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When it comes to Masters trends, Hideki Matsuyama broke the mold with his 2021 win. One of the great things about trying to handicap the golf season's first major is we're intimately familiar with Augusta National Golf Course, and the smaller field lends itself to the cream rising to the top. It's a big reason why Sunday at the Masters is the best…

Georgia's national championship victory over TCU is less than a week old, but the news and offseason never stops in college football - and that's especially true in the SEC. The Bulldogs will be heavily favored to win the SEC next season, which means 13 other teams have already started to aim for coach Kirby Smart's program and how to topple the…

Breaking down our PGA Tour expert picks to kick off the 2023 season at Kapalua with the Sentry Tournament of Champions picks, best bets and more. It's been a few-weeks hiatus for the PGA Tour and a much longer hiatus during the heart of football season for me with the PGA Tour expert picks. But guess what, both are very much back as we kick off the…

To say golf has had a whirlwind year in 2022 would be an understatement. The launch of LIV Golf has sparked a split in the heart of the men's game, with some of the biggest names in the world lining up on both sides of the path, ready and willing to sling mud. How that particular situation plays out in 2023 will of course be the sport's biggest…

Bowl season rolls along as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the South Carolina Gamecocks in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, and we have a Notre Dame vs. South Carolina prediction. Availability is the central theme for this game, as FantasyPros lists up to 35 players from both teams who won't suit up due to injury, opting out or entering the transfer…

TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville hosts the 2022 Gator Bowl on Friday. The game features powerful programs in the No. 21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the No. 19 South Carolina Gamecocks playing in the national spotlight. Notre Dame is 8-4 overall and making its sixth consecutive bowl appearance. South Carolina is also 8-4 overall and playing in the…

Thor Nystrom tracks players opting out of upcoming bowl games as well as the coaching changes around the college football landscape. Thor will update the article through the remainder of the season to keep you updated on bowl games, college prospects, and the 2023 NFL Draft. And below we'll take a closer look at the upcoming bowl game. Notre…

South Carolina vs. Notre Dame is shaping up to be one of the more intriguing bowl games of the postseason. The Fighting Irish are favored by 2.5 points in this contest. They enter the Gator Bowl having won 8 of their last 10 games to end the 2022 season. South Carolina, meanwhile, had an excellent finish to the 2022 campaign as well. The Gamecocks…

Bowl season continues on Friday with the Gator Bowl. The #21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-4) take on the #19 South Carolina Gamecocks (8-4). The action kicks off at 3:30 pm ET. Below we continue our College Football odds series with a Notre Dame-South Carolina prediction and pick. Notre Dame finished 8-4 following a loss to USC in the final week of…

The South Carolina Gamecocks look for their seventh bowl win in their last nine appearances as they face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Gator Bowl. Read on for our Notre Dame-South Carolina college football picks based on the best NCAAF odds. Notre Dame (8-4) ended the season with a disappointing 38-27 road loss at USC but still finished the…

Friday features five college football bowl matchups to provide a full day of intriguing action on the gridiron. In the third game of the day, the No. 21 Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the No. 19 South Carolina Gamecocks in the 2022 Gator Bowl. It will be the fifth all-time meeting between the programs, with Notre Dame leading 3-1. The Fighting…

College Football Playoff No. 21 Notre Dame (8-4) tries to end Marcus Freeman's first season as head coach with a TaxSlayer Gator Bowl win against No. 19 South Carolina in Jacksonville, Fla.. Kickoff is set for 3:30 ET at TIAA Bank Field and ESPN will televise. Here are five keys to pulling off a win for the Irish: The Gamecocks will be without…

South Carolina Gamecocks (8-4 SU, 7-5 ATS) vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-4 SU, 6-6 ATS) Date/Time: Friday, December 30th, 3:30 PM Where: TIAA Bank Field, Jacksonville, FL TV: ESPN Point Spread: SC+2.5 / ND -2.5 (Deposit $100 and get $100 FREE when you use bonus code PREDICT100 at the web's most fun sportsbook -> MyBookie!) Over/Under…

The Gator Bowl hasn't been kind to either of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8-4, 6-6 ATS) or the South Carolina Gamecocks (8-4, 7-5 ATS). However, it's been a touch gentler with Notre Dame. The #19 Gamecocks played in the first Gator Bowl in 1946 and lost 26-14 to Wake Forest. Since that game, South Carolina also came out second best in the 1980,…

South Carolina and Notre Dame meet in the Gator Bowl on Dec. 30 in hopes of capping off up-and-down seasons on a high note. Both South Carolina and Notre Dame have thrived as underdogs this season, including the Gamecocks past two games that played spoiler in the College Football Playoff race against Tennessee and Clemson. Meanwhile, Notre Dame…

There are plenty of familiar names atop the odds board for the 2023 Masters Tournament. This page will track the odds for all the top contenders and notables leading up to the first major of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season. It was announced by Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday, Dec. 20, that eligible golfers from the LIV Golf Invitational Series…

