#Houston Open

1pt e.w. Andrew Putnam at 10/1 (General 1/4 1,2,3) 1pt e.w. Nick Taylor at 90/1 (bet365, William Hill, Bet Victor, bet365 1/4 1,2,3) Pre-tournament previews of the Sony Open highlight the differences in the lie of the land at Waialae and that of the Plantation Course, host course of the previous week's Sentry Tournament of Champions. Short versus…

There used to be a time when golf betting was a niche activity, with many online sportsbooks steering clear of the sport altogether. In recent years, however, the number of people betting on golf has skyrocketed. In addition to wagering on the winner of a tournament, you can now take advantage of multiple golf betting opportunities. With most…

During the 2023 golf season, Stadium sports betting analyst Nate Jacobson will share his betting targets each week using odds as of Wednesday morning. Here are his thoughts on this week's Sony Open. He also discusses his bets in all sports on the Sharp Lessons podcast. Spotify and Apple for episodes and follow Stadium Bets on Twitter for more…

The first round of this year's Houston Open is in the books, and if leaderboards are any indication of the quality of an event -- and they are -- then this tournament is going to be a great one over the next three days. Former Ryder Cuppers Alex Noren and Tony Finau are tied at the top at 5 under along with potentially future Ryder Cupper, Aaron…

The PGA Tour hops from Maui to Honolulu this week as the brief Hawaii Swing concludes with the 2023 Sony Open at Waialae Country Club. It's the first full-field event of the calendar year, and seven of the world's top 25 will be in action starting Thursday. Nineteen of the 38 players from last week's Sentry Tournament of Champions are scheduled to…

Hideki Matsuyama will try to defend his crown this week when the 2023 Sony Open tees off Thursday at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. Matsuyama aims to become the first golfer to go back-to-back at Waialae since Jimmy Walker (2014-15). Matsuyama stormed back from five strokes down with nine holes to play last year and beat Russell Henley with an…

This article is part of our Golf Picks series. The PGA Tour stays in Hawaii for one more week as it shifts from Maui to O'ahu for the annual Sony Open in Hawaii. Waialae Country Club has been the host venue since 1965 and despite not being an elevated event, still features seven of the top-25 players in the world and is headlined by tournament…

Golf tips, best bets and player analysis for the first round of the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club on the PGA Tour. Sky Sports Golf, 5pm Thursday Emiliano Grillo top Argentinian 3pts 4-6 bet365, Coral, Ladbrokes Stephan Jaeger top German 3pts 8-15 bet365 Aaron Rai top Englishman 2pts 23-20 bet365 Matthias Schwab to win 5.10pm threeball 1pt…

The PGA Tour makes the short trip from the island of Maui to Oahu for the first full-field event of 2023 and the 25th anniversary of Sony becoming the title sponsor of the Sony Open. The Sony Open has been contested in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, in the beautiful state of Hawaii every year since 1965. The players will have to contend with…

2023 U.S. Open June 15, 2023 8:00 am EDT The 2023 U.S. Open will be played at the Los Angeles Country Club (North Course) in Los Angeles, California. Before I discuss my favorite early first look bet for the 2023 U.S. Open let's take a look at the betting odds of past champions of this tournament to see if we can find any historical trends. Here is…

Almost half the PGA Tour field from last week will make the short hop over to Honolulu for the 2023 Sony Open at Waialae Country Club. Nineteen of the 39 players from the Sentry Tournament of Champions are scheduled to tee off Thursday. The top names are three-time major champion Jordan Spieth, defending Sony Open champion Hideki Matsuyama, and…

The first full-field PGA Tour event of 2023 sees the world's best move from the Sentry TOC to Waialae Country Club for the Sony Open. Collin Morikawa seemingly had the Sentry Tournament of Champions easily won, but he blew a six-shot 54-hole lead to surrender the title to Jon Rahm. This par-70 layout in Honolulu, Hawaii often produces no shortage…

The award tour for U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau is over, as he returns to action this week for the first time since his win at Winged Foot. Oddsmakers have made him a massive favorite (7-1) at the 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, where he won in 2018 amidst a stretch of four wins across 11 official starts worldwide. The last time…

The 2023 portion of the 2022-23 PGA Tour schedule tees off on Thursday as the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions gets underway. The first tee time is set for 2:30 p.m. ET, so it's an afternoon start for most of the mainland. The top players from last season will battle each other as they take on the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii. To…

The Sentry Tournament of Champions 2023 is set to tee off on Thursday at the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii. The event serves as the first PGA Tour event of the calendar year, and will feature 17 of the top 20 golfers in the latest Official World Golf Rankings. The only way to earn an invitation is to win in the previous year or to…

Each week, including this week's 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions, Golf News Net offers PGA Tour betting picks and daily fantasy sports (DFS) lineups using our proprietary model, which is weighted toward longer-term performance. However, we don't just use our model when making these picks. We also need to look at current form, course fits and…

