Big Betting Winners: Sterne is the latest to join Betfair's highly exclusive "1000" (999-1) club
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South African is backed at the exchange's biggest price - 1000.0 - when pulling off an improbably victory to land home Open.
Richard Sterne was matched at huge prices to take the South African Open after coming back from the dead to win in his homeland for the second week in a row.
The 27-year-old was matched at 1000.0 (£2 traded) and 510.0 (£8 traded) before taking the tournament on a play-off from Northern Ireland's young tyro Gareth Maybin.
Sterne had a final round 66 to haul himself back into contention in a tournament where, suffering from a back injury, he had looked out of it.
Maybin, who got to 15-under, touched a low of 1.23
(-430) to win but missed an eight-foot birdie putt at the last to win the trophy.
Ernie Els also traded odds-on, hitting 1.46 (-217) when cutting through the field on the final day.
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By
Betfair.com
South African is backed at the exchange's biggest price - 1000.0 - when pulling off an improbably victory to land home Open.
Richard Sterne was matched at huge prices to take the South African Open after coming back from the dead to win in his homeland for the second week in a row.
The 27-year-old was matched at 1000.0 (£2 traded) and 510.0 (£8 traded) before taking the tournament on a play-off from Northern Ireland's young tyro Gareth Maybin.
Sterne had a final round 66 to haul himself back into contention in a tournament where, suffering from a back injury, he had looked out of it.
Maybin, who got to 15-under, touched a low of 1.23
(-430) to win but missed an eight-foot birdie putt at the last to win the trophy.
Ernie Els also traded odds-on, hitting 1.46 (-217) when cutting through the field on the final day.
Got a question about Betfair? Try our Betfair Education Department or post your question here.
As for Canadians (and other currently accepted players):
Account Help is available 24/7.
By Email: info@betfair.com ('Canada' in the Subject Line)
By Phone: 1-866-381-7119 (Free from Canadian landlines)
Click here to see a demo of How Betfair Works (Our standard FREE $25 Bet Code for Canadians is in there)
Click here to find out about Canadian Payment Methods
