Betfair tops Oddschecker's golf rankings
Operator jumps ahead of Paddy Power in month that included Ryder Cup opening day, while bet365 maintains overall dominance
Betfair topped Oddschecker’s golf bet slip click leaderboard in September, however, the effort wasn’t enough to topple bet365 from the head of the overall rankings.
Bet365’s overall market share remained the same as August at 20.26%, with William Hill the only mover in the top 10, leaping ahead of Sky Bet into fourth with a market share of 8.92%.
Betfair (12.08%) and Paddy Power (10.48%) stayed behind the Stoke-headquartered firm in second and third place respectively.
The remaining top 10 positions were occupied by BetVictor (7.63%), Ladbrokes (6.13%), Coral (5.29%), Betway (4.01%) and Betfred (3.81%).
Betfair, however, did top the golf rankings, which included day one of the Ryder Cup, with a market share of 16.54%, enough to move ahead of Paddy Power who recorded a share of 13.08%.
Bet365 (11.15%), BetVictor (8.34%) and Sky Bet (8.2%) were all competitive as they maintained their positions in third, fourth and fifth respectively.
Ladbrokes, which said turnover for the whole tournament was up around 20% compared to its previous staging, jumped two places to sixth with a market share of 6.72%, ahead of Coral (6.03%) and William Hill (5.53%).
Stan James dropped two places to ninth with a share of 4.64%, with Betfred claiming tenth place with 4.58%.
Meanwhile, in the UK football rankings Betfair (12.71%) moved ahead of BetVictor (11.14%) into second place with bet365 leading the way with a share of 18.57%.