Picking winners of a golf tournament is hard. Doing it consistently is downright impossible. However, finding value is something all bettors must practice in order to give themselves the best chance to make hay when the day finally comes that they select a champion. Below, we will cover the best bets for the Cadence Bank Houston Open based on…

The 2022 Hero World Challenge kicks off at 11:00 a.m. ET on Thursday with a small yet star-packed field, even without Tiger Woods teeing off. All 20 players playing in the event, which will be held at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas, rank in the top 35 in the world, so expect some stiff competition. World No. 5 golfer Jon Rahm comes into the…

The 2022 PGA Tour calendar season comes to a close this week in St. Simons Island, Georgia with the 2022 RSM Classic. Sea Island Resort hosts the RSM Classic again this year, with the four rounds being split between the par-70 Seaside Course and par-72 Plantation Course, per usual. Each golfer that makes the cut will play three rounds on the…

Breaking down our PGA Tour expert picks and best bets for the Farmers Insurance Open as Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas and more hit Torrey Pines this week. Torrey Pines will be the setting for the PGA Tour this week as many of the world's best golfers head to La Jolla and the course that hosted the US Open last year for the Farmers Insurance Open. Patrick…

The PGA Tour is in Texas this week for the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open at Memorial Park Golf Course. Here's everything you need to know to watch the tournament. At last year's Houston Open, current World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler was ranked No. 22 and had yet to capture a PGA Tour victory. A lot has changed in one short year. Now Scheffler is a…

The 2022 Hero World Challenge will be hosted by Tiger Woods, but not feature the 15-time major winner after he withdrew due to a foot injury. However, six of the top-10 ranked golfers will tee off when the event begins Thursday from Albany Golf Course in the Bahamas. The Hero World Challenge 2022 features a 20-man field with no cut and the winner…

Golf fans across the globe were excited to see Tiger Woods in the field at the Hero World Challenge, but he ended up being a late scratch due to plantar fasciitis, which he said Tuesday was a side-effect of his lingering leg and ankle injuries. This event now features 19 players, with of 17 of the top 21 golfers in the world.

The winner of this week's Waste Management Phoenix Open will earn a check for $1.476 million. Not bad. But also not as much as one gambler stands to win if a certain longshot hoists the trophy on Super Bowl Sunday. The Action Network's Darren Rovell reported on Wednesday that a $10000 bet has been placed on a golfer in the field with 150-to-1 odds…

The Hero World Challenge will close out the PGA Tour's calendar year with 20 of the world's top players at Albany Golf Course in The Bahamas. Host Tiger Woods was set to be in the field, but was forced to withdraw due to plantar fasciitis. The 2022 Hero World Challenge field will feature 2022 major champions Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick and…

The 2022 Hero World Challenge tees off on Thursday from Albany Golf Course in the Bahamas. It's not an official PGA Tour event, but several of the top golfers in the world are in the Hero World Challenge 2022 field. The event is hosted by Tiger Woods and it benefits his foundation. There was plenty of buzz surrounding this event since Woods…

For years Tony Finau wasn't able to close out tournaments, but the floodgates have opened, as he racked them up in 2022. He won back-to-back weeks at the 3M Open and Rocket Mortgage Classic, then in his most recent event, he took the Houston Open. In his last 36 rounds, he's tops in a slew of'strokes gained' categories. Finau has also fared very…

For the first time in a few months, most of the World's best golfers will be teeing it up together. They're all heading to the Bahamas for the Tiger Woods-hosted Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Course. We break down the opening odds below. Often bridging the gap between calendar years in golf is the Hero World Challenge at the Ernie…

Fresh off his dominant victory at the Houston Open, Tony Finau was the overwhelming betting favorite to win this weekend's RSM Classic before he was forced to withdraw. As a result, Brian Harman takes over with the shortest odds with Tom Hoge next in line. Tony Finau was looking to make it two in a row after winning last weekend's Houston Open and…

It's back to mainland USA this week and to the exclusive Congaree Golf Club for the CJ Cup. Originally staged at Nine Bridges in South Korea in 2017-2019, the CJ Cup has moved about the US over the last couple of years due to the pandemic; with the 2020 and 2021 versions both taking place in Las Vegas, at Shadow Creek and The Summit Club. It's on…

Each week, including this week's 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open, Golf News Net offers PGA Tour betting picks and daily fantasy sports (DFS) lineups using our proprietary model, which is weighted toward longer-term performance. However, we don't just use our model when making these picks. We also need to look at current form, course fits and horses…

The final event of the Fall Swing to the 2022-23 PGA Tour season kicks off this week at the RSM Classic, taking place at the Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga. Last week, Tony Finau won the Cadence Back Houston Open for his third PGA Tour win in his last seven starts. Finau, who was originally set to compete in the RSM Classic field,…

