It’s easy to forget about looking at Paul Casey as a potential winner of an event, since he’s only won three times on the PGA Tour. Two of those victories have been at the same event, the Valspar Championship. Sunday the 41-year-old became the first player to successfully defend a […]
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Bubba Watson Wants to End WGC-Match Play Despite Being Defending Champion
Bubba Watson might be the easiest defending champion to stay away from when betting the WGC- Match Play. The winner of the World Golf Championship event, which begins on Wednesday, doesn’t have that high of an opinion of the tournament. The match play format is not a favorite of a lot […]
Robert Garrigus Suspended Three Months by PGA Tour for Marijuana
The PGA Tour suspended longtime golfer Robert Garrigus for three months on Friday for a failed drug test. The 41-year-old tested positive for marijuana, a substance he has talked about battling in the past. Garrigus has one career victory, the 2010 Children’s Miracle Network Classic. He has struggled in recent […]
President George W. Bush Gets First Hole-in-One (Video)
It took former President George W. Bush more than 40 years, but a member of one of golf’s most influential families finally got a hole-in-one. The 43rd President of the United States defied 12,500 to one odds and made the ace at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas. The 72-year-old […]
Valspar Championship Victim of Unfortunate Scheduling
One tournament in Florida was going to suffer a lack of stars because of The Players Championship’s move to March, and unfortunately it was the Valspar Championship. This week’s final Sunshine State event has just two players in the Official World Golf Rankings top 10. No. 1 Dustin Johnson gave […]
Coming From Behind Better Strategy for Rory McIlroy at Players Championship
Rory McIlroy might want to avoid being in the final group if he wants to win a tournament. His record with the lead on Sunday is not stellar. He has been in that situation nine times recently, and hasn’t been able to win on any of those occasions. It was […]
Tiger Woods Finding Latest Injury Pain in the Neck
Tiger Woods spent the several years focusing on making his fragile back stronger, but now the former No. 1 player in the world has a new area of concern. Woods has been battling neck pain for the last month. Woods told reporters on Tuesday at his press conference for the […]
Procrastination Pays Off on Francesco Molinari Wager
If you were a fan of Francesco Molinari, it was better to make your wager before the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, than the beginning of the PGA Tour event. The Italian actually offered better odds going into the final round than he did at the first. Before […]
Dustin Johnson New Favorite to Win Masters, but for How Long?
The Masters is 33 days away, but who is counting? Last week the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook put Dustin Johnson as the favorite after his victory at the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship, but depending on who those close to Johnson on the betting board do in the next few weeks, […]
Fred Couples Returns Home with Hoag Classic Three-Peat in Mind
Fred Couples hasn’t won a PGA Tour Champions event since the 2017 American Family Insurance Championship, but is the favorite at this week’s Hoag Classic. Couples is 10/1, while Scott McCarron, Kevin Sutherland and David Toms are all 12/1. Miguel Angel Jimenez is at 14/1. There is a good reason […]
Honda Classic Winner Keith Mitchell Seeks Recognition at Arnold Palmer Invitational
Keith Mitchell is aware that most golf fans at the Arnold Palmer Invitational don’t know who he is, and the winner of last week’s Honda Classic is okay with that. Mitchell enters this week with more people being able to recognize him than two weeks ago. Mitchell is not getting […]
Vijay Singh Sees Chance to be Oldest PGA Tour Winner Get All Wet
Vijay Singh had a chance to make history for himself, and a whole lot of money for those that backed him in the final round of the Honda Classic. The 56-year-old was trying to break Sam Snead’s record as the oldest winner on the PGA Tour. Snead was 52-years-old when […]
Langer’s Injury Opens Door for Other Golfers at Cologuard Classic
It appeared that 61-year-old Bernhard Langer was invincible, but turns out he is human after all. The iconic PGA Tour Champions golfer will miss this week’s Cologuard Classic with an injury. Langer, who has 39 career victories on the tour, is only six away from time all-time leader Hale Irwin. […]
Missing Stars Dims Honda Classic Prestige
Being the first event on the Florida swing is not necessarily an advantage, as the Honda Classic tournament organizers are finding out. The event, which begins Thursday, is seeing star golfers stay away this week. Only three of the top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings are playing this […]
Dustin Johnson New Masters Favorite After WGC-Mexico Championship Win
Betting on Dustin Johnson has always been a good wager, and for the second time this year the 34-year-old paid off, winning the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship. He entered the event as the second pick at 10/1, behind Justin Thomas, who was at 9/1. It was the 20th tour victory […]
Steve Stricker Named US Ryder Cup Captain, Responsible for Turning Team Around
Steve Stricker was named US Ryder Cup Captain this week and will have the task of trying to turn around a team that has consistently disappointed in recent competitions. The US has lost four of the last five matches, that occur every two years. Last September’s meeting could have been […]
Tony Romo Takes Second PGA Tour Sponsor’s Exemption for May Event
With his football duties over until August, Tony Romo is concentrating on his other passion, which is golf. The CBS analyst accepted a sponsor’s exemption for the upcoming AT&T Byron Nelson in May. This is the second tour event Romo will play in as an amateur. He played in last […]
More Stars at WGC Mexico, but Puerto Rico Open Might Have Better Betting Opportunities
This week gives golf bettors two PGA Tour events to wager on with the elite World Golf Championships Mexico Championship and the alternate event the Puerto Rico Open. While the WGC event has 47 of the top 50 players in the world, the Puerto Rico Open will have few recognizable […]
J.B. Holmes Cashes as 100/1 Longshot at Genesis Open
It was a rough weekend for betting on the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open. With the rain delays, necessitating suspensions, restarts and longer days of play, readjusting odds for later rounds became difficult. Sunday, player’s finished up the third round, and then after a short break, went right into round four. […]
Steve Stricker Hopes Being Fair-Weather Golfer Pays Off At Chubb Classic
Steve Stricker had a choice to make, play in the PGA Tour’s Genesis Open, or the PGA Tour Champions Chubb Classic. He had entered both, but the time was coming where he had to make a decision. If he had his druthers, he would have picked Riviera Country Club. Stricker […]