Punter Needs McIlroy Masters Win For £108k Off £10 Bet

Coral tweeted this image of a crazy bet that could come in this weekend if Rory McIlroy wins The Masters

Coral tweeted this image of a crazy bet that could come in this weekend if Rory McIlroy wins The Masters

Punter Needs McIlroy Masters Win For £108k Off £5 Bet

One lucky golf bettor could be about to land a crazy treble if Rory McIlroy wins The Masters on Sunday.

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Coral tweeted an image of the bet along with the caption "This golf punter is waiting on Rory McIlroy to win # for £107,756 off a £5 e/w treble"

The punter correctly backed Haotong Li to win the Dubai Desert Classic in January for the first leg of his £5 each way treble - they were add odds of 100/1.

Interestingly, Rory McIlroy finished 2nd in that tournament, one stroke back of Li.

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They then correctly backed Jason Day to win his first tournament since May 2016 at the Farmers Insurance Open. That was at odds of 20/1.

The final leg is this week with Rory McIlroy and The Masters at odds of 9/1. They'll be £107,756.25 richer if McIlroy completes the Grand Slam by slipping on the Green Jacket on Sunday.

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McIlroy comes into The Masters looking to win the tournament for the first time, having recorded four top-10 finishes at Augusta in his last four outings.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV