#Sam Burns

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…

For the first time in two months, the PGA Tour returns to the Lower 48. A very good field takes on three golf courses in Palm Springs for the 2023 American Express. As always, here is your early deep-dive of the 2023 American Express and a preview of how to bet. In addition, listen below to the Golf Gambling Podcast With the new PGA Tour schedule,…

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…

The 2023 golf season will kick off on January 4th-8th at the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course in Kapalua on Maui Island in Hawaii. With legalized sports betting set to go live in Ohio at 12:01AM on January 1st, Buckeye State residents will be able to place wagers on the event. BetMGM Ohio and the other legal sports books…

The 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions continues on Sunday afternoon with the fourth and final round at Kapalua in Hawaii. Here's what you need to know to watch Round 4 on TV or online. Collin Morikawa's game overhaul continues to impress in Maui, as a round of eight-under 65 on Saturday brought him to 24 under par, and six shots clear of his…

2pts double Justin Thomas to beat Scott Stallings & Scottie Scheffler to beat JJ Spaun (both 8/15) at 1.35/1 (General) A question for you: what did Sam Burns achieve when winning last June's Charles Schwab Challenge which not one PGA Tour winner since then has repeated? In truth, of course, there will have been many unique aspects of his triumph at…

The fourth and final round of the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions gets underway Sunday, January 8, at Kapalua in Hawaii. You can find full Round 4 tee times for the tournament at the bottom of this post. Collin Morikawa was bogey-free through two rounds and kept the streaking going in round three as he's now opened up a six-stroke lead heading…

The PGA Tour season's third major is in the books, and the stretch run is right over the horizon as many of the tour's top golfers get set to play in the 2022 Travelers Championship. The short trip over to TPC River Highlands near Hartford, Conn., brought many players from the U.S. Open, played last week in Brookline, Mass. Five of the top 11…

The 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions continues on Saturday afternoon with the third round at Kapalua in Hawaii. Here's what you need to know to watch Round 3 on TV or online. The birdies are abundant in Maui, as Collin Morikawa pulled ahead of the Round 1 logjam at the top of the leaderboard to lead the tournament by two shots at 16 under par at…

The third round of the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions gets underway Saturday, January 7, at Kapalua in Hawaii. You can find full Round 3 tee times for the tournament at the bottom of this post. A logjam of three players tied at the top on Thursday gave way to a single leader on Friday, as Collin Morikawa followed up a first-round 64 with a…

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…

With the flip of the calendar comes the resumption of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season. Taking roughly a month-long break following the RSM Classic, it is the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions which will once again begin the new year. Welcoming 39 of the best players in the world, winners from the 2021-22 season and those who qualified for the Tour…

The PGA Tour's next stop, the 2022 CJ Cup, goes down this week at the Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina. It will be the same tournament as last year, but in a new venue after playing this tournament the last few years in Las Vegas, Nevada. Some of the game's best players are on hand, including the reigning champion of this event, and…

One of the great annual traditions of the Masters is the inclusion of myriad amateurs who qualified for the first major of the year. There are several different ways to qualify for a week at Augusta National, which often produces a diverse and interesting group of golfers -- just as we have this year in the 86th edition of this tournament. It's…

Scottie Scheffler and Jon Rahm are the betting favorites for this week's PGA Championship, but former Cal golfers Collin Morikawa and Max Homa are not too far down the list of favorites for this event, which is the second major of the year. The betting odds for each golfer vary depending on the betting site you choose. At the end of this story we…

There are plenty of familiar names atop the odds board for the 2023 Masters Tournament. This page will track the odds for all the top contenders and notables leading up to the first major of the 2022-23 PGA Tour season. It was announced by Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday, Dec. 20, that eligible golfers from the LIV Golf Invitational Series…

The 2022 PNC Championship takes place this Saturday, December 17 through Sunday, December 18 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida and 15-time major champion Tiger Woods will return to the action with his son Charlie, a budding star in his own right, after finishing in seventh place in 2020 and as runner-up last year. Live coverage tees…

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…

Golf tips, best bets and player analysis for the QBE Shootout at Tiburon GC on the PGA Tour. Live on Sky Sports Main Event and Golf from 6.30pm on Friday Harris English & Matt Kuchar 4pts each-way 13-2 Coral, Ladbrokes Jason Day and Billy Horschel have been chalked up as favourites for the QBE Shootout, but this is a new partnership which seems far…

Since it was founded by Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts in 1932, Augusta National Golf Club has been one of the game's most prestigious venues. Augusta National will once again take center stage when the 2022 Masters begins on Thursday. This will be the 86th edition of the Masters, and Hideki Matsuyama is the defending champion after beating Will…

Topping the odds board for this week's QBE Shootout in Naples, Florida is the pairing of Billy Horschel and 2014 champion Jason Day. Three-time winners Harris English and Matt Kuchar are also in the mix - we break it all down in our full odds below. The PGA Tour puts its regularly-scheduled programming on pause for a week of oddly-formatted fun at…

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…

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…

It was supposed to be Tiger Woods' first competitive round since July. Instead, sports bettors and golf fans will have to settle for a star-studded field of 20 players vying for a $1 million winner's check in the Bahamas. And mix in a great sportsbook for great fun: Bet365: Bet365: Bet $1 Get $200. Not too shabby, all things considered. The Hero…

The 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge might not carry the same weight as last week's PGA Championship, but it still features a loaded field. Five of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are taking part in the tournament at Colonial Country Club. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who failed to make the cut last weekend, is the 10-1…

The first 2021 Open Championship tee times are at 1:35 a.m. ET on Thursