Punter scoops stunning £25k jackpot after ambitious bet on Rory McIlroy triumph

An inspired punter has revived and bettered an old horse racing tradition, netting more than £25,000 in the process. Historically the ‘Spring Double’ challenged punters to forecast the winners of two of the Spring’s feature races, the Grand National over jumps and the Lincoln Handicap on the Flat.

It’s rarely spoken about nowadays but one sports punter took a stab at solving the outcome of the two races and then took it a little bit further. The William Hill customer not only picked a horse for the Aintree marathon and Doncaster’s mile handicap, they threw in the US Masters as well.

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Godwinson won the first leg in the William Hill Lincoln, then Nick Rockett captured the Grand National.

So when McIlroy holed his final putt after a play-off with Justin Rose, there had been a little more than the Northern Irishman’s major grand slam ambitions resting on.

The Irish-based customer backed McIlroy to win a 6-1, Nick Rickett as 20-1 and Godwinson at 14-1 in one £11.86 each-way win treble and the same trio in a £11.86 each-way place treble on McIlroy, Godwinson and this time Iroko, who was fourth in the National at 9-1. The bets paid out £25,548.74.

Spokesperson for William Hill, Lee Phelps, said: “Whilst single bets on Rory McIlroy to win the Masters have cost us well into seven figures, we’ve been stung by another bet featuring the superstar Northern Irishman.

"A very shrewd punter pulled off a bettor’s dream with McIlroy finally doing the business at Augusta, Nick Rockett landing the Grand National and Godwinson holding on in the dying strides to win the William Hill Lincoln.

“And that’s not all. The customer also placed a successful each-way place treble featuring McIlroy, Godwinson, and in this bet, Iroko, all to place in their respective competitions. In total, the bettor has pulled off a pair of famous spring trebles and taken us for over £25,000.

"We simply have to take our hats off to the punter here – there’s nothing quite like backing the winner in three major spring sporting events!”