Golf

With the PGA Tour taking a break this week, our golf preview crosses over to its European counterpart where the Turkish Airlines Open gets underway on Thursday. First held in 2013, the event attracts most of Europe’s finest players but there will be a number of names here that are familiar to US bettors.

Justin Rose (+800 or 8/1 with Bovada) has won this more …

The PGA Tour gave us the first big story of the new season as Tiger Woods completed the 82nd win of his pro career on Sunday. Victory in the Zozo Championship sends a message to the rest of the world’s best golfers but Tiger will be absent this week as we make the short hop to China.

Incepted in 2005, the HSBC Champions has been more …

The PGA Tour continues its journey around the Far East and this week the destination is Japan. This is the first edition of the Zozo Championship and although we have a restricted field of 78, it is one of the strongest so far in 2019/20.

Our betting tip for last week, Gary Woodland, finished in a creditable tie for third in the CJ Cup but we more …

The PGA Tour heads to the stunning setting of Jeju Island in South Korea this week for the third edition of the CJ Cup. It is one of the newest events on the circuit but it tends to draw a strong field, as evidenced by the previous champions Brooks Koepka and Justin Thomas.

Both men are set to more …

The new PGA Tour season continues a subdued start in terms of big-name players. We await the return of Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson amongst others while the likes of Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka have appeared just fleetingly so far.

The trend continues this week as we head to the Houston Open 2019 but while the big names stay rested, there has more …

The 2019/20 PGA Tour season continues to gain strength with the fields getting deeper week by week. At the Safeway Open, Justin Thomas appeared for the first time in this campaign and now it is the turn of multiple Major winner Brooks Koepka to make his season’s debut.

Thomas was our pick for more …

The PGA Tour season reaches its third tournament of the campaign but the first to feature a strong and competitive field. Among the golfers in California for the Safeway Open are Justin Thomas, Hideki Matsuyama, Patrick Cantlay and Brandt Snedeker. So we are finally starting to develop the circuit as September comes to a close.

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While we saw some exciting golf at the curtain-raising Greenbrier Classic last week, the new PGA Tour has started in low-key fashion. We have another tournament in the US starting on Thursday but once again, we have a mix of rookies and old pros looking to make an early impression.

In contrast, some big names are more …

After a brief detour into Germany last week, the action is back in the US as the 2019/20 PGA Tour campaign gets underway. The Greenbrier Classic is the season opener and a competitive field with some notable absentees is assembling at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

We claimed a return at more …

The new PGA Tour season may be a week away but a number of top US golfers are in Germany for The European Open, starting Thursday.

Alongside the likes of Patrick Reed and Matt Kuchar, looking for some form, are many European stars who will be familiar to American golf fans and they all combine to form a strong field. more …

The season ending Tour Championship is back but this time it comes with a big difference. With the climax to the FedEx playoffs teeing off on Thursday, a ranking system has been introduced for 2019 based purely on form and it is having a significant effect on the betting markets.

As we’ll see when we move through the more …

It is the penultimate round of the FedEx Playoffs and there is still plenty to play for as the world’s best golfers make their way to the Medinah Country Club this Thursday. Aside from the race to become this season’s overall champion, there is a tournament to win in the shape of the BMW Championship which debuted on Tour in 2007.

Keegan Bradley is the more …

With the regular season passing, we now welcome the first leg of the FedEx Playoffs. 125 golfers have made it to this stage of the campaign so we only have the in-form players in strong fields for the next few weeks.

Kicking it all off is the 2019 Northern Trust which is a long-standing event on the Tour, having debuted in 1967. Bryson Dechambeau is more …

Following a month of top class golf and world class fields, some of the bigger names in the game are missing from the declaration for the 2019 Wyndham Championship. It gives us the perfect opportunity to go looking for some longer-priced winners.

This is the event that Brandt Snedeker tore up in 2018, hitting a 59 in the first round on his way to a three-shot win. So we more …

Many of America’s finest golfers struggled to come to terms with the blustery conditions at last week’s Open Championship so they may be grateful to return home. The name may not suggest a comfortable four days, but TPC Southwind should provide a more benign backdrop for the newly-named St Jude Invitational.

There are plenty of challengers from more …

The 148th British Open Championship makes a welcome return to Northern Ireland this year as Royal Portrush plays host for the first time since 1951.

Players warmed up on both sides of the Atlantic last week but with no big-name winners in either the Scottish Open or the John Deere Classic, assessing form is tough as we go into Thursday’s more …

Following the introduction of the Rocket Mortgage Classic last week, the PGA Tour now has another new tournament in the shape of the 3M Open. At least, it has technically been declared as a new event although it’s more of a rebranding to take over from the 3M Championship which was contested by the seniors and ran from 1993 to 2018.

This is at the same venue, TPC Twin Cities, with a more …

This week we have a brand new event on the Tour as the Rocket Mortgage Classic steps in to fill the gap left by the Quicken Loans National. It’s a new venue so this isn’t just a renaming and we therefore have a clean slate as we arrive at the Detroit Golf Club.

Last week saw us more …

Following the conclusion of the third Major of 2019, the PGA Tour now heads to TPC at River Highlands for this year’s edition of the Travelers Championship. There are some notable absentees as you might expect but we still have a strong field heading to Cromwell in Connecticut.

The US Open saw us take a more …

The fourth major of the season, The US Open 2019 goes off at Pebble Beach on Thursday and, almost without exception, we have the world’s best players assembling ahead of the first tee time.

Among those to watch are World Number one and defending champion Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy. The latter produced a more …

The PGA Tour crosses the border on Thursday for the 2019 edition of the Canadian Open. It is one of the most historic events on the golf circuit, dating back to 1904, and with just one week to go before the third Major of the season, we have a strong field looking for form.

Dustin Johnson is the reigning champion but more …

The new scheduling for the Majors means there is a strong field descending on Dublin, Ohio for this week’s PGA Tour event. The Memorial Tournament was established in 1976 by Jack Nicklaus and is held in the familiar surroundings of his stunning Muirfield Village course.

Attending this week is the more …

Previously known as the Fort Worth Invitational, this golf tournament returns in 2019 with a new sponsor and new name, the Charles Schwab Challenge.

This event usually attracts a strong field but with the rescheduling of the US PGA, there are some notable absentees for 2019. At the head of the Charles Schwab Challenge outright betting, we are more …

Traditionally it has been the fourth and final Major of the year but for 2019, the PGA Championship follows hot on the heels of the US Masters. It has been switched from Labor Day to Memorial Day and it means we have a packed schedule in terms of the big four tournaments this season.

Brooks Koepka is the more …

We are just one week away from the second Major of 2019 so we can look forward to a stronger field than usual at the AT&T Byron Nelson. The event dates back to 1944 when it began life as the Texas Victory Open and it’s been a regular feature on the Tour ever since.

Last year saw a change of more …