Championships

Scottie Scheffler became the first player to win The Players Championship in back-to-back years with an 8-under final round of 64 on Sunday. Scheffler, the+550 favorite pre-tournament, posted the clubhouse lead and held off Xander Schauffele, Brian Harman - both tipped in this column last week - and Wyndham Clark, who lipped out from 17 feet for…

Three weeks separate players from the first major championship of the season -- the 2024 Masters -- with final preparations still needing to be made. For many, the 2024 Valspar Championship will be the last time they take to the competitive setting until bidding for the green jacket at Augusta National in April. Chief among those players who will…

This article is part of our Golf Picks series. The Florida Swing concludes this week with the Valspar Championship, which will be held on the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor. The good news for everyone teeing it up is that they won't have to compete with Scottie Scheffler, who picked up the win each of the past two weeks.…

Scottie Scheffler isn't in the field for the 2024 Valspar Championship and that's great news for bettors. The World No. 1 has won the last two PGA Tour events, halting the "Year of the Longshot." The Tour now heads from TPC Sawgrass to the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook for another challenging event during the sport's annual Florida…

With a new season comes a new evolution for PGA TOUR Expert Picks. Fans of PGA TOUR betting can now see tips and picks for specific markets that the Golfbet team will be riding with each week. The traditional format for lineups and rosters will remain with Experts looking to come out on top in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf. How it works: Each week, our…

The PGA Tour ends its Florida Swing with the Valspar Championship at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort. After back-to-back signature events, the field this week is headlined by Xander Schauffele, who is the betting favourite at 8 to 1. Sam Burns, who has won this event two of the past three years, is right behind Schauffele at 11 to 1,…

Welcome to our weekly PGA Tour gambling-tips column, featuring picks from GOLF.com's expert prognosticator Brady Kannon. A seasoned golf bettor and commentator, Kannon is a regular guest on SportsGrid, a syndicated audio network devoted to sports and sport betting. You can follow on Twitter at @LasVegasGolfer, and you can read his picks below for…

It seems like a lifetime ago that the Cleveland Cavaliers were the hottest team in the league with the best defensive rating and an inside track to get the 2-seed in the Eastern Conference. Now, with only a month left in the regular season, the Cavs are once again hobbled by injuries and losing momentum. Already missing their star defender Evan…

Be it riding or watching, horse racing is an exhilarating experience. The intense action unfolding on the tracks keeps equestrian enthusiasts on their toes. As the sport continues to touch greater height, so is the worth of equines. Horses are auctioned for thousands of dollars, but they reap millions for their owners in earnings as well. One such…

After an action-packed weekend at The Players, the PGA Tour heads to Tampa for the Valspar Championship. While a collective exhale feels in order, the Valspar Championship remains one of the most underrated events on the schedule, which is largely a product of the golf course. Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course, designed by Larry Packard in…

The final leg of the PGA Tour's Florida Swing has arrived as a loaded field is outside Tampa for the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course. Two-time Valspar winner Sam Burns is joined in the field by defending champion Taylor Moore, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Tony Finau, Cameron Young, Brian Harman and…

The big spring festivals are in full swing and the end of the National Hunt season is fast approaching. Willie Mullins has dominated Irish Jumps racing in recent years and looks set to enjoy another all-conquering campaign at home and in the UK. The Closutton handler is the defending champion trainer after topping the pile in 2022/23 for the 17th…

The PGA Tour's Florida Swing concludes this week when 154 players tee off in the 2024 Valspar Championship beginning Thursday at Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor. The tournament has attracted several of the Tour's biggest stars, including Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele. Schauffele is the favorite in the…

History was made last week at THE PLAYERS, but the Florida Swing on the 2024 PGA Tour schedule still has more stop -- and that's the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook, one of the most underrated difficult venues on Tour and a great test for every player in the field at the 2024 Valspar Championship. And the field is quite good in comparison to…

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OK everybody, take a deep breath and relax. After a heart-pounding finish (well, for golf fans anyway) at last week's Players Championship, the PGA Tour wraps up the 2024 four-tournament Florida swing this week with the Valspar Championship. This tournament, being held at the Copperhead at Innisbrook, has a tough act to follow as Scottie…

Fans can now vote for their Guinness Player of the Championship. The quartet of number eight Ben Earl, centre Bundee Aki, wing Duhan van der Merwe and centre Tommaso Menoncello has been shortlisted for the individual accolade, having been selected by the highest amount of people in the fan vote for the Guinness Team of the Championship. Whilst even…

