Golf

While golf continues on its unhappy hiatus, there are a number of long-term bets that look attractive. Betting markets are up for all of this year’s four Majors and also for the Ryder Cup so we can still take a wager on 2020’s five big tournaments.more…

The US Masters may have been pushed back until later in the year but while the Coronavirus continues to lay waste to sport across the world, we can still look at some futures options.

As is the case with all years, a lot ofmore…

The Players Championship 2020 rolls into town with its iconic 17th hole as its focal point. TPC Sawgrass always produces drama to the end and we should be set for a thrilling four days.

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It is just over a month away from the first Major of the year. The Masters is firmly on the horizon and that means that the fields will tend to strengthen as we move through this month.

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After a thrilling first World Golf Championship of the season, the PGA Tour heads back over the border from Mexico to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The PGA National is our setting for the Honda Classic 2020 which started in 1972 and is therefore one of the moremore…

The first World Golf Championship of the year heads into view this week and we’re off down Mexico way to the Club de Golf Chapultepec. A recent addition to the Tour in 1999, the WGC Mexico was dominated for a period by Tiger Woods who has claimed seven titles while Dustin Johnson is the most successful golfer inmore…

One of the oldest golf tournaments on the PGA Tour is in our sights this week and that is the Genesis Invitational at Pacific Palisades, California. This event was first held as the Los Angeles Open in 1926 and there is a strong field heading to the Riviera Country Club.more…

Pro Am events are not for everyone: The celebrity sideshow can often detract from the serious golf on display but from a betting point of view, we should be taking the Pebble Beach Pro Am 2020 seriously.

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The PGA Tour heads into February with one of the oldest established tournaments on the circuit. The Phoenix Open was first held in 1932 and has tended to draw one of the more competitive fields in the early part of the year.more…

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.

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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.

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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 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…