PGA odds: How Justin Thomas' PGA Championship finish impacted gamblers

The 2023 PGA Championship is coming up this week as golf's best head to New York for the second major of the season. The beautiful Oak Hill County Club will host the 105th edition of the PGA Championship and an all-star field will battle it out for glory. Spain's world No1 Jon Rahm claimed victory The Masters in early April, producing a superb…

This article is part of our Golf Picks series. Finally, Masters Week is here! All eyes are on the golf world for the first major championship of the year at Augusta National Golf Club. A total of 88 players will make the trip down Magnolia Lane, a group that includes six amateurs and 20 past champions as part of a field that is headlined by…

Last year at the Masters, Kevin Na had been hovering around the top 10 of the leaderboard in the third round when he stepped up the 16th hole and ultimately needed five putts to escape the par-three, which torpedoed any chance he had of winning. One year later, Na is a 150-1 longshot in the 2023 Masters odds at Caesars Sportsbook. The Masters 2022…

Coming in 12th on the SI Golf list of 20 top newsmakers is the 29-year-old Kentuckian, who came from far back at Southern Hills to win a second PGA. Who He Is: PGA Tour member, 2022 PGA champion SI Golf Rank: 10 (Bob Harig), 13 (Jeff Ritter), 12 (John Schwarb) Why He's Here: Winning a major championship when starting the final round seven shots…

Joining Schauffele and Morikawa are top-20 players Viktor Hovland, Matsuyama, Sungjae Im, Cameron Young, and 20-year-old Tom Kim, who just won the Shriners Children's Open. He's younger than Woods was at the time of his second PGA Tour win, which is a remarkable feat. Sungjae Im has been on fire in his last six starts, which have resulted in…

Sky Sports Main Event and Golf, 10pm Saturday Sungjae Im to win 7.04pm threeball 2pts 6-5 Betfair, Power Cam Davis to win 7.53pm threeball 2pts 23-20 bet365, Coral, Ladbrokes Patrick Cantlay to win 7.42pm threeball 2pts 17-20 Coral, Ladbrokes Mito Pereira has bounced back to form in the Shriners Children's Open and the Chilean leads by a shot…

Sky Sports Golf, 12.30pm Sunday Paul Barjon to win the Cazoo Open de France 1pt each-way 11-1 general Thomas Pieters to win 12pm threeball 1pt 6-4 Betfair, Power Rasmus Hojgaard had a topsy-turvy day at Le Golf National in round three of the French Open, but the Dane did enough to retain his lead going into Sunday's final round. Hojgaard, who was…

Another year, another rebellion, another wave of faces departing for a more lucrative destination. What is this, the PGA Tour or Central America? So much happened in golf's little corner of 2022. Compelling major championships. Tiger Woods sightings. New stars birthed. And, burying the lead for effect, the rise of LIV Golf, a Saudi-funded rival…

The BMW Championship got off to a fantastic start Thursday as the best players in the world worked their way up the leaderboard and perhaps the top golfer in the world kicked away a shot at the first-round lead (more on that later). Keegan Bradley is the leader after firing a 7-under 64 over the first 18 holes and is looking for his second BMW…

The 2022 BMW Championship begins Thursday, August 18, at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Del. You can find full Round 1 tee times for the tournament at the bottom of this post. Will Zalatoris has been a mainstay near the top of leaderboards throughout his short career on the PGA Tour. But despite being a household name among golf fans…

The stars are out again this week for the start of the FedExCup playoffs, which begin at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. TPC Southwind will play host this week to its 1st playoff event. Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions. Scottie…

The stars are out again this week for the start of the FedExCup Playoffs, which begin at the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. TPC Southwind will play host this week to its 1st playoff event. Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions. Scottie…

The PGA Tour returns to The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. this week for the first time since Matthew Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Amateur in 2013. The legendary course, which has been the backdrop for some of the greatest moments in the history of the sport, will play host to the 2022 U.S. Open. World No. 3 Rory McIlroy will be looking to build on a…

Xander Schauffele has played in the past five U.S. Opens and his worst finish is seventh place. The Las Vegas resident also has placed third, fifth twice and sixth at the major, which tees off Thursday at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. Handicapper Wes Reynolds and Westgate SuperBook golf oddsmaker Jeff Sherman each made Schauffele…

David Purdum gives a quick glance at some of the most notable bets and sports book storylines from the past week. No NBA team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series. A bettor in Nevada is invested in the Dallas Mavericks becoming the first. Caesars Sportsbook reported taking a $50000 bet Tuesday on the Mavericks…

Many of the PGA Tour's best golfers head to Hogan's Alley this week for the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge, which tees off Thursday at Colonial Country Club. A particularly strong post-major field will take on the course in Fort Worth, Texas where longtime area resident Ben Hogan won five times. Dallas native Jordan Spieth isn't a threat to his…

A number of top players visit Fort Worth looking to reassert themselves after a tough PGA Championship. Does experience matter? The two former Korn Ferry Tour all-stars duking it out for not only their first win on the PGA Tour but first major would probably tell you "yes." It was back and forth for most of the final round at Southern Hills for not…

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Betting the Las Vegas Aces? It's tempting. They have a winning record. But if you're a recreational or even aspiring semi-pro bettor, you have one question: How are they doing against the spread? (If you're a professional, you already know. So never -mind.) Last Tuesday, the Aces dumped the Phoenix Mercury,…

Trailing by seven strokes, Justin Thomas's chances of winning the 2022 PGA Championship as he teed off in Tulsa on Sunday were just 1.2%, according to one projection. Thomas admitted to CNN's Don Riddell after the event that it was 1.2% more than he would have given himself. Against all odds, the 29-year-old dazzled with a round-best three-under 67…

Mito Pereira's PGA Championship lead wasn't as safe as it appeared when he entered Sunday with a three-shot lead on the field. But as his birdie putt on the 17th hole darted straight for the hole, it appeared longshot bettors were set to cash in. That birdie putt fell one rotation short of the cup and the ensuing tee shot on No. 18 found water. The…

This week's Zurich Classic is a wild deviation from the normal week to week play on the PGA Tour. Smack in the middle between the Masters and PGA Championship, golfers will shift from the more traditional 72 holes of stroke play to playing in teams. There will be 80 duos playing the rarely used four-ball and foursomes format this weekend at TPC…

The PGA Tour puts the finishing touches on its early season west coast swing when the Genesis Invitational 2022 tees off on Thursday, Feb. 17 at Riviera Country Club in California. The star-studded event will be hosted by Tiger Woods, with the golf legend expected to be in attendance all week. The 2022 Genesis Invitational field features the entire…

We like Maverick McNealy at+2500, always valuable Mito Pereira at+5000 and veteran Matt Kuchar at+6000 when the PGA Tour visits the California coast this week. When opportunity strikes twice, make sure to capture it at least the second time. For Luke List, he did exactly that. In 2018, List found himself in a playoff with Justin Thomas at The Honda…

Dustin Johnson fired a 5-under 65 to take a one-shot lead with a 9-under 201 total through three rounds of the PGA Championship. The SuperBook pegged Johnson the+225 favorite to win Sunday. Golf betting continues in the PGA Championship, with a tightly packed leaderboard heading into Sunday's final round. Updated odds feature a familiar name at the…