The stars are out this week at Riviera, but who looks like the best bets on the board? Our hosts break down picks to win, sleepers, fades and more. This week, the PGA Tour lands at Riviera CC for the Genesis Invitational. Each of the top 15 players in the world will be competing when the event begins Thursday. Tiger Woods, as tournament host, will…

ATHENS - The SEC portion of the bowl season will get off to an early and somewhat unfamiliar start this weekend. The helmets and uniforms will say "Florida," but the Gators won't have the same bite without projected first-round quarterback Anthony Richardson under center. Florida will also be missing a few other key players: • All-American…

Want to know if there are opt outs in a bowl game? Look no further than the line movement or lines that look to be deliberately lower than where you think they would be. We have not gotten official announcements from players like Bryce Young and Will Anderson (Alabama), Jordan Addison (USC), Bijan Robinson (Texas) or Jalin Hyatt (Tennessee), but…

The opening event of the 2022 FedExCup playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship features all the best names from the PGA Tour, but it was Rory McIlroy who entered the week a+1000 betting favorite. Check out the live odds below as the event unfolds. The FedExCup Playoffs will kick off in earnest this weekend at TPC Southwind in Memphis, TN. The…

If the college basketball March Madness action wasn't enough for you last week, golf has its own version in Texas this week as the world's best congregate one final time before the Masters, which starts in just two weeks (!). Though a handful of the top players in the world will be absent this week, we still get a very different look at the…

WINNER: Why would I tip anything else than the CAM SMITH double? I have walked along the range this morning and seen about 20 outstanding swings that have tempted me. But then I come to the realisation that none of them has the mighty mullet's short game. The very first time I saw Smith play was at Kingston Heath maybe a dozen years back, and I…

COLUMBIA - South Carolina football has beaten all the odds in the final two weeks of the season, upsetting then- No. 5 Tennessee and No. 8 Clemson as multiple-touchdown underdogs. The Gamecocks (8-4, 4-4 SEC) successfully ruined the College Football Playoff hopes of both the Tigers (10-2) and the Vols (10-2), earning themselves a No. 20 ranking in…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Some teams would have been content with a season-defining win over top-10 foe Tennessee. Not South Carolina and certainly not Gamecocks quarterback Spencer Rattler. South Carolina followed up its 63-38 stunner over the Vols last week with a 31-30 victory over No. 7 Clemson on Saturday, ending the title chances of a College…

Save for the highly anticipated reappearance of Tiger Woods in the coming few weeks in a trio of events, the truly notable, compelling and consequential golf is over for 2022. How time flies when you're having … well, a total upheaval in the sport. No, we're not going to venture into those weeds. Expending further keyboard energy on the battle…

The 2022 Fortinet Australian PGA Championship betting odds have been released for the DP World Tour (European Tour) and ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia event at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane, Australia. The European Tour betting favorite this week is Cam Smith, who comes in at 7-to-2 (+350) betting odds. Adam Scott is on 9-to-1, while…

Which golfer do you think will win a major next year? If you're confident in your pick, you can already throw a few dollars down on who will claim one of golf's big four tournaments. If you think someone is in for a historic year, you can even bet on a player winning two, or three, or even all four (!) majors. Here are the current favourites to win…

We're back for golf's second major of 2022 as the PGA Championship returns to the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., with action beginning Thursday. The last time a major took place at Southern Hills was back in 2007 when Tiger Woods went on to win his fourth PGA Championship and 13th career major. Woods is one of many previous PGA…

When it comes to the world of golf, the PGA Tour owned August. September however, has a chance to be dominated by LIV Golf. The Saudi-backed Tour has a pair of marquee events happening in the first three weeks of the month, starting Friday near Boston. The International Golf Club in Bolton, Mass will play host to LIV Golf's fourth tournament, and…

It's the second last stop on the calendar for the inaugural LIV Golf season and this week it's at the Home of Golf, well, make that the home of LIV Golf, Royal Greens in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The LIV Golf Invitational Jeddah begins at 5:15 a.m. Friday morning eastern time so get your bets in on Thursday night. We do have some past information about…

After almost winning in Bangkok, Patrick Reed is gearing up for another shot at his first LIV victory at Royal Greens in Jeddah. Despite a shorter 20/1 number, we still think there's value in backing the major champion, which we break down below. LIV Golf heads to its home country for the first time since its inception. Following last week's event…

The PGA Tour season is over and it's LIV Golf's time to shine. Or to pick up a few more eyeballs on YouTube, at the very least. LIV Boston comes with the addition of several new players, including World No. 2 Cam Smith, Joaquin Niemann, Harold Varner III, Marc Leishman, Cameron Tringale and Anirban Lahiri. Those six will round out the field at The…

