Category: Golf

With one round left at the Fortinet Championship, we have multiple paths to weekly success after another net-positive outcome Saturday. We’ll have to sweat our pre-tournament wager of J.J. Spaun over Lucas Herbert, but we have numerous outs available stemming from our 19/1 ticket on Sahith Theegala — assuming he can hold his two-shot advantage…

We might only be 36 holes into the fall portion of the year, but the heavy hitters teeing it up this week are in mid-season form. All four pre-tournament favorites are inside the top six of the leaderboard, including our choice of Sahith Theegala (19/1), who shares a co-lead with S.H. Kim at 12-under par.…

The FedExCup has turned into one of those lopsided Super Bowls that only presents intrigue if you’re interested in watching the commercials. Viktor Hovland has runaway with things over the past two days and holds a six-shot advantage over the field.                           We’ll…

Everything was set up for a potentially great weekend at East Lake with three of the biggest names all within two shots of each other going into the weekend. Unfortunately, Viktor Hovland had other plans as he torched the competition with a 4-under round on Saturday to take a commanding six-shot lead into Sunday. Hovland…

ATLANTA — Just in time for football season, Viktor Hovland leads by a touchdown — albeit with a missed extra point — in search of his first FedEx Cup title. There’s one day remaining in the PGA Tour season, but if you’re looking to make some money, you’ll either be chasing Hovland at an extremely…

Scottie Scheffler bounced back with a 5-under round Friday to turn things in the right direction, but Collin Morikawa is the story through two rounds. The two-time major champion is playing up to that level this week and has gained more than three strokes on the field on approach in each of his two rounds.…

The first day of the Tour Championship is in the books, and I think there are a few noteworthy takeaways. I’m going to ignore last year’s tournament for one second because it marked the first time we saw a similar trajectory take place in this tournament’s history. However, there is always a lot of discussion…

ATLANTA — Volatility took a 1-up lead over stability during the first round of the Tour Championship on Thursday. Scottie Scheffler continued his unseemly putting and Rory McIlroy battled through a back injury as the top of the leaderboard was largely flipped upside down. When the dust settled on the day, Viktor Hovland was not-so-unpredictably…

It has been one of those years where almost every tournament with limited data has gone south on my betting card. Unfortunately, the BMW Championship may sting the most as it’s trending toward being the most extensive loss if Sungjae Im can’t pass Brian Harman or if Jordan Spieth fails to overcome a slow start…

Many players found Saturday’s conditions at Olympia Fields to be prime for scoring as overnight rains provided a soft course for the top players in the world to attack. Unfortunately, that didn’t play out for the final pairing as Max Homa and Chris Kirk were the only players in the final five tee times to…

From a head-to-head standpoint, things began extremely slow for me at the BMW Championship because of the lift/clean/place rule that was implemented Thursday morning after the course was hit with heavy rain. Unfortunately, that is sometimes the nature of the business. That hard start is going to be tough to overcome, but not all hope…

Max Homa brought his putter with him this week to Chicago and it’s always dangerous when he can pair it with his typically sharp game tee-to-green. Homa has gained more than six-and-a-half strokes on the field with the flatstick through two rounds and on Friday, he turned in an 8-under 62. He carries a two-shot…

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We are down to the final 50 golfers for this week’s BMW Championship with the remaining participants eyeing a much bigger prize next weekend at East Lake for the Tour Championship. In order to qualify for that event, players will need to land within the top 30 of the FedExCup standings after the completion of…

The FedEx St. Jude Championship feels like one of those events where the fades have been better than the targets. I know that is a weird statement to make when Jordan Spieth, my number one player to win, finds himself in fourth place and within striking distance, but I firmly believe that what you see…

Lucas Glover;’s hot play continued Saturday and he’ll carry a one-shot lead into Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. His 4-under was enough to maintain his edge over Taylor Moore, who shot a 65 Saturday. Tommy Fleetwood is two shots back at 12-under while Max Homa and Jordan Spieth round out the group of…

MEMPHIS — It might not be the most crowded leaderboard we’ve seen, but there are plenty of betting candidates capable of winning the FedEx St. Jude Championship on Sunday. Despite missing putts of seven and three feet on the 16th and 18th holes of the third round, Lucas Glover (+210) owns a one-stroke advantage and…

Lucas Glover hasn’t slowed down after his win last week at the Wyndham Championship. He has steamrolled his way back to the top of the leaderboard through the first two rounds of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. His 10-under mark has him one shot ahead of Jordan Spieth and two shots above players like Sungjae…

MEMPHIS — There’s an old axiom in professional golf which states, “Beware the injured golfer.” That has come true plenty over the years when a banged-up player enters a tournament with low expectations and cruises up the leaderboard. However, I happen to like another axiom a little better (though it really wasn’t an axiom until…

Our Thursday head-to-head play of Cameron Davis (-120) over Sahith Theegala served as a continuation of what I talked about in my round one article, where I noted that books are now better than ever at pricing matchups. We ran on the wrong side of expected value as Theegala overproduced by 32 spots on the…

MEMPHIS — The opening round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship is in the books. Jordan Spieth cashed first-round leader tickets on the strength of a one-eagle, five-birdie, no-bogey, 7-under 63 performance. This marks the 13th time in Spieth’s career that he’s owned or shared the 18-hole lead. The last time? Earlier this year at…

More than one billion dollars. That’s how much Phil Mickelson gambled on sports over the last three decades, with losses nearing $100 million, according to Billy Walters — one of the world’s most successful gamblers of all-time. The tidbits come from Walters’ new tell-all autobiography, “Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk,” which will be…

I track until the end of the calendar year, but it’s safe to say 2023 has been a grind. We’ve seen a lot of ups and downs to get to +11.814 units. However, the head-to-head market has been one of our steadier performers (65-42-11).     That level of success may seem unsustainable, but it…

Playoffs!? Are we talking about playoffs!? You better believe it! We have only one event left before the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings make their final push for the $17,500,000 grand prize. How realistic is that outcome for the golfers teeing it up Sunday? Not very. But there’s still a chance and plenty…

We head into another Sunday with the leader holding a five-shot advantage as Lee Hodges is 20-under through three rounds and looks to close out his first win on TOUR at the 3M Open. Hodges will pair with J.T. Poston on Sunday as he continues to play great golf after two solid weeks of links…

Tournament director Hollis Cavner hit the “birdies and train wrecks” answer on the head with his description of TPC Twin Cities, though the implosions were light for most in the morning, when the venue played with little heat or wind. There are 21 players who still need to complete their first round on Friday, but…

The 151st edition of The Open Championship was really fun for a couple of days — until Brian Harman decided to become Tiger Woods in his prime and take control of things, never letting anyone else get too close. It also led to perhaps the most Harman quote ever, after receiving the Claret Jug in…