07/19/2008 - Springfield, MO (Golf Betting) - Colt Knost shot a three-under 69 on Saturday to hold the lead for the third straight day at the Price Cutter Charity Championship.
Knost completed three rounds at 16-under 200 and had a one-shot advantage on three players.
The Nationwide Tour rookie will be looking to become only the second two-time winner this season after he picked up his first career victory earlier this season at the Fort Smith Classic in May.
Knost also won both the U.S. Amateur Public Links and U.S. Amateur last year.
James Love, Webb Simpson and Vance Veazey all posted rounds of five-under 67 on Saturday to share second place behind Knost at 15-under 201. Five players were another shot further back at 14-under 202.
Overall, there were 27 players within five shots of Knost's lead after three rounds of good scoring at Highland Springs Country Club.
Each day the leaderboard has bunched up behind Knost, and each day he has managed to come out on top.
When he woke up on Saturday, Knost saw that some one was seven-under through 11 holes and sitting in second place. Stuff like that can happen, he figured, and it meant that he had to play more aggressively.
"I know I can't go out and play to the middle of the greens and stuff," Knost said. "I made plenty of birdies today, I just made too many bogeys."
His 69 on Saturday, which included six birdies and three bogeys, marked his worst score of the week by two shots. He opened with a 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead, then protected it with a 67 on Friday.
"It was a pretty frustrating day," said Knost.
Although he lost his exemption to this week's British Open -- as well as the Masters and U.S. Open -- when he turned pro following his amateur wins last summer, Knost is making the best of that decision.
Ranked 20th on the money list entering this week, he is in good position for a top-25 finish at the end of the season, which would garner the talented 23- year-old rookie a PGA Tour card for next year.
A win on Sunday could carry him to No. 3 on the money list.
"I know there's a lot on the line tomorrow. I've just got to take it one shot at a time and go out and be aggressive," said Knost.
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Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Orioles and Rockies exchanged minor
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Baltimore selected Castro's contract from Triple-A
<< Arsenal's Rosicky to miss start of season
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky has
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The Czech Republic in
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Sparta, KY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Skinner captured the pole for Saturday
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m.p.h.)
<< Astros place Oswalt on disabled list
Houston, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Astros placed pitcher Roy
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12.
The 30-year-old hurler underwent an MRI earlier in the day, which confirmed a
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Seville, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brazilian-born striker Luis Fabiano signed a
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$525,000 Indianapolis Tennis Championships.
Tursunov won in comeback fashion, 4-6,
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Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shin-Soo Choo went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer
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Rick Ankiel and Skip Schumak
In terms of sports wagering, the NFL is "the most popular game in town." The explanation behind that is easy.
It is called the "pointspread."
Many years ago, NFL games, as well as the more popular college games, used straight odds as a vehicle for betting. For example, if the Bears were playing the Giants, and it shaped up as a competitive contest, the Bears might be, say, a 7/5 favorite. If they were playing an also-ran, it might be 10/1. Well, there is a point where a line becomes prohibitive, as far as betting the favorite. And who would waste money betting an underdog that has virtually no chance? Such a setup did not contribute to promoting betting action.
But in modern sports betting, a "pointspread" is used.
A NFL pointspreads are exactly that, a pre-established point difference between the two sides that will, for all intents and purposes, create a handicap that evens things out, and in doing so, produces comparable wagering activity on both sides of that proposition. So in lieu of a odds figure in which to bet the team to win outright, the Bears might be a three-point favorite over the New York Giants, and a 17-point favorite over the also-ran. Now that the team that is the underdog can "get" points, there can be equal action on both sides.
In sportsbooks, this is usually done with efficiency by charging the losing bettors 10% extra - in effect, bettors are laying 11/10 on those games. So they are actually betting $110 to win $100. If they lose, they pay the "vig." If they win, they simply collect.
The establishment of the pointspread as the corner stone around which team sports like football can be wagered upon was truly what brought gridiron betting into the stratosphere.
Don't believe it? Just take a look at what happens around the Super Bowl.
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The 2008 Kentucky Derby has announced a $1-million bonus for this weekend’s 134th ‘Run for the Roses’ and MySportsbook.com is doing the same.
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
Derby organizers announced this week that there will be a $1-million bonus at the 2007 Kentucky Derby odds if the first-place horse wins by more than 6 1/2 lengths – the margin of Barbaro's victory last year. The bonus would be divided Saturday among the winning trainer, jockey, owner and a charity, with each receiving 25 percent. The designated charity is the Barbaro Memorial Fund.
''It's certainly creative, it's certainly fun and it has something for the horsemen, which we always want to embrace,'' Churchill Downs president and chief executive Robert Evans said at a news conference. ''What's really cool is it will force us to remember Barbaro.''
Meanwhile, the Derby favorite – Curlin – is going against the odds this year. It's been 125 years since Apollo won after skipping his 2-year-old season, and not since Regret in 1915 has such a lightly seasoned horse worn the blanket of red roses.
Arkansas Derby winner Curlin – unbeaten in three career races – tries to overcome both those obstacles in Saturday's 133rd Derby.
''We're not running against history,'' trainer Steve Asmussen said Monday. ''We're running against who they load up.''
Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
Asmussen dismissed suggestions that Curlin's lack of racing experience could keep him from the winner's circle.
”He exudes confidence and he's got a great presence about him,'' the trainer said. ''I feel great about the position we're in. He's not worried about anything, why should you be?''
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