Category: Golf

It was hard to predict what would happen for the top players in the field this week at the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge, after many of them battled through last week’s test at Oak Hill. As we maybe should have expected, there are just two players at the top of the world rankings in the…

It has been a solid start to the Charles Schwab Challenge for us here at Action Network. My bet of the — Michael Block missing the cut at (-210) — was an easy winner. We also connected on a Thursday round one head-to-head wager of Eric Cole (-110) over Sam Stevens. None of that puts…

The PGA Tour heads to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas for the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge as Sam Burns looks to defend his title. He won in a playoff on an electric 40-foot putt that gave him the victory over good friend Scottie Scheffler last year. Scheffler is the betting favorite this week…

PGA Championship hangover? Not for us here at Action Network, although I may have had a little too much (Stephan) Jaeger at Oak Hill Country Club and found myself stumbling home on Sunday after his Sunday implosion accounted for nearly a five-unit swing for me in various markets. It still ended up being a profitable…

2023 Charles Schwab Challenge Odds & PGA Tour Field Odds via bet365. Golfer Odds Scottie Scheffler +460 Jordan Spieth +1500 Collin Morikawa +1500 _PromotionID=[16416] Golfer Odds Tony Finau +1700 Viktor Hovland +1700 Sungjae Im +2100 Max Homa +2400 Justin Rose +2700 Sam Burns +3000 Rickie Fowler +3200 Tommy Fleetwood +3500 Cameron Davis +3800 Russell Henley…

The second major of the season delivered as Brooks Koepka held off Viktor Hovland to earn his fifth major championship and third PGA Championship, putting him in elite company as he’s now one of 20 players with five major championships. Koepka joins Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only players to have won three…

The excitement continued in round three of the PGA Championship. Scottie Scheffler, who was the overwhelming betting favorite going into the round, struggled mightily and shot +3 for the day. That opened the door for our pre-tournament outright pick, Brooks Koepka, to surge into a great position to win his fifth major championship. We also…

With the first three rounds of the 2023 PGA Championship in the books, we now look to Sunday’s fourth and final round. The second major of the season takes place at Oak Hill Country Club, which has proven to be an absolute beast of a course this week. Oak Hill is par-70, 7,394-yard track that…

Here we are, again, on a Saturday night of a major championship in 2023. Brooks Koepka is playing the role of villain? Or maybe a hero? I’m not sure which, but he is once again the lead actor in a play I’d call ‘The Fight for Golf Supremacy.’ It is tournaments like these where we…

With the first two rounds of the 2023 PGA Championship in the books, we now head to the weekend. The second major of the season, the PGA Championship, takes place at Oak Hill Country Club, which has proven to be an absolute beast of a course. Oak Hill is a par-70, 7,394-yard track that requires…

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — We’re at the midway point of the 105th PGA Championship with leaders Scottie Scheffler (+140), Viktor Hovland (+400) and Corey Conners (+650) each at 5-under. Bryson DeChambeau (+1400) and Justin Suh (+3500) sit two shots back, while Brooks Koepka (+1000) and Callum Tarren (+9000) are one shot further removed. If you’re looking…

Round 2 proved to be more difficult than Round 1 as the majority of the field struggled to shoot below par. Scottie Scheffler shot 68 (-2) to grab a piece of the 36-hole lead, alongside Corey Conners (68) and Viktor Hovland (67). The trio sits at -5. Scheffler, and to a slightly lesser extent Viktor…

Rain is currently falling at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., for Friday’s second round of the PGA Championship. In fact, there is still rain in Friday’s PGA Championship weather forecast, but the key is just how much precipitation will fall and will it be enough force a delay in play on Friday afternoon.…

What a chaotic opening round we experienced on Thursday at Oak Hill Country Club. Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Sungjae Im, Jason Day and Matthew Fitzpatrick are a few of the notable names that wish they could hit the reset button on what turned into a tumultuous start to their PGA Championship dreams. Still, it is…

Due to a frost delay, the first round of the 2023 PGA Championship got off to a late start and there are still some players who need to finish their opening round. However, we did get to see most of the golfers finish, and it was an entertaining day at Oak Hill Country Club. Eric…

The second major of the 2023 season is upon us. The best players in the world will head to Rochester, New York to play the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club. I expect the East Course at Oak Hill to play as a difficult PGA Championship course, so limiting mistakes will be just as…