Tony Finau was originally scheduled to play in the 2022 RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Club in Saint Simons Island, Ga., but days after his four-shot win at the Houston Open, Finau has withdrawn from the field. Finau had won in three of his last seven starts and was originally the 9-1 favorite in the 2022 RSM Classic odds from Caesars Sportsbook.…

The PGA Tour is back on the East Coast this week for the 2022 RSM Classic, which is once again being played at Sea Island Resort in St. Simons Island, Georgia. Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2022 RSM Classic odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions. It's not an overly strong field teeing it up at Sea Island Resort…

The final official PGA Tour event of the calendar year brings a slightly subpar field, and it took a big hit on Tuesday when favorite Tony Finau withdrew from the 2022 RSM Classic. The tournament tees off Thursday at Sea Island Resort in St. Simons Island, Ga., and five of the top 40 players in the world and eight major champions are set to tee…

Tony Finau will attempt to win back-to-back tournaments for the 2nd time in four months when he tees it up in the 2022 RSM Classic at Sea Island Resort in St. Simons Island, Georgia. After winning the Cadence Bank Houston Open on Sunday, Finau is looking to make it 2 straight wins as the betting favorite (+900) this week. Below, we look at the 2022…

Tony Finau will try to continue his recent dominance when he tees off Thursday in the 2022 RSM Classic at Sea Island Resort in Georgia. Finau comes into St. Simons Island fresh off a four-stroke victory at last week's Houston Open, his third win in his past seven events. Finau will be trying to win consecutive tournaments for the second time in…

The 2022 RSM Classic arrives on Thursday, November 17, and according to the RSM Classic betting odds via BetMGM, last week's champion is the betting favorite. Here's what you need to know. American star Tony Finau is on a roll. In the last 15 months, the 33-year-old has won four times, increasing his career total to five. Among those were…

It's last event of the PGA Tour fall swing. It's probably the last time we'll see the fall swing in its current format. And unfortunately, it goes out with a bit of a whimper. A relatively mediocre field heads to St. Simons Island for the 2022 RSM Classic at Sea Island Golf Resort. As always, here is your early deep-dive on the 2022 RSM Classic and…

Three rounds are in the book at the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open and only 1 golfer is within 4 strokes of the leader. Below, we look at the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open odds entering Sunday's final round being played in Texas. Check back throughout the season for our PGA Tour picks, predictions and bets. Tony Finau, who opened at+1500 to win,…

2pts Tony Finau/Gary Woodland to finish first and second in any order at 14/1 (Sky Bet) For the second week running we head into Sunday on the PGA Tour with one player in full control of the event and looking like it will take something exceptional for them to be beaten. Last week in Mexico it was Russell Henley who lead the field a merry dance and…

Winning margin five shots or more 3pts 13-10 Hills Wyndham Clark without Tony Finau 1pt 6-1 Betfair, Power Justin Rose top Great Britain and Ireland 1pt 3-1 Betfair, Power Tony Finau is no bigger than 2-13 to win the Houston Open with 18 holes to play at Memorial Park Golf Course. The rampant Utah man, 18-1 ante-post, has carded rounds of 65, 62…

The PGA Tour during fall has often been relegated to a non-important part of a season that draws most of its attention between the Sentry Tournament of Champions in January until the Tour Championship finale in August. However, as most of the PGA Tour elite are expected to rest during the winter months, a positive change of landscape could be on…

The PGA heads to Texas this weekend for the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open, known more commonly as the Houston Open. The annual early-November event features some of the biggest names in golf, including Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns, and Tony Finau, and has taken place at Houston's famed Memorial Park since 2019. We have all the odds, betting…

top picks for today's slate based on the odds from our top-rated sportsbooks. Top picks from college football, college basketball, the NBA and NHL, and the PGA Tour! The NBA returns to action on Wednesday after breaking for Election Day. A 13-game slate in the Association will complement another three-game slate of midweek college football action.…

As we head into the final stretch of 2022, golfers are gearing up for all the technology and release details of the newest drivers from the major OEM's. Although exact details are limited we have been given a sneak peek of what's to come thanks to early images from the PGA Tour along with black and white photos from the USGA conforming clubs list.…

The DP World Tour resumes this week with the Nedbank Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa. The smaller than the usual 66 field with no cut this weekend will all be competing for a share of the $6M prize purse with the winner collecting the Nedbank Challenge title and a winner's cheque for $1.02M. With no event since…

The PGA TOUR heads to Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston for the third consecutive year to play the 2022 Cadence Bank Houston Open. The 7400-yard par 70 has a unique setup with five par 3s and three par 5s, and it will play every bit as long as the scorecard indicates. The course has played very difficult in its two years as host of the Houston…

The Fall Swing of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season is quickly coming to an end with three more events to close out the calendar year before tournaments resume in January. After the Houston Astros won the World Series last week, the sports world returns to Space City for the PGA Tour as the Cadence Bank Houston Open kicks off with first-round action on…