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06/16/2007 - Byron, MN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two-time Nationwide Tour winner Jay Delsing posted a four-under 68 Friday to move one stroke clear of the field after two rounds of the Showdown at Somerby.
Delsing, who was one of five first-round leaders, completed 36 holes at 11- under-par 133.
Lee Williamson (64) and Jeremy Anderson (66) share second place at minus-10. Seven more players at tied for fourth at nine-under-par 135.
Delsing started on the back nine Friday and birdied the first two holes he played to move to minus-nine.
He collected birdies on 15 and 18 to make the turn at 11-under. Delsing, a former member of the PGA Tour, birdied the first before running into trouble.
Delsing tripped to back-to-back bogeys from the second at Somerby Golf Club to slide to minus-10. He got one stroke back with a birdie on the par-five fourth.
The 46-year-old Delsing parred the final five holes to grab the 36-hole lead for the fifth time in his Nationwide Tour career.
"I know what I've got to do, I've got to get myself as low as I can," Delsing admitted. "There's still so much golf left. I just want to be the one leading on Sunday."
Williamson dropped in birdies on the second and third, but gave both of those strokes back with a double-bogey on the fifth. He made the turn at minus-three thanks to a birdie on the seventh.
The 27-year-old, who has missed the cut in four of his last six starts, caught fire around the turn. He eagled the par-five 11th and followed with a birdie on 12.
Williamson's lone mistake on the back came at the par-three 13th, where he stumbled to a bogey. He bounced right back with a birdie on 14 and an eagle on the short par-four 15th. Williamson closed with his third eagle of the back nine at the 18th to end in a share of second.
"I've never had three eagles in a competitive round," stated Williamson. "I'm not sure if I've ever had two."
Anderson climbed the leaderboard with three birdies on the front nine, to turn in seven-under. After a birdie on 10, Anderson bogeyed No. 11. He posted three birdies over the final five holes to end at 10-under.
Chris Riley, a former American Ryder Cupper, carded a four-under 68 to end in a share of fourth. He was joined at minus-nine by Chris Anderson, Richard Johnson, Tim O'Neal, Mark Brooks, Greg Chalmers and Esteban Toledo. Six players are one shot back at minus-eight.
The cut line fell at four-under-par 140 with 69 players moving on to the weekend. Among those missing the weekend were Carlos Franco, Jason Buha, former Masters champion Larry Mize and two-time PGA Tour winner Len Mattiace.
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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