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The PGA Tour returns to Florida this week for the final Sunshine State stop on the schedule. The Valspar Championship was skipped due to the truncated 2020 Covid schedule, but 156 of the world's best golfers are back, teeing it up at the famed Copperhead Course at Innsbrook Golf Resort, just outside of Tampa. Past […]

The Tour heads to Louisiana this week for the Zurich Classic. This is back-to-back Pete Dye courses, the third in the past six weeks, so there's some continuity around profiling the style of golfer that's likely to find success this week. The major curveball to the week is that this is a team event. Breaking […]

After last year's truncated COVID-19-induced schedule changed the cadence of events on Tour, the RBC Heritage is back in its usual spot on the schedule. With the world's best golfers already in the area, most are making the short coastal drive north from Augusta, Georgia to Hilton Head, S.C., and Harbour Town Golf Links, one […]

An April weekend in Georgia. The azaleas are back in bloom, and spectators will be back on the grounds. After Tiger Woods' epic 2019 victory at Augusta National, we had to wait nearly 20 months for the first, and hopefully only, November edition of the world's best golf tournament. Now we're just 21 weeks removed […]

The Valero Texas Open is the calm before next week's storm at Augusta National. While most of the world's elite are skipping the trip to San Antonio, we still have a respectable field teeing it up at The Oaks Course this week. I find this event difficult to handicap. There's data that will show that […]

The four-week run of Florida events on the PGA Tour comes to an end this week at PGA National for The Honda Classic. Jack Nicklaus played a big role in the original design and the recent updates to this course, and it's considered one of the toughest non-Major par-70 tracks on Tour. If you're watching […]

The Players Championship is often referred to as the PGA Tour's fifth major, and rightfully so. It's a tremendous test of a golfer's all-around game, and unlike most stops on the Tour, there's not one particular type of player that wins here more than others. Play your best, and you'll compete. That sounds obvious, but […]

Sandwiched between last week's WGC and next week's Players Championship, the 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational offers a bit less than we've seen of late in terms of upper-echelon talent for our betting pleasure. Let's not pretend this is the Puerto Rico Open, though.  Bay Hill offers a stern test of golf, with similar features to […]

The golf world said goodbye to the West Coast last week with an exceptional four rounds at Riviera. The world’s best now head to Bradenton, Fla., for the first WGC event of the season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this event has relocated from Mexico to Florida, introducing a new course to the field of […]

A big talking point heading into last week's stop at Pebble Beach was the lack of star power in the field, a valid point when considering that none of the OWGR Top 10 teed it up last week. The top of the board at Pebble did emerge though, with strong showings from both Patrick Cantlay […]

This week's event at Pebble Beach will look a bit different than past iterations, most notably lacking the amateur element and three-course rotation that typically forces a 54-hole cut. Bill Murray and Larry the Cable Guy can have Monterrey Peninsula to themselves this week. The 156-golfer field will split time between Pebble Beach and Spyglass […]

The Stadium Course and world-famous Par-3 16th hole at the Waste Management Phoenix Open will undoubtedly feel different this week than in years past, though having 5,000 people outside the rope in Scottsdale will provide a unique experience of its own when compared to the previous seven months of PGA Tour events. That's not the […]

We're a few events into the PGA season, but things begin to heat up this week for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. We'll start to see the world's best golfers week-in and week-out moving forward, and this years' event has an added layer of intrigue with the U.S. Open takes place here on […]

The PGA Tour heads east from Hawaii to California for this week's American Express at PGA West. This event changes its name like I change my underwear, so if you're looking at past events, this could be the Desert Classic, CareerBuilder Challenge, or the Bob Hope Classic.  This year's American Express has a new wrinkle, […]

The second week of the 2021 season keeps us in Hawaii, this time at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu for the season's first full-field event, the Sony Open. As you've likely heard, playing on Maui in the Tournament of Champions the week before the Sony Open has been a strong predictor of success. Course experience matters […]

The PGA Tour wasn't away for very long, but the 2021 season kicks off this week with the annual trip to Maui for the Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Plantation Course, a unique par-73 track. As is often the case with coastal courses, wind can play a major factor in the event, which was […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games. That's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet on the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want to […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want to […]

After a week off, the PGA Tour is back this week for the final stop on the 2020 calendar. A surprisingly strong field heads to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for this year's Mayakoba Golf Classic at El Camaleon Golf Club. Axis does a great job of previewing El Camaleon in his course breakdown this week. […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want to […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want to […]

With the Masters behind us, a number of the world's best are making the trip to Sea Island, Georgia for the RSM Classic. It's a loaded field in relation to what we typically see for the RSM Classic. Though it's not the typical post-Masters event, I'm sure staying in the state of Georgia for a […]

There's just nothing like it. The pomp and circumstance around the world's premier golf tournament will have a unique feel this year. It's November, not April. There will be no "Tiger roar" regardless of how well Tiger Woods — or anyone — is playing, because no patrons will be walking the course or sitting in […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want to […]

With the Masters on deck, a number of the world's best are making the trip to Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston for this week's Houston Open. Typically a lot of the top players will get out to Augusta National early and play the week before, but the course is closed still, so Houston is […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games. That's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into though is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want […]

With the Masters fast approaching, most of the world's best are passing on this week's trip to Port Royal Golf Course for the 2020 Bermuda Championship. The only golfer in the field this week who played last week at the Zozo is defending champion Brendon Todd. Last year's iteration was the first time Port Royal […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into though is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want […]

After consecutive weeks in Las Vegas, the PGA Tour heads to Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California for the Zozo Championship. Typically held in Japan, the Zozo Championship, along with the entire Asian swing season, has been moved stateside thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to be omnipresent in all of our worlds.  […]

You want to win money betting on NFL games, that's why you're here.  The challenge that most casual bettors run into though is their late call to action, i.e., betting moments before a game kicks off. Sure, we want to bet the game that we're watching, but at the end of the day, we want […]