Leinster are back in URC action this weekend with a visit to Italy to face Zebre. Here's all you need to know about the game. Where and when is it on? The match takes place on Saturday at the Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium in Parma with a 7.35pm kick-off. Where can I watch the game? The game will be shown live on RTÉ 2 & Premier Sports 2. The game is…

THE Championship play-off final will be pushed back to JUNE if Coventry City pull off a huge FA Cup upset, it's been claimed. The Sky Blues are still in with a good shout of qualifying for the richest match in football. Mark Robins' troops are four points behind sixth-placed Norwich City, although they have a game in hand on The Canaries. The…

Luis Binks has not taken the direct route to playing senior football in England. After coming through the ranks in Tottenham Hotspur's academy, the 22-year-old central defender has been unafraid to spread his wings in spells on both sides of the Atlantic and, this season, on loan at Coventry City. As Mark Robins' side chase a play-off place for the…

The PGA TOUR heads to Palm Harbor, Florida this week for the Valspar Championship. The Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort will be the host, and measures as a 7340-yard par 71, featuring Poa over-seeded greens. The field is not nearly as strong as last week's PLAYERS Championship, but does feature two-time winner Sam Burns, along with Xander…

SSOR on Chess and Checkers and Novosibirsk Oblast pulled ahead in the women's event. On 3 May, the third round of the Russian Team Championships was played in the Grand Hotel "Zhemchuzhina" in Sochi. Live games: Premier League Women's Championship Higher League Round 3 results, Premier League: SSOR on Chess and Checkers (St. Petersburg) - Ladya…

A variety of Williams F1 stars including team principal James Vowles are set to get the chance to drive championship winning machinery this year. He will be joined by Alex Albon, Logan Sargeant and Lia Block as they receive a taste of four-decade old Formula 1 machinery. The FW08 led Keke Rosberg to his one and only championship by a margin of five…

Lewis Hamilton says he "truly believes" Mercedes will become a championship-winning team again in the future, with the seven-time world champion denying that his switch to Ferrari was motivated by any loss of faith in the Silver Arrows' ability to deliver him another title. After joining the team in 2013, Hamilton quickly went on to achieve huge…

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The PGA Tour's four-week Florida Swing concludes this week with the 2024 Valspar Championship. Play tees off on Thursday, March 21, from the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in the Tampa area. According to the latest 2024 Valspar Championship odds, Xander Schauffele is the 8-1 favorite following last week's T-2 finish at The…

A full field of 156 PGA Tour professionals will head to the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook for the Valspar Championship this week. This tournament marks the fourth-and final-PGA Tour stop in Florida, with the "Snake Pit" taking center stage in the golf world. The 16th, 17th, and 18th holes at the Copperhead Course comprise the "Snake Pit," as they…

Burnaby North has been a table tennis powerhouse for 17 years, and teacher-coach Larry Seehagen says its high time they got new tables. Burnaby North Secondary School's girls table tennis team are back-to-back B.C. champions - and their longtime coach thinks it's time for the school to get new tables. The team defended its title at the provincial…

The Valspar Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA tour, played annually on the Copperhead course in Florida. Founded back in 2000, it was originally known as the Tampa Bay Classic. Over the years, the tournament has seen several sponsors come and go; the tournament was without a sponsor for a time. In 2013, Valspar Corporation…

The PGA TOUR will stay in Florida this week for the 2024 Valspar Championship. The Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort is a par 71 measuring 7340 yards and features Bermudagrass greens overseeded with POA. Infamous for its difficulty, the track will be a tough test for golfers as trouble lurks all over the place. Holes 16, 17 and 18 - also known…

A solid if not spectacular field heads to the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, FL, this week for the 2024 Valspar Championship. Taylor Moore is the defending champion, finishing a shot ahead of Aaron Schenk last year, but he's not among the top-25 favorites to win this week. The Valspar Championship odds are headed by world #5…

James scored in Leeds' 2-0 win over Millwall on Sunday that sent the Whites above Leicester on goal difference. It is the first time all season that Leeds have been top, but previous leaders Leicester - who were in FA Cup action on Sunday - have a game in hand. "It's nice to be top, but it doesn't mean anything," said James. The Wales international…

The English Football League (EFL) has drawn up a contingency plan to hold the Championship play-off final on June 2 in case Coventry City reach the FA Cup final. The play-off final is scheduled to take place on Sunday, May 26, which comes the day after the FA Cup final. Coventry reached the FA Cup semi-final with a 3-2 win at Wolverhampton…

