Leona Maguire leads bookmaker odds for Irish Open in Clare

The LPGA Tour players are set to compete at this week's The Annika Driven by Gainbridge Championship at Pelican. The tournament is all set to start on Thursday, November 9 and will run through the weekend to conclude on Sunday, November 12. The third edition of the tournament was headlined by some of the top-ranked golfers on the LPGA Tour,…

WITH the Ryder Cup just over a week away, the top women golfers from Europe and the USA are gearing up for their own clash, as the Solheim Cup gets under way on Friday. The Solheim Cup does not have as much history or prestige as the men's event, but it is still a great spectacle Europe will be bidding for an unprecedented hat-trick of wins in the…

Leona Maguire is being tipped as the star performer at this week's Solheim Cup with BoyleSports making her joint favourite at 8/1 to be top overall points scorer. The Cavan woman bagged her second LPGA Tour win this year at the Meijer LPGA Classic in Michigan and is the standout pick of the European side with punters, sharing favouritism with…

Golf fans are elated with The Ryder Cup next week, but before we get to that, the women will be facing off in the Solheim Cup. The rules are exactly the same as The Ryder Cup, with teams of 12 golfers representing the United States and Europe. They will play against each other in two days of fourballs and foursomes and then a final day of 12…

4pts Europe to win the Solheim Cup at 21/20 (Unibet) 1pt e.w. Charley Hull to be top European points scorer at 6/1 (General 1/4 1,2,3) 1pt e.w. Lilia Vu to be top USA points scorer at 6/1 (General 1/4 1,2,3) The Solheim Cup is different. Because, let's face it, normal tournament golf is weird. A stroll, a stretch, a chat to the dogsbody, a bit of a…

Jenna Boyle of BoyleSports presenting the Irish Greyhound Derby Trophy to David L'Estrange, Brian Clare & Aidan Walsh. Also included are trainer Jennifer O'Donnell and connections. What a buzz for Tipperary trainer Jennifer O'Donnell, as her star hound romped home in fine style to take home the top prize in the BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby…

The ISPS Handa World Invitational returns this week, in what will be the fourth renewal of this event. The ISPS Handa World Invitational is a unique event co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and the LET & LPGA, where two separate fields of Men and Women will compete for the same prize money, on the same course(s). Ewen Ferguson returns as the…

This week features the ISPS Handa World Invitational, with the LPGA and the DP World Tour hosting a joint event, with two 144-player tournaments happening simultaneously. The two-course rotation is very scorable for LPGA and DP Tour players, with the field being trimmed down to 40 players each after the third round. Leona Maguire is the favorite…

The 2023 AIG Women's British Open is set to tee off on Thursday, August 10 at Walton Heath Golf Club in England. The final major championship of the LPGA season will see a 144-player field compete against each other for the $7.3 million prize purse on offer. The Women's British Open will be headlined by the likes of Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu, Jin Young…

The final major championship of the year is upon us, as the AIG Women's Open marks the end of another amazing major season. The game's top players will head to the south of London to Walton Heath Golf Club for the first time. Ashleigh Buhai will attempt to defend her Open title, after the South African won in a playoff last year in Muirfield. Nelly…

The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship betting odds have been released for the LPGA Tour event at Evian Resort Golf Club in France. The LPGA Tour betting favorite this week is Hyo Joo Kim, who comes in at 12-to-1 (+1200) betting odds. Leona Maguire and Rose Zhang are next best at 16-to-1 in a top-heavy odds table, with players ranked largely on their…

Rose Zhang is this week's betting favorite by numerous sportsbooks after winning her LPGA Tour debut tournament and finishing in the top 10 at the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship. The rising star will play in the 2023 US Women's Open, which will be held at the Pebble Beach Golf Course from July 6 to July 9. Rose Zhang, on the other hand, has not…

