After getting a taste of professional golf last year at the US Senior Open, former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz is ready to drench himself in the PGA Tour Champions this year. The tour announced that the Hall of Fame pitcher is receiving three event exemptions. The first tournament Smoltz […]
Tiger Woods has a trophy case full of tournaments he has dominated, but the one event that he can’t seem to slay is the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club. The 43-year-old will get another crack at it beginning Thursday, and hopes he can change his luck there. Oddsmakers and […]
Any small doubt that Bernhard Langer couldn’t regain his throne as the King of the PGA Tour Champions was blown away after his victory at last weekend’s Oasis Championship. Langer, who lives 10 minutes from the golf course, won the event by five strokes as the 4/1 favorite. Not only […]
It may have taken an extra day to finish, but Phil Mickelson didn’t mind waiting until Monday to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for the fifth time in his career. Mickelson carded a final round 65 to earn the 44th victory of his PGA Tour career and his first […]
The first weekend of no NFL since August can give gamblers a hangover effect betting-wise, but fear not, there is football this weekend. The Alliance of American Football begins its season this week. The league has four games on the schedule in its debut season. There is also a full […]
One of the hardest holes at Augusta National Golf Club just got more difficult, and might further favor long hitters at the Masters. The No. 5 hole, nicknamed Magnolia, had 40 yards added to it and the par 4 went from 455 yards to a meaty 495 yards. That will […]
It is a debut Retief Goosen has anticipated for quite some time, but now that he readies to tee it up at the Oasis Championship on Friday, he knows winning his first Champions Tour event is a longshot. The last person to win his inaugural event was Miguel Angel Jimenez […]
Maybe no one more than Dustin Johnson is looking forward to this week’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which begins Thursday. For a variety of reasons Johnson probably had this date circled on his calendar. The first is his success at this event. Johnson has won the tournament in 2009 and 2010. […]
If there is a golfer gamblers should probably stop betting on, Sergio Garcia would be a good choice. The 39-year-old Spaniard’s latest temper tantrum at the Saudi Invitational is being written off as his trademark immaturity, but a deeper look might reveal a much bigger problem. Garcia is not playing […]
Rickie Fowler had to endure a strange and frustrating day in Scottsdale on Sunday, but in the end, he still managed to walk away as the winner of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Fowler threw away a five-shot lead on the final day before finally putting away the tournament, ultimately […]
They are steps too big for any golfer to fill, especially one with the same last name, but Gary Nicklaus has never tried to live up to his dad Jack’s achievements on the golf course. He does, however, enjoy competing and was excited when he turned 50 on January 15, […]
It is one of the most popular proposition wagers the sportsbooks offer, and the “Who Will Have More? bets seem to get more voluminous and creative every year. This year the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has 78 of the specialty bets, covering everything from major sports teams to an individual […]
The European Tour and its golfers are taking heat ahead of this week’s Saudi International golf tournament, with many critics questioning why the tour is playing in Saudi Arabia following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in September. Many of the top players in the world have committed to the […]
It is a party disguised as a golf tournament, and no one has been the guest of honor at the Waste Management Phoenix Open more than Phil Mickelson. The 48-year-old has played in the event for the last 29 years as a professional. As he embarks on his 30th tournament […]
While much was made of the season debut of Tiger Woods at the Farmers Insurance Open last week, the attention by bettors should have been on Justin Rose. Woods opened the event at 16/1, but had several factors going against him, while in hindsight, Rose should have been the favorite […]
Tiger Woods had his best season as a professional since 2013, when he won six times. In 2018 he won the Tour Championship and finished in the top 10 six other times. Coming back from spinal fusion surgery, his fourth back procedure, Woods was not sure what he could accomplish, […]
With the Super Bowl still a little more than a week away, gamblers have to cool their heels until the mountain of prop bets they made, or are about to make, start to come through. What to do until then? Plenty it turns out. There are several betting opportunities out […]
Tiger Woods said on Tuesday before the start of the Farmers Insurance Open that he is rested and ready for the PGA Tour season, and that might not bode well for his fellow professionals. The 43-year-old, who is ranked 13th in the Official World Golf Rankings was a 16/1 pick […]
Oh, Phil Mickelson, why must you break the hearts of bettors yet again? You seemed like such a sure thing, going into the final round of the PGA Tour’s Desert Classic, up by two strokes with mostly no names and non-winners chasing you. Before the final round, the Westgate Las […]
It was of little surprise, but Tiger Woods made it official on Thursday when he decided to make his PGA Tour season debut at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego. The tournament begins Thursday and utilizes both courses at the famed municipal golf facility. The 43-year-old […]
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