Gulyanamitta takes medalist honors at LPGA Q School

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12/04/2011 - Daytona Beach, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Junthima Gulyanamitta carded her second straight four-under 68 Sunday to come from behind and win medalist honors at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

Gulyanamitta has played just two LPGA Tour events in her career, the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Women's Opens. She ended the five-round marathon at 10-under 350.

Christine Song, who had the lead after the first four rounds, closed with a 74 to take second place at minus-eight. Jennie Lee shot a 72 and took third at four-under-par 356.

Dori Carter (68), Jodi Ewart (70) and Karlin Beck (69) shared fourth place at minus-three and were the final players in red figures.

Forty-one players earned at least partial status on the LPGA Tour for 2012, while the top 20 will be fully exempt.

Meredith Duncan birdied 17 then holed out for eagle on 18 to jump into a share of ninth. If she had gone par-par, Duncan would have only had partial status next year.

Jacqui Concolino had the fate of eight other golfers in her hands on the par- five 18th. If she had made birdie or eagle, only she would have been fully exempt status next year.

Instead, she made par to force a nine-way playoff for the last fully exempt spot. Lizette Salas came out of a group that included Sophia Sheridan, Min Seo Kwak, Stephanie Sherlock, Paola Moreno, Veronica Felibert, Danah Ford Bordner, Lacey Agnew and Concolino to get the last fully exempt spot. The eight others will be partially exempt in 2012.

The final round was contested on the Champions Course at LPGA International. The first four rounds had rotated over the Champions and Legends Courses.

Song started the day with a four-stroke lead over Gulyanamitta, but that cushion was gone by the eighth hole. Song dropped shots at five and eight, while Gulyanamitta had birdies on three and five.

Gulyanamitta moved two clear as there was a two-stroke swing on the 10th. where she rolled in a birdie effort and Song tripped to a bogey. However, Gulyanamitta faltered to a double-bogey at 12 to create a share of the lead.

Gulyanamitta came right back with birdies on 13 and 14 to move two ahead.

Song got within one with a birdie on 15. She stumbled to a bogey at 16, then both players birdied the par-five 18th.

These were the other players that earned fully exempt status for 2012: Maude- Aimee LeBlanc, Sandra Changkija, Duncan, Minea Blomqvist, Stephanie Kono, Cydney Clanton, Angela Oh, Rebecca Lee-Bentham, Elisa Serramia, Tanya Dergal, Ayaka Kaneko, Victoria Tanco and Hannah Yun.

Kono and Tanco both played the tournament as amateurs, but turned professional after Q School ended.

Among those that climbed inside the top 40 and gained partial status for 2012 were 2005 U.S. Women's Open champ Birdie Kim (69) and Izzy Beisiegel (72), who both finished tied for 34th at plus-eight.

Beisiegel, who is from Montreal, played five Canadian Tour events in 2011 and missed the cut in all five. Her only LPGA Tour start was at the Canadian Women's Open, where she again missed the cut.

NOTES: There were four players that dropped out of the top-40 in the final round: Lili Alvarez, Paz Echeverria, Jean Reynolds and Jaclyn Sweeney...This was the final LPGA Tour event of 2011.

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Recently I had an email debate with an angry reader who said I did not understand "the science of oddsmaking", as he called it.

He said I was wrong for suggesting oddsmakers care about who wins or loses games.

"Oddsmakers only care about splitting the betting public 50/50 on both sides of the line and keeping the commission (a.k.a. juice)," he wrote.

He might have been right about not understanding "the science of oddsmaking". After all, I'm not an oddsmaker. That said, I stick to my assertion that oddsmakers (a.k.a. sportbooks) often do care about who wins games.

Granted, as a general rule, sportsbooks try to balance their action so that they're not exposed to big losses. However, there are times when this is difficult to pull off, regardless of how much a line has moved. There are also times when that general rule is ignored and a book pursues risk.

Generally speaking, it's safe to say the books in Vegas are risk-adverse. Unlike in the past when the wise guys ruled the town, Vegas is now corporate and the goal of most casinos is to make as much money as possible with as little risk as possible.

Thus, Vegas sportsbooks try everything in their power to balance the action. They're satisfied simply collecting the juice. But these profits are small, especially compared to the take from other casino games, namely slot machines.

Because the profits at Vegas sportsbooks are so small, you could argue that many casinos operate sportsbooks simply as a novelty to keep the tourists happy.

With a growing aversion to risk, it should come as no surprise that Vegas bookmakers have been panicking this NFL season.

Despite huge pointspreads, a disproportionate percentage of bettors are still laying their money on favorites like the Eagles, Colts, Pats and Vikings rather than the dogs (a common trend for the largely recreational bettors that visit Vegas).

And much to the dismay of the books, those favorites are finding ways to cover the thick chalk. In fact, prior to Week 7, the four teams listed above are a combined 16-2-2 (88 percent) against the spread. (The tables turned dramatically in Week 7, but more on that later.)

The result has been an early-season beating for the books, and a bonanza for bettors.

While Vegas increasingly hates risk, it's no longer a major player in the sports betting world. Most of the betting action now takes place offshore where sportsbooks are not as obsessed about balance. In fact, some books encourage exposure to risk because the rewards can be so much bigger.

Consider MySportsbook.com. On its website, the book has odds pages which actually display the amount of action it's getting on games. In other words, you can see how much action the book is taking on both sides of a pointspread, moneyline or over/under.

One look at these numbers and it's obvious MySportsbook.com does not balance every game. In fact, far from it.

Take last weekend's matchup between St. Louis and Miami. By game time on Sunday, 83 percent of the betting action at MySportsbook.com was on the Rams; only 17 percent was on Miami.

What's interesting is that MySportsbook.com opened the pointspread with Miami at +6 1/2. By game time, the spread had lowered to +5.

That goes contrary to the balancing theory. If MySportsbook.com had wanted to balance the action, it would have given Miami more points; instead, it took away 1 1/2. World Series odds are now up as well.

MySportsbook.com exposed itself to even more to risk, and rolled the dice on the underdog Dolphins. Why? I contacted a representative with the book to find out. His answer was simple.

"The line moved early based on 'smart money' from sharp players," said Jeff Gilroy, a spokesperson for the book. "We also knew from early in the week that we would need Miami, therefore (we dropped) the spread to encourage Rams money.

"At the end of the day, we liked the home team."

So the conclusion is this: MySportsbook.com respected the sharp action, and gambled that the sharp bettors had a better take on the game than the recreational bettors, who were hammering the visiting Rams.

In the end, the gamble paid off. Miami, desperate for a win in front of its home fans, pounded the overrated Rams, who are terrible on the road and even worse on grass. Final score: 31-14 Fish.

MySportsbook.com was also heavily exposed on numerous favorites in Week 7, including Philadelphia, Seattle and Denver. All three failed to cover.

The fact that sportsbooks are exposed to risk on certain games is really nothing new. The fact, that Sportsbook.com is willing to show the public where it's exposed is intriguing.

Armed with this type of information, bettors can make more educated wagers. They can get an idea where the sharp money is going and conversely where the public money is headed.

MySportsbook.com is opening up its cashbox, letting bettors look inside and challenging them to take their best shot at grabbing the cash.

To visit this online football betting got to MySportsbook.com for all your football betting odds needs. Mysportsbook.com online sportsbook accepts Visa and Mastercard credit cards.