09/01/2026
HE BET $10 ON GOLF – THE PAYOUT SHOCKED HIM
You ever watch a major and think, 'Man, I could call this better than the oddsmakers'? Well, this guy did exactly that. He threw down just $10 on the Open Championship using a prediction market, and the way it paid off had him rethinking his whole weekend. Scottie Scheffler's the favorite, but Rory's breathing down his neck at 9.8% – the gap's tighter than you'd think. But what nobody knew was…
Okay this actually got me curious about prediction markets. Full breakdown's here if you wanna see how the $10 turned into $15: https://geni.us/www-Nytimes-com