The PGA Tour sticks in Florida this week for the 2024 Valspar Championship, and we're picking the defending champion as our long shot to win. Here's our pick, the Valspar Championship odds, betting favorites and everything else you need to know. Our long-shot pick this week might be familiar if you watched last year's Valspar. His name is Taylor…

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down how to bet the spread, total, and Blake Corum in the College Football National Championship between Michigan and Washington. Michigan opens as a -4.5 point favorite and the total has seen slight movement settling on either 55.5, 56.0, or 56.5 at most shops. The look-ahead spread was Michigan -6.5, so Washington's win over…

The 2024 Valspar Championship is set to get underway on Thursday, March 21, and a number of players will enter this week's event confident they can secure the victory. Sam Burns has won this tournament twice in the last three years and he's finished T-10 or better in four of his last six starts on the PGA Tour. Burns enters the Valspar Championship…

Following an incredible week at The Players Championship, the PGA Tour and DP World Tour move on this week. After Sunday's incredible finish at TPC Sawgrass, we move on with more betting tips on this week's four events in the golf world. Last week, we chose three golfers who finished in the top five at The Players Championship. World No 1 Scottie…

Goals from Wilfried Gnonto and Dan James sent Leeds top of the Championship for the first time this season with a 2-0 victory over Millwall. Leeds extended their unbeaten league run at Elland Road to 19 matches and have now won 12 of their last 13 Championship games, overturning a 17-point deficit since New Year's Day between them and second-placed…

The PGA Tour remains in Florida and shifts from TPC Sawgrass to Copperhead in Palm Harbor as we break down the best Valspar Championship odds with Xander Schauffele as the betting favorite across our best golf betting sites. One-hundred and fifty-six golfers breathe a shared sigh of relief this week as Scottie Scheffler is not in the Valspar…

Akaki Tabutsadze scored twice in Georgia's win Georgia beat Portugal 36-10 on Sunday to retain the Rugby Europe Championship trophy in the finals. The title win was Georgia's 13th out of the last 14 in the competition. The only country to take away from Georgia's streak was Romania in 2017. Georgia and Portugal topped their respective pools which…

Today's Championship lineup should have plenty of excitement on the pitch. Among those contests is Swansea City taking on Cardiff City.

The Players Championship final round will take place on Sunday in Ponte Verda Beach, Florida. On Saturday, Xander Schauffele (-17) put together a great round to take the lead over Wyndham Clark (-16). Clark entered the third round with a four-shot lead over the field but slowed down and posted a -2. Schaffele took advantage, shooting seven strokes…

The 30th PDC World Darts Championship is finally here. For the 15th consecutive year, it will be staged in London's Alexandra Palace. Gerwyn Price is the reigning champion. He entered the competition as the third seed. 2020 winner Peter Wright was seeded seven back then and 2018 winner Rob Cross was ranked just 20 when he won it. You need to go…

The Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships continues in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with Ashlyn Krueger in the round of 32 versus Karolina Pliskova. Krueger is+10000 to win it all at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. Find all the latest odds for the 2024 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and place your bets with a new user bonus from BetMGM. Next…

Jasmine Paolini's run in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates has advanced to the quarterfinals, where she will face Elena Rybakina. Paolini is+3300 to win at Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. Find all the latest odds for the 2024 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships and place your bets with a new user bonus from…

Ireland held off Scotland, 17-13, in Dublin to capture the 2024 Six Nations Championship and keep its place atop European rugby. The Six Nations is a round-robin competition for Europe's best teams in a sport where you never wait long for a tush push to break out. The event dates back to 1883, and every squad in this year's field is now ranked…

Fiji have produced their biggest ever win over Papua New Guinea with 43-16 victory in a try-fest that left the Port Moresby crowd shell-shocked. Kumuls speedster Alex Johnston cut through Fiji's defence on the left edge and sliced his way over to score the opener in just the second minute. "The great Magic Johnston, the man who scores all those…

It's that time again: the Championship begins this weekend - and throughout 2024, Love Rugby League will be endeavouring to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of the second-tier. There is arguably more intrigue surrounding the competition than ever before. Wakefield Trinity have arrived with plenty of hype and financial power, but as…

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Florida and Auburn each won as the favorite in the SEC Tournament semifinals to set up this conference championship matchup, and we offer our best Florida vs. Auburn prediction based on the best college basketball odds. Florida, the No. 6 seed in the SEC Tournament, had the fifth-best pre-tournament odds (+1600 at FanDuel) to take home its first…