Live on Sky Sports from 9pm Thursday Leona Maguire 1pt each-way 20-1 Coral, Ladbrokes Hyo Joo Kim 1pt each-way 22-1 Betfair, Paddy Power T&C's apply18+begambleaware.org Leona Maguire had a first major in the bag at Baltusrol last month only to hit reverse on the Sunday, but the gutsy, in-form Irish ace can make amends at the US Women's Open at…

The United States Open, the oldest major in women's golf, will head to the famous Pebble Beach Golf Links for the first time. The course on the Monterey Peninsula has witnessed some of golf's biggest names lift the grandest of prizes, and Minjee Lee will hope to add her name to that list by defending her title. There was little movement at the top…

The 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship is here. The second major of the LPGA Tour season is set to tee off on Thursday, June 22 at the Baltusrol Golf Club's Lower Course in Springfield, New Jersey. The betting odds for the event have been released and Atthaya Thitikul is the favorite to win this weekend. The KPMG Women's PGA Championship is set to…

Not to brag, but I might just be an LPGA sharp. I have given you, the people, back-to-back outright winners. Two weeks ago it was Rose Zhang at 42/1 for the Mizuho Americas Open, then last week I gave you Ashleigh Buhai at 16/1 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Can we make it three straight? Probably not, but I'm going to try my best. This week, it's…

Course Overview. To add to the intrigue this week, we're moving to yet another venue for this event, this time to Ullna Golf & Country Club which sits to the north of the Swedish capital Stockholm. Listed as a 7001 yard par 72 for the men and presumably a little shorter for the women, although yardages haven't been confirmed at the time of writing,…

The biggest week in the horse racing calendar has arrived again, as the sport's most prominent owners, trainers, jockeys and horses descend on Gloucestershire for the 2022 Cheltenham Festival Last year saw the return of spectators for the first time in two years after the 2021 event was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And…

Hot favourite Constitution Hill will take on six rivals in the Unibet Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on Tuesday. The Nicky Henderson-trained six-year-old has been sensational since making his debut at Sandown in December 2021, winning all five of his starts under rules, including the last four at the top level. He has not raced since sauntering to a…

Suzann Pettersen is looking forward to leading Europe's defence of the Solheim Cup next year, as she feels they have never looked stronger. Europe produced a brilliant result to claim a 15-13 victory at Inverness Club in Ohio, with Catriona Matthew's charges defying the odds to defend the title they claimed at Gleneagles in 2019. United States…

This week, some of the best in the world head to Dundonald Links for the Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open. Eight of the world's top 10 will tee it up at the Ayrshire links, with world No. 1 and two-time major champion Jin-Young Ko in the field. She will be joined by the likes of Lydia Ko, Jennifer Kupcho and Linn Grant, in what is set to be an…

The branding tells its own story. You come off the M18 and, at the entrance gate to Dromoland Castle, a huge billboard above the walled estate portrays but one player. That it is Leona Maguire is no surprise, for the 27-year-old has emerged as a global star with her performances on the LPGA Tour and last year's Solheim Cup. A return to her roots…

Purse: €3m (€500000 to the winner) Where: Rome, Italy The course: Marco Simone Golf Club - 7268 yards Par 71 - has been completely renovated ahead of the 2023 Ryder Cup match by European Golf Design, including a major upgrade on the original course designed by architects Jim Fazio and David Mezzacane. The construction work for the new course was…

Portland Classic September 15, 2022 10:15 am EDT This week, the LPGA travels to the state of Oregon for the Portland Classic. Before I discuss my favorite first round matchup bet for the Portland Classic let's take a look at the top five players in scoring average on the LPGA Tour that are in this week's field. Brooke Henderson 69.49 Hye-Jin Choi…

A week-long test of Anglo-Irish relations will start on Tuesday as 60000 fans will make the trip to Cheltenham kicking off one of the biggest weeks of the sporting year. Over 8000 gallons of tea and 265000 pints of Guinness will be consumed by Irish punters in a week that will be topped off by the rugby team lifting the Six Nations trophy in…