Golf

This week’s Farmers Insurance Open is notable for the first appearance in 2020 from Tiger Woods. A year ago, we were suggesting these occasional returns were little more than a media sideshow but Tiger showed that he is a live contender and we should take him seriously.more…

It may have a new name, The American Express, but this is one of the oldest tournaments on the PGA Tour, having first started out as Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic in 1960. It is hard to think of a golf tournament that has enjoyed more titles but casual sports fans may recall its many years as the Bob Hope Desert Classic.more…

This week we stay in Hawaii for the Sony Open 2020 and while the field is slightly weaker than last week’s action, there is the potential for more drama and hopefully some profits with ourmore…

The golfing year starts in style this Thursday with the Sentry Tournament of Champions 2020. Winners on tour from 2019 are all invited to take part so the very nature of the event guarantees a strong field.

As you would expect, that field is dominated bymore…

The golfing year draws to an end this week and it is set for a thrilling climax. The biannual Presidents Cup heads to Melbourne, Australia where a strong USA side are assembling to tackle a group of Internationals who arrive as the underdogs.

Matchplay golf gives us something a little different to close out 2019 and while Team USA is expected tomore…

There may be a restricted entry of 18 for this invitational tournament but the Hero World Challenge has one of the strongest fields of the season so far. Hosted by Tiger Woods, the event was originally established in 2000 and the great man himself will make a welcome return to the course in 2019.

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The climax of the European Tour is this week as the season’s Race to Dubai comes to a conclusion. A gruelling few months has produced dramatic golf on both sides of the Atlantic and while the Race itself remains open to just one or two players, the DP World Tour Championship is a prestigious event with a big purse up for grabs.

This is also themore…

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 thismore…

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 beenmore…

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 wemore…

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 tomore…

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 hasmore…

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 formore…

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.

We also havemore…

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 aremore…

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 atmore…

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 themore…

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 themore…

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 ismore…

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 wemore…

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 frommore…

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’smore…

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 amore…

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 usmore…