{"id":312392,"date":"2011-03-15T23:18:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/a-new-gambling-policy-on-european-tour-ap\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T23:18:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:18:43","slug":"a-new-gambling-policy-on-european-tour-ap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/a-new-gambling-policy-on-european-tour-ap\/","title":{"rendered":"A new gambling policy on European Tour (AP)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP)\u2014The European Tour has a new policy in its
\nregulations this year that forbids a player or a caddie to place a bet on any
\ngolf tournament in which they are participating.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the letter of the law. But it\u2019s not the intent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a completely new regulation for us,\u201d said David Garland, director of
\ntour operations. \u201cWe just feel that looking at other sports, and instances of
\ngambling scandals in other sports over here, we didn\u2019t have a policy. It\u2019s been
\na little topical at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Betting, particularly in Britain, is almost a sport unto itself. Garland
\nsaid golf is the fourth-most popular betting sport in the United Kingdom. During
\nsome of the major championships, there can be bets on who will have the lowest
\nscore among a particular group, or even as simple as who will place in the top
\n10.<\/p>\n

The first section of the policy is that no player or caddie can either
\ndirectly or indirectly bet or be involved in a bet in a competition they are
\nplaying or have any influence. Another section forbids players or caddies to
\nprovide information in which either has inside information.<\/p>\n

That kind of stuff would appear to go on all the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the $20 bet is a problem,\u201d said Thomas Bjorn<\/a>, chairman of
\nthe tournament committee. \u201cWe\u2019ve had big scandals in cricket, there\u2019s stuff
\ngoing on in snooker. You have to protect yourself against the inside stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

So is this policy directed mainly at caddies?<\/p>\n

\u201cNot at all,\u201d Garland said. \u201cWe know the caddies have a range of small
\nbets. It\u2019s just making them aware that it can lead to other things. They\u2019ve got
\nto realize caddies are an integral part of the golfer\u2019s team. They can
\ninfluence, and they need to be aware of this policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garland said the tour essentially needed to protect itself with a policy,
\nespecially in light of other scandals. Unlike the anti-doping policy, in which a
\nsix-month education process preceded the policy taking effect, the tour put it
\nin the books immediately and will spend the next year talking to various people
\ninvolved to make them understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen in other sports is that it\u2019s the individual who\u2019s not at
\nthe top of the game that gets involved,\u201d Garland said. \u201cIt starts with
\ninformation. Then it goes to, \u2018Can you do this for me and do that for me?\u2019 In
\nthe world of illegal gambling, these are high numbers people are talking about,
\nand it may become tempting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to get this over to players, caddies and everyone connected on the
\ntour about the dangers involved.\u201d<\/p>\n

TOP RECOGNITION: Martin Kaymer<\/a> can still make his way through airports and
\nshopping malls without being recognized as the world\u2019s No. 1 player, although he
\ndid get a taste of his growing fame in Arizona.<\/p>\n

After moving to the top of the ranking, Kaymer said he was finishing up
\ndinner at a steakhouse in Scottsdale.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a free dessert from the restaurant and on the cake it said,
\n\u2018Congratulations, No. 1 in the world,\u201d\u2019 Kaymer said. \u201cI get recognized a bit
\nmore than in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

TWITTER AND TEXT: Lee Westwood<\/a> has taken to Twitter and his followers
\nquickly grew to some 135,000 during his 17-week reign as No. 1 in the world
\nranking. He is active, having put out more than 3,000 tweets.<\/p>\n

Westwood, however, appeared to go silent when Martin Kaymer replaced him at
\nNo. 1 in the world.<\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t the case. Westwood just went old school and sent Kaymer a text
\nmessage. It was his agent, Chubby Chandler, who explained to him the phenomenon
\nof Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you can see some of the guys on it, they don\u2019t quite get what
\nthey\u2019re achieving,\u201d Chandler said. Lee has 135,000 followers, and when he
\nwasn\u2019t No. 1, I said to him, \u2018I think you should congratulate Martin.\u2019 He said,
\n\u2018I already have. I sent him a text.\u2019 And I said, \u2018You\u2019ve got 135,00 people who
\ndon\u2019t know you\u2019ve done that.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

STICKY GRIPS: Geoff Ogilvy<\/a> was curious about a new style of grips that he
\nmade the switch to when he was home in Australia late last year.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s so unusual about the leather grips from The Grip Masters?<\/p>\n

For starters, they\u2019re made of kangaroo\u2014but that\u2019s an Australian thing.<\/p>\n

What intrigued Ogilvy is that the more the grips get moist, the more tackier
\nthey become. He says he can control that by how much he wipes them down with a
\nwet towel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got addicted to the tackiness straight away,\u201d Ogilvy said of the
\none-piece leather grips.<\/p>\n

As for the kangaroo? The grips also are made from the leather of cows, and
\neven deer and sea snakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything (Rory) Sabbatini has on his belt, you can get for a grip,\u201d
\nOgilvy said. \u201cI just thought kangaroo would be cool. I\u2019m sure I\u2019d like a cow
\njust as much. But everyone has cows. We\u2019re the only country that has
\nkangaroos.\u201d<\/p>\n

DIVOTS: Now that Butch Harmon no longer works with Stewart Cink<\/a>, he has
\nadded another client to his stable\u2014S.K. Noh, the talented teenager from South
\nKorea. Harmon says Noh approached him in Abu Dhabi, and he came to see Harmon in
\nLas Vegas on his way to the Cadillac Championship. Harmon says he\u2019ll be working
\nwith him on a limited basis. \u2026 The USGA is moving its U.S. Amateur and U.S.
\nWomen\u2019s Amateur events in 2012 to earlier in the year to avoid conflicts with
\ngoing back to school. \u2026 Lee Trevino<\/a>, 71, shot a 70 in the first round of the
\nToshiba Classic. It was the first time he broke his age in competition. \u2026 Golf
\nChannel said it averaged 1.07 million viewers the opening two rounds of the
\nCadillac Championship, the best two-day viewership for Doral since 1.09 million
\nviewers in 2002 when it was on USA Network. Golf Channel now has had higher
\nratings for all 36 of the PGA Tour rounds it has broadcast this year.<\/p>\n

STAT OF THE WEEK: The last eight World Golf Championships have been won by
\neight players dating to the 2009 Bridgestone Invitational\u2014Tiger Woods<\/a>, Phil
\nMickelson<\/a>, Ian Poulter<\/a>, Ernie Els<\/a>, Hunter Mahan<\/a>, Francesco Molinari<\/a>, Luke Donald<\/a>
\nand Nick Watney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FINAL WORD: \u201cI find it very strange that he has never been No. 1 in the
\nworld. He really deserved to be there. But obviously with Tiger up there all
\nthose years, it was very difficult.\u201d\u2014Martin Kaymer, on Phil Mickelson never
\nreaching the top of the world ranking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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