a 15 month trial it just didn’t produce the hoped-for results with a loss of 122 points made.
However, the Golf Tips Checker service deserves credit for tracking and amalgamating all the information, which can prove useful in other ways – for example in identifying promising individual tipsters. So hats off to them for that.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
13th November 2023
It’s been a tricky time lately for Golf Tips Checker, with a loss of 19 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 94 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the form of a handy pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
There was one bright spot recently with an 80/1 winner in the form of Erik Van Rooyen at the World Wide Technology Championship, but another winner or two like that are needed to get things back into the black.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
6th October 2023
It’s been a much better month for Golf Tips Checker, with a profit of 41 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 75 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the form of a handy pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
There were a couple of good winners over the last month, with Vincent Norrman winning the Irish Open at 50/1 and Sahith Theegala winning the Fortinet Championship at 18/1.
A few more winners like those and they may be able to get into profit for our trial.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
30th August 2023
Not much change for Golf Tips Checker over the last month, with a profit of just 1 point made since our last update.
That means they are now 116 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the form of a handy pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
As we often say with golf betting it only takes one winner to turn things around so hopefully the collective tipsters will get one soon!
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
24th July 2023
It’s been a rough time lately for Golf Tips Checker, with a loss of 58 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 117 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the form of a handy pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
As we often say with golf betting it only takes one winner to turn things around so hopefully the collective tipsters will get one soon!
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
23rd June 2023
The rollercoaster ride continues for Golf Tips Checker, with a loss of 55 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 59 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the form of a handy pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
They had almost got back to even at the time of our last update after being over 130 points down at one stage of our trial, but unfortunately have gone backwards again over the last month or so.
Just shows once again how up and down golf betting can be and the importance of having a large betting bank and lots of patience.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
10th May 2023
It’s been a much better time for Golf Tips Checker lately, with a profit of 100 points made since our last update.
That means they are now just 5 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
Things were greatly helped lately by a 100/1 winner in the shape of Nick Bachum at the Jonsson Workwear Open. Others recent winners include John Rahm at the Masters and Adrian Meronk last week at the Italian Open.
So a better period of form for the collective golf tipping community, let’s see if they can keep it going.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
22nd March 2023
It’s been a tough time for Golf Tips Checker lately, with a loss of 94 points made since our last update.
That means they are now 105 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
At the moment it looks like the “wisdom of the crowd” effect isn’t quite working in the realm of golf tipping. However, one decent winner could turn it around so let’s hope the tipsters can find one soon.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
8th February 2023
Things have picked up somewhat for Golf Tips Checker lately, with a profit of 9 points made since our last update.
That means they are now just 11 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
There have been a couple of decent winners since our last update with Max Homa at 22/1 and Victor Perez at 45/1 coming in, plus a few placed finishes.
We are entering the teeth of the golf season over the next few months as we get towards the Masters and Players Championship so lots to look forward to golf-wise.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
4th January 2023
There’s been a bit of a dip for Golf Tips Checker lately, with a loss of 12 points made since our last update.
That means they are now just 20 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
There have been a few good winners since our last update including the likes of Rozner, Lawrence and Fleetwood but they have all been at or below 20/1, so those wins have not quite been enough to generate a net profit.
In any event, as we move into the start of the 2023 with the first event of the year, the Sentry Tournament of Champions, being played this week hopefully they can move things into the green soon.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
10th November 2022
It’s been a much better time for Golf Tips Checker lately, with a profit of 58 points made since our last update.
That means they are now just 8 points down for our trial overall.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 tipsters and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
There have been a few good winners lately with Seamus Power @25/1, Adrian Otaegui @50/1 and Tom Kim @22/1, with a number of placed finishes as well.
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Golf Tips Checker – Results Update
4th October 2022
It’s been a tough start to our trial of Golf Tips Checker, with a loss of 64 points made so far.
You can view full results here.
Just a reminder this is a service that brings together golf betting tips from over 160 sources (i.e. tipsters) and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
Obviously the tipping community didn’t have a great September based on these results, but as we always say in golf tipping it only takes one winner to turn everything around…
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Golf Tips Checker – New Review
30th August 2022
We are starting a new review of something a little bit different today…
Whilst we normally look at individual tipsters and betting systems, this time we are going to be looking at a slightly different approach.
The service we are looking at today is actually an amalgamation of tipsters.
It’s called Golf Tips Checker and it brings together golf betting tips from over 160 sources (i.e. tipsters) and finds the players that have been tipped the most across all those tipsters.
They then publish the most popular tips in the handy form of a pie chart – which you can view on the website or on their Twitter here.
For example this was from last week from the two main events on the PGA and DP World Tours – the Tour Championship and Omega European Masters:
So you can see at a glance who the most popular players that have been tipped are (and last week they had a winner with Rory McIlroy plus some placed finished with Im, Xander and Rozner).
It’s kind of a betting interpretation of the “wisdom of crowds” – a novel theory popularised in this book by James Surowiecki.
Now not all the tipsters will be good of course, but the idea is that with over 160 experts and proven specialists with track records included, you should get a good deal of valuable knowledge in there.
Will it work though? Well, they have apparently had 17 winning weeks out of 20 since starting up in May. Although it’s a small sample size, it does show some promise.
In addition to the pie charts for the most tipped players, they also have a premium option for the first round leader (FRL) and early access to the most tipped players from £2.50 per month + VAT.
So will be interesting to see how this one gets on. As we say, it’s something different and a bit of fun in one sense but also looks like it could be quite effective on the other hand.
As usual we will update results here as we go along so you can see how the amalgamated tips are getting on.
In the meantime you can check out Golf Tips Checker for yourself here.
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