#Match Play

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…

The field for this week's RBC Heritage will have heaved a collective big sigh of relief when they discovered money-machine and now Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is taking a week off. The world No.1, a 16/1 winner for us last week, will need a computer to work out the winnings from that phenomenal four-victory-in-six week golden stretch but the…

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…

2pts Thomas Detry top European at 7/1 (bet365) 1pt Detry top overall scorer at 16/1 (BoyleSports) 1pt Richard Mansell top GB & Ireland at 16/1 (Sky Bet) 1pt Mansell top overall scorer at 33/1 (Sky Bet, William Hill) The Hero Cup is a new team event on the DP World Tour. It takes place for the first time in 2023 after Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald…

This is where you'll find our favorite bets on the board, some dart-worthy value plays, and the players we're avoiding. The last time Novak Djokovic played the Australian Open, in 2021, he won the whole thing-for the ninth time. Forbidden to defend his title due to his vaccination status, Rafael Nadal went on to win last year's tournament in epic…

Under the cover of darkness, the coaches slipped away from the hotel with the passengers on-board unaware of their final destination. They don't know how long they are going to be on the bus for, they don't know where they are going, same with us. They've just been taken to a field up in the mountains to play a game in secret because if the…

Golf tips, best bets and player analysis for the Wells Fargo Championship at TPC Potomac on the PGA Tour. Live on Sky Sports Main Event and Golf from midday on Thursday Keegan Bradley 2.5pts each-way 33-1 Coral, Hills, Ladbrokes Corey Conners 2.5pts each-way 20-1 Hills Brandon Wu 1.5pts each-way 75-1 bet365 Matthew NeSmith 1pt each-way…

After a six-week hiatus, the PGA TOUR returns to kick off 2023 in Hawaii on the island of Maui at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. A field of 39 players, including 17 of the OWGR Top 20, are here this week as this event at Kapalua has opened the PGA TOUR calendar year for the last 25 years. Cameron Smith kicked off our profitable season last…

Steve Palmer's golf betting predictions and analysis for the 2023 DP World Tour Rankings. It has become obvious with every passing DP World Tour season that what players do in the regulation events counts for little when it comes to determining who will end up atop the DP World Tour Rankings. Performance in Majors and World Golf Championships will…

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 tropical swing on the PGA Tour continues with a trip to Mexico. A top-heavy field takes on El Camaleon GC for the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. As always, here is your early deep-dive on the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba and a preview of how to bet. In addition, listen below to the Golf Gambling…

The seventh iteration of "The Match," quickly becoming one of the most popular niche primetime events in golf history, tees off Saturday at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. The star-studded event will pit Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy against Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in a 12-hole match play showdown. We have all the betting odds, tips,…

Fixture: Novak Djokovic (Team Falcons) vs Alexander Zverev (Team Hawks). Date: 20 December 2022. Tournament:World Tennis League. Round: Group stage. Venue: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Surface: Hardcourt. Match timing: Approx 8:30 pm local time, 4:30 pm GMT, 11:30 am ET and 10 pm IST. 21-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will square off…

Winning the Masters and having a green jacket put on you by the previous Masters champion is always a crowning moment in every professional golfer's career. The 2022 Masters features a lot of golfers with a stacked resume that is lacking that one very important line on it: Masters champion. Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy,…

Golf is a complex sport, which can make betting difficult but also lucrative, if you can pinpoint the outcome of a particular tournament. The four golf majors - the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and Open Championship - draw both hard-core and casual fans, and they provide plenty of opportunities to cash in on the action. Many events on the…

Paul Casey surprisingly conceded after just two holes on Wednesday at the WGC-Dell Match Play event on the PGA TOUR, citing a back injury. Casey was all square with opponent Corey Conners when he conceded, giving Conners the point and the rest of the day off. Casey then conceded on Thursday after his opponent, Alex Noren, teed off on the first…

Four of the biggest stars of the modern golf era take center stage in an exhibition match in Belleair, Florida Saturday. Read on as we look at all the details and offer up our top picks for The Match 7, featuring Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, and Justin Thomas. This week's main attraction, Tiger, was forced to withdraw from his own Hero…

PGA TOUR OF AUSTRALASIA - GIPPSLAND SUPER 6 JIMMY EMANUEL - Golf Australia Deputy & Digital Editor The match play element makes this something of a lucky dip for tipping with form forgotten once we get to Sunday. However, you have to get there first with some good play, and while I like both my fellow tipsters' choices (Lonard on the range was a…