The PGA Championship returns to the Northeast at Oak Hill Country Club (East Course) in Rochester, New York on Thursday morning. Oak Hill looks very different than it did when it last hosted a PGA Championship here in 2013 after Andrew Green led a redesign in 2020 that was meant to bring the course back…

The second major of the 2023 season is upon us as the world’s best players will tee it up this week at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York to compete for the Wanamaker Trophy. That means it’s time to make our PGA Championship picks. The last time we saw Oak Hill host a…

PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Man, this ain’t getting any easier. Look, I know your heart bleeds for the guy who’s holed up at Oak Hill Country Club for the week, having to write this top-25 ranking in between watching the world’s best players prep for this week’s PGA Championship and pondering a third lunch. I’m not…

2023 PGA Championship Odds & Field Odds via bet365. Golfer Odds Jon Rahm +800 Scottie Scheffler +800 Rory McIlroy +1200 _PromotionID=[16416] Golfer Odds Brooks Koepka +1800 Xander Schauffele +1800 Patrick Cantlay +1800 Justin Thomas +2200 Tony Finau +2200 Dustin Johnson +2500 Jason Day +2500 Matt Fitzpatrick +2800 Cameron Young +2800 Viktor Hovland +2800 Collin Morikawa…

Expect a fiery finish down the stretch at the AT&T Byron Nelson as there are 25 players within five shots of the lead. Zecheng Dou, Austin Eckroat and Ryan Palmer are tied for the lead at 16-under par. Dou and Eckroat are going for their inaugural titles on the PGA Tour, while Palmer is a…

I was one of the many who thought we would see a Saturday at the AT&T Byron Nelson where the best player in the field, Scottie Scheffler, would take control of this tournament. However, that wasn’t the case as the World No. 2 posted the worst score of anyone on the first page of the…

There may not be many big names in the field at this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson, but we got the most out of a handful of our renowned high-end options in Scottie Scheffler, Jason Day and Adam Scott. Each man sits within the top four of the leaderboard, but Seung-Yul Noh leads the way after…

We have one more stop on the PGA Tour before our second major of 2023. Our staff has analyzed the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson odds board and found its favorite picks. Scottie Scheffler sits atop any look at the AT&T Byron Nelson odds, especially with Jordan Spieth withdrawing on Monday due to a wrist injury.…

2023 AT&T Byron Nelson Odds & Field Odds via bet365. Golfer Odds Scottie Scheffler +450 Jordan Spieth +1100 Tyrrell Hatton +1700 Jason Day +2000 Tom Kim +2000 _InlineAdBlock Golfer Odds Hideki Matsuyama +2700 Kyoung-Hoon Lee +2700 Matt Kuchar +3200 Adam Scott +3500 Min Woo Lee +3700 Taylor Montgomery +4500 Si Woo Kim +4500 Maverick McNealy…

It has been an excellent start to the week on the head-to-head front. Stephan Jaeger managed to take down Andrew Putnam from a full-tournament perspective after Putnam stumbled out of the gates and was forced to withdraw after a few holes. That was a wager I talked about extensively on the ‘Links & Locks’ podcast.…

I always like to include in-tournament short-game metrics with actual ball-striking returns when I run my model during the week and I’ve discussed that strategy extensively throughout these articles over the past few months. However, we must keep some semblance of pre-tournament research in the fold because losing the long-term indicators would overly prioritize just…

The Wells Fargo Championship has always lived up to the hype as Quail Hollow never fails to be a great venue. However, the play is enhanced even more this year with an elite field playing in this elevated tournament. The leaderboard is indicative of that strength as Tyrrell Hatton, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas and Sungjae…

Oddsmakers have continued to post awkward betting boards over the past month that are doing a quality job (if you are the casino) of placing fade candidates against other fade candidates. That is something that is not necessarily the optimal path for us since shops have done their homework and made adequate changes of not…

After a quiet two weeks on the PGA Tour, we head to Quail Hollow where the best players on the PGA Tour will all be back in action with the very notable exceptions of Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler. We’ve only seen one tournament at Quail Hollow Club over the past three years with this…

The PGA Tour season continues with its second trip to Vidanta Vallarta for the 2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta. This week’s field features just two of the top 40 golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking ahead of the Wells Fargo Championship next week, a designated event at Quail Hollow Club. Consequently, Jon Rahm is…