It's time for team golf on the PGA Tour, as two sides head to Quail Hollow for the Presidents Cup. The match, which is held in non-Ryder Cup years, will pit an International Team, made up of players from outside the USA and Europe, against a USA Team that closely resembles a Ryder Cup worthy line-up. The format is based on that of the Ryder Cup,…

FURIOUS FIVE: This week's AP Top 25 had 5 Pac-12 teams in the Top 25, second most among all conferences. USC remains at #6, its 4th straight week in the Top 10. UTAH moves up one spot to #11 while OREGON moves up a spot to #12, its 4th straight week with a jump. #18 UCLA makes its first appearance in the Top 25 this season after its win over…

Welcome to the Dustin Johnson-Cam Smith Show, otherwise known as the LIV Tour. The 48 LIV players-led by Smith and Johnson as the last two tournament winners-will tee it up this week at Stonehill Golf Course, a little north of Bangkok, Thailand. That's right, they are taking this tour back outside of the United States after opening up in London.…

Get ready for perhaps the best Sunday nap of the annual sports calendar, folks. It's early April and that means it's time for The Masters. It has been nine months since the sport's last major and news that Tiger Woods could be making his return only heightens the anticipation for golf's most prominent tournament. Tiger hasn't competed since the…

After a short break, the LIV Golf Invitational Series is back with its first visit to Asian soil. Following four consecutive tournaments in the US, the circuit is heading to Thailand for another 48-man showdown. According to tour chiefs, it is a momentous occasion. Greg Norman, LIV's CEO and commissioner, described it as a "significant step for LIV…

With the news last week that LIV Golf is close to a time-buy agreement on FS1, a deal which the tour has denied, next steps are for the Saudi-backed golf property to convince advertisers that buying airtime and sponsorship rights isn't the marketing equivalent of drinking hemlock. Any American advertiser or sponsor demonstrating support for the…

Someone is leaving Atlanta with an $18 million check on Sunday afternoon. Scottie Scheffler enters this week's Tour Championship with a two-shot lead thanks to his position in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Will he be able to hold the top spot? Join WagerTalk golf handicappers Nick Borrman and Andy Lang as we break down this week's Tour Championship field…

Long-time suffering Browns fan born and raised in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area who now resides in SEC country. University of South Carolina alum. Sports handicapper for close to 10 years with a primary focus on NCAAB while enjoying NFL, PGA, NCAAF, NBA, and Soccer. Week 3 did not have the most notable upsets in comparison to the first two weeks…

Ok, while last weekend's semi-finals weren't exactly edge-of-your-seat matches, they were still exciting and brought us closer to the Grand Final. Let's recap - Mary's Eels showed AJ's Raiders the door on Friday night, with a 40-4 thumping in front of a packed CommBank Stadium. The'Good Eels' got off the bus before the game and put on a dominating…

Welcome RotoBallers to my LIV golf betting picks series. The LIV Golf Series will be headed to Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, IL this week. After Dustin Johnson's thrilling playoff win in Boston, LIV will look to build on the momentum in this week's Chicago event. This week will be the first time in course history that Rich Harvest Farms hosts…

LIV Golf betting odds are available for the tour's Chicago event at sportsbooks including DraftKings. For the first time, the LIV Tour isn't taking a month off between events. They are teeing it up this week in Chicago following a one-week break. Dustin Johnson won for the first time on the LIV Tour in Boston two weeks ago, and now the group is…

Golf tips and expert instruction, golf club reviews and the latest golf equipment. Thank you for signing up to. You will receive a verification email shortly. There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again. Having taken just a week off after the all-star FedEx Cup had brought the curtain down on the 2021-22 season, the PGA Tour rolls…

Date/time: Saturday, Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. EST TV: SEC Network Plus/ESPN+ Location: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina DraftKings Line: SCAR -12.5 as of 8/31/22* First meeting between GSU and SCAR * Odds/lines subject to change. T&Cs apply. See draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. Both Georgia State and South Carolina finished last…

The 2021/22 PGA Tour wrapped up with a Rory McIlroy FedExCup victory, and it feels like a fairy tale ending for the PGA because McIlroy has been one of LIV Golf's biggest opponents this season. However, the alternate league will continue, and this week's event will take place at the International, which is about 30 minutes outside Boston,…

LIV Golf Boston betting odds are available at sportsbooks including the Westgate SuperBook. We now interrupt our regularly scheduled programming, the PGA Tour, which is off this week after the thrilling finish at the Tour Championship. In its place we will bring you Round 4 of the LIV Tour live from Boston. Well, live if you can find the broadcast…

The LIV Golf series is nearly halfway through its first season, with a fourth event scheduled Sep. 2-4 in Boston. And while the start-up has been met with mixed reviews, the golf betting odds continue to go up as action comes in on the new tour. While LIV players lost a court battle and won't be able to participate in the FedEx Cup, the series…