It’s hard to say how you would handle missing out on $150,000 if you haven’t been in those shoes. So there’s probably a thing or two be learned from how a Twitter user named Rufus is handling his bad beat on the PGA Championship.
On Friday, Rufus bet $500 on the relative unknown Mito Pereira to win the tournament at +30000 odds, for a payout of $150,000. Things were headed in the right direction for Rufus until Pereira blew his one stroke lead on the final hole Sunday with a double-bogey.
Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris passed him on the leaderboard to force a playoff, Thomas won and celebrated by hitting the dab, and Rufus — who didn’t hedge — was left holding the bag.