Click arrow to expand 2023 Mexico Open at Vidanta odds via BetMGM Golfer Odds Jon Rahm +250 Tony Finau +750 Wyndham Clark +1800 Gary Woodland +2500 Nicolai Hojgaard +2800 Patrick Rodgers +2800 Byeong Hun An +3500 Beau Hossler +4000 Maverick McNealy +4000 Stephan Jaeger +4000 Aaron Rai +4500 Alex Noren +4500 Emiliano Grillo +5000 S.H.…

For the second consecutive year, the PGA TOUR heads to beautiful Puerto Vallarta to play the Mexico Open. The Greg Norman-designed Vidanta Vallarta is a par-71 measuring 7,456 yards. Prior to last year’s inaugural event, the course was extended by over 250 yards to make it PGA TOUR ready, and there were nine new tee…

We didn’t have much exposure to the card this week, but it will still be an exciting final round as we have multiple horses in the race. Keith Mitchell/Sungjae Im would be the optimal winner as they were my largest outright bet at 13/1. The two consistently dominated the four-ball format on Thursday and Saturday,…

This tournament has set up as a nice little break from the fast and stressful start to the year as many players come into the week a bit more relaxed in a team setting. The tone changes over the weekend and especially as the tournament rolls into Sunday as there is big money and a…

I think this tournament is okay from a structural outlook as it’s unique and different, but it’s hard to get overly bullish when betting markets I typically want to avoid from an exposure standpoint. Perhaps that means our best chance to find value will come via the DFS space, something I alluded to in the…

You won’t get any argument from me when discussing the difficulty of modeling this event. However, something must be said about the unique nature of this tournament and the possibilities it presents — if given suitable options. I won’t be overly exposed to a board that leaves a ton to be desired, but if we…

Matt Fitzpatrick put the move in moving day at Harbour Town as he blitzed the field on his way to the top of the leaderboard with an 8-under 63. He now sits alone at the top with a one-shot lead over Patrick Cantlay. He’s also two shots ahead of Jordan Spieth. The 2022 U.S. Open…

Showdown contests in round four possess some of the best leverage we will get all week since gamers often find themselves trying to grab the built-in points given for where a golfer finishes the event.                       It is not to say that it doesn’t matter,…

While it is hard to avoid the anti-climactic feel of the RBC Heritage after the Masters, the leaderboard is starting to take shape for the weekend and shift us back into all-in mode for the final two days at Harbour Town. Jimmy Walker has taken a surprise three-shot lead through 36 holes, posting a 12-under…

The weather was once again a story to start the week on the PGA Tour, but everything got caught up on Friday as the players took apart a typically difficult track at Harbour Town. The cut came in at 2-under par, but the bigger shock is 44 year-old Jimmy Walker being the 36-hole leader at…

After an incredible Masters Tournament, where we saw Jon Rahm win his second major championship, the PGA Tour heads to Harbour Town to play the RBC Heritage. This is an elevated event, meaning there’s a $20 million prize pool and plenty of incentive for the best players in the world to remain motivated. However, having…

We’re right back to the PGA Tour grind, with our staff making its favorite RBC Heritage picks for the week. The RBC Heritage odds board shifted early in the week with the news that Rory McIlroy was going to withdraw, leaving the last two Masters champion — Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler — atop the…

The first major is in the books and Jon Rahm left no doubt about where he resides among the current crop of stars. Unfortunately for me, when a guy that good wins, I do not. So now the focus shifts to Harbour Town and another elevated event. This has always been a great course for…

Click here for all of Jason Sobel’s RBC Heritage picks and full preview. Scottie Scheffler (+800) I know what you’re thinking. Why would I “waste” one of the game’s best players at a smaller event such as this? Well, it helps to understand that first-place money this week pays more than it did for last…

I finally made it home after a lively, yet exhausting, week at the Masters Tournament. It was so exhausting that I took a four-hour nap on Monday afternoon. If you’re filling your betting card at this week’s RBC Heritage with some of the four dozen players who made the quick trip from Augusta, let’s hope…

Jon Rahm closed out the first major of the year in dominating fashion, cruising to a four-shot victory over Brooks Koepka at the Masters. Rahm once again took over the top spot in the World Golf Rankings as he and Scottie Scheffler continue to battle for that title by trading big tournament wins seemingly every…