Scheffler: Safer than Stocks?
Gambling companies are profitable for a reason. 99% of people say they have a way to beat the system and 99% of people are idiots. Sports betting no matter how good you think you are is not a form of investing. In fact if there’s three certainties in life it's death, taxes and your “lock” not hitting. So I apologize in advance for the jinx this blog is going to cause. There are few exceptions to this rule with Scottie Scheffler being one of them. Scottie Schefler does not have a single round over par all season and his last 5 starts are WIN, WN, T2, WIN (The Masters), and WIN. We have seen a run of Tiger-like dominance. He’s made 30 cuts in a row and has finished top 20 in every tournament he’s played in this season. He only has one finish this season that was not top 10 where he finished T17th. These are the stats that only begin to scratch the surface of how impressive Scottie Scheffler has been. A perfect opportunity to bet Scottie has arisen due to a combination of factors with dominant and consistent level of play combined with the fact that his odds usually still offer a favorable payout due to how hard consistency is in golf. There’s no signs of Scottie slowing down when you see his level of play combined with the fact of a weakened PGA Tour field due to LIV and key departures like John Rahm. (although The Masters showed this doesn’t matter Scottie is better than everyone no matter if you’re getting paid by sniveling cowards like Jay Monohan, or the terrorist sympathizers behind LIV). So this level of dominance combined with favorable better opportunities begs the question: is Scottie Scheffler safer than stocks? Since the start of the year the S&P 500 is up about 6.2% (as of April 30th, 2024) since January despite high interest rates. So in short unless your finance education is based on the movie Wolf of Wall Street, no. BUT, if you’re basing your investments off of the Wolf of Wall Street to begin with or still waiting for GameStop to go to the moon then yes, Scottie Scheffler is probably a safer bet than that. Now I would still encourage you to invest in something real if you’re able to invest and to diversify your portfolio to eliminate risk because Scottie probably can’t beat that (unless he just wins everything which could happen if he keeps making putts). What you should be doing other than safely investing your money is find an amount to place on Scottie Scheffler to place on him finishing top 10 or top 20 and continue to roll that bet into the next week until the season ends and watch your money grow. How’s that for compound interest? How about rolling over my money on Scottie Scheffler and earning winnings on my winnings. Now the downside is if Scottie fails to do this one week then you lose everything if you truly roll your innings over into each week. With how good he has been though we are seeing one of the best betting opportunities across all sports in a long long time. Get in while you can and enjoy the ride. The biggest threat to his streak right now is the baby being born during a tournament causing a withdrawal or him being so sleep deprived after the baby is born that he has one bad week. (So maybe wait til after the baby is born to keep rolling in all your winnings). Remember though Scottie Scheffler is so good at golf that he is seemingly one of the only golfers in recent memory who got better after getting married. If marriage can’t hurt his golf game I don’t think the baby is gonna get him either.