Canadians are adventurous people and known for their passion for any form of entertainment. Currently, Canada belongs to the top 10 list of the most active in online wagering which made local governments like Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, and British Columbia develop an interest to have online casino sites. Virtual betting has been the latest…

A field of 90 players is set to converge on Augusta National Golf Club for the 86th edition of the Masters Tournament. Phil Mickelson is out. Tiger Woods is the ultimate question mark as he works he way back from injury. And several of the top players are peaking at the perfect time. (A few are also struggling. More on that shortly.) We've once…

The 2022 Masters Tournament is officially in the books and players now turn their attention to the PGA Championship this week. The year's second major championship is set to take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Southern Hills Country Club as it will look to follow up not only the Masters, but last year's dramatic finish at the Ocean Course at Kiawah…

We're three events into the new PGA Tour season and with winners aged 20, 26 and 24, it's been all about the youngsters and talent which once would've been called raw, but now must be recast as ready. Since Joaquin Niemann stormed clear to win the Greenbrier like he'd been doing it all his life things have been a little more tense, but the poise…

The PGA Tour is back in Detroit this week for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic, an event that was added to the schedule in 2019. Players will be teeing it up at Detroit Golf Club's North course for the penultimate event of the regular season before the FedEx Cup Playoffs begin in a couple of weeks. Below, we search for the best value prop bets…

The 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits will have plenty of prop markets for bettors to enjoy. Andrew Caley gives you his best Ryder Cup props, including the incredible value on Viktor Hovland to be Team Europe's top scorer. The Ryder Cup exemplifies a unique golf event and represents a terrific prop betting opportunity for bettors. One of the most…

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…

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The Zurich Classic, the only team event on tour, is upon us and we're breaking down our PGA Tour expert picks for the golf at TPC Louisiana this week. If you're tired of the same 72-hole stroke-play events and the Match Play didn't do it for you, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans has you covered. The annual trip to TPC Louisiana is the only team…

Tackling the odds for the Wells Fargo Championship at TPC Potomac with our PGA Tour expert picks and best bets for the week. Golf fans may have grown accustomed to the Wells Fargo Championship meaning a trip to Quail Hollow in Charlotte, NC, but that won't be the case for the 2021-22 season. With the President's Cup heading to the normal site for…

Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa moved up to No. 2 in the world rankings following his fifth-place finish at the Masters last weekend. He will try to build on a successful weekend when he takes part in the 2022 RBC Heritage, which gets underway from Harbour Town Golf Links on Thursday, April 14. Morikawa is currently tied with Justin Thomas…

The latest edition of'The Match' is set for December 10, when four of the PGA Tour's biggest stars head to Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida. Tiger Woods - making his third appearance - is teaming up with good friend and World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and will take on the familiar American pairing of Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth in a 12-hole…

Scotland missed a last-minute penalty as they lost by a point to a valiant Australia in a fascinatingly tight grudge match in Edinburgh. A fast start to the contest culminated in the opening try, with hot-stepping Scotland full-back Ollie Smith diving over in the corner to score on just his second appearance in dark blue. That start gave way to a…

The United States will attempt to keep up its dominance in the Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. The U.S. comes into North Carolina with an eight-cup winning streak over the International team that features players from outside Europe. The Presidents Cup is typically held on the off year of the Ryder Cup. It gives the international…

The PGA Tour is known for its stroke-play tournaments, so the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play event is a welcomed change in the schedule. Austin Country Club is set to host the tournament, as it has since 2016. The event will feature 64 of the world's best golfers, but they will be broken into 16 groups of round-robin play that begins on…

If you like playing golf as a pastime, you may also enjoy a little friendly rivalry with your friends. Playing a friendly bet may liven up your game even when you're not playing for million dollars on Sunday afternoon. So, rather than standard betting on the PGA Tour using golf betting software at one of the top sportsbooks, we've put together the…

Justin Thomas is the man they all have to beat at The Masters this week, according to GolfMagic's Head of Content Andy Roberts. GolfMagic is on something of a roll recently with two wins on the PGA Tour in the last month thanks to back-to-back wins for new World No.1 Scottie Scheffler, and Andy is ready to roll the dice with three more selections…

Through injuries, and after becoming a father for the first time, Rafael Nadal has not played much tennis in the last few months. The Spaniard has never won the ATP Tour's year-end championship. In fact, he's only made the final twice, and the last time was nine years ago. Read on for an analysis of Rafael Nadal vs Taylor Fritz. Odds as of Nov. 13…

2pts England to win the series 5-0 at 10/1 (Sky Bet) 2pts Tymal Mills top England bowler in first T20I at 3/1 (General) 1pt Moeen Ali top England batsman in first T20I at 14/1 (Betway) The Ashes might have only concluded a matter of days ago, but England's cricketers are back on international duty on Saturday night when they begin a five-match T20I…

The latest edition of The Match is slating Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy against the dynamic duo of Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. Odds have hit the board for this star-studded clash - which we break down below. The latest edition of'The Match' is set for December 10, when four of the PGA Tour's biggest stars head to Pelican Golf Club in Belleair,…

This year's Ryder Cup has been overshadowed by the resurgence of Tiger Woods winning last week's Tour Championship after a period of five years in the wilderness, giving the event added intrigue in a format that he notoriously struggles with. His team aim to retain the Ryder Cup and win in Europe for the first time since 1993 after winning…

This week's event on the PGA Tour is the 2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the first WGC of the year, and the game's best are all involved. A couple of Ryder Cup stars are tied as the favorites according to the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play odds via BetMGM, but the defending champion deserves your attention, too. Here's what you need to…

This week's 2022 Valero Texas Open is the final PGA Tour event before the Masters and the beginning of major season. Appropriately, two multiple major winners have the best chances to claim the trophy, according to the Valero Texas Open odds via BetMGM. Here's what you need to know. Despite Masters week lurking just a few days away, several top…

March Madness is approaching a fever pitch, and not just on the hoop court. With the WGC-Dell Match Play on tap this week, golf fans are going deep on bracketology, too. Sixty-four players, selected by way of the Official World Golf Rankings, will be going at it at Austin Country Club, in a format that splits them into 16 groups of four. After…

Just three events remain in the PGA Tour's final swing season as competitors make their way to the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Originally an alternate field event across from the WGC Match Play, the World Wide Technology Championship has grown plenty since making its PGA Tour debut in 2007. The growth only continues this…

Fixture: (2) Rafael Nadal vs Tommy Paul. Date: November 2, 2022. Tournament: Paris Masters 2022. Round: Second round (Round of 32). Venue: Paris, France. Surface: Indoor hardcourt. Prize money: €5415410. Match timing: Not before 7:30 pm local time, 2:30 pm ET, 6:30 pm GMT and 12 am IST. After a first-round bye, 22-time Major champion Rafael Nadal…

Golf tips, best bets and player analysis for the World Wide Technology Championship at El Camaleon on the PGA Tour. Live on Sky Sports Golf & Main Event from 7pm on Thursday Billy Horschel 4pts each-way 18-1 Betfair, Hills, Power Aaron Wise 3pts each-way 20-1 Betfair, Power Emiliano Grillo 2pts each-way 35-1 Hills Brandon Wu 1pt each-way…

Experience is the difference, or so say the oddsmakers of The Match, the televised charity golf competition featuring former Cal star Aaron Rodgers that will take place Wednesday, June 1. This is the sixth iteration of The Match, and for the first time it will not feature any pro golfers. Instead it will be a contest of four all-star quarterbacks.…

Golf makes its last stop before The Masters with a trip to TPC San Antonio for the Valero Texas Open and our PGA Tour expert picks are locked and loaded. Fresh off his win in Austin, Scottie Scheffler is the new No. 1-ranked player in the world, but he won't be in the field the week before we head to The Masters as we go to TPC San Antonio for the…

Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we are hailing the new No. 1. No, not Rory McIlroy, but Greg Snedeker, who defeated yours truly in the championship match of the season-long Golf Digest Match Play Championship. And this producer and Grind collaborator did it at historic Winged Foot to boot: Well played, Snedz. Hey, it's tough to beat…

Golf tips, best bets and player analysis for the LIV Golf Team Championship at Trump National Doral. Live on YouTube and LIVgolf.com, from 5.15pm on Friday 4 Aces 4pts 9-4 Betfair, Power The LIV Golf season comes to a close with a $50 million team event in the shadow of Donald Trump - the former American president is teeing up in the pre-tournament…

There's never a better time to revisit why you shouldn't be betting three-way matchups in golf than the WGC-Dell Match Play, which is … entirely matchups. Here are the two main ways to bet head-to-head matchups in golf, when you're betting that one golfer will score better than another over the 18-hole round or the entire tournament: Two golfers…