SBK launches Betting Podcast with Lee Westwood

SBK, the sportsbook app powered by Smarkets, has announced the launch of its SBK Betting Podcast, hosted by Racing’s TV Jess Stafford

SBK, the sportsbook app powered past Smarkets, has announced the set in motion of its SBK Betting Podcast, hosted by Racing’s TV Jess Stafford.

Each instalment testament hold a different guest from the humankind of sport, the world-class ane being Robert Edward Lee Westwood, a pop face inward golf. Westwood is due to tie beam with Sir Nick Faldo’s register of 11 Ryder Cup appearances when he represents Team Europe at Whistling Straits this week.

Although Team USA is 4/7 favourite with SBK to heave the trophy, Westwood argued: “All the statistics that are used for compiling the betting odds take into thoughtfulness single(a) achievements. The human beings rankings are all based on item-by-item achievements. But at the Ryder Cup, you come together as a team up so it’s completely different to what we ut week inwards and calendar week out. European teams seem to bring together considerably and bring together that minuscule scrap best (than the Americans).”

Westwood also announced that his son, Sam, would be taking over caddying duties from his married woman Helen, who caddied for him at the recent BMW PGA Championship: “Sam’s doing the Ryder Cup, my son. Helen’s doing all the wives and partners' things and Sam’s doing the caddying.

"Sam’s caddied a lot for me this year, at the Masters and other events in Europe like the Scottish Open. Both live what to say to me. They just hold on me inward a good, nice, relaxed compose of psyche which is even out to a greater extent of import the hebdomad of the Ryder Cup.”

Westwood mentioned he would donate his podcast appearance fee to ii causes: the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dog and Cat Shelter, and the Ebony Horse Club.