With 47 different stats categories to choose from, picking your way through golf form is a minefield. Which stats tell you when to put your bling on Singh? James Collins brings you the rules to follow.



Ask ten golf tipsters how they come up with their weekly selections for European and American tournaments, and they will probably tell you the same formula. Firstly, there is the player's current form. Then their previous form on the course. Then more personal aspects, such as news of injury or lurid divorce cases.



And then there are statistics. If there was ever a sport for which stats are an essential betting guide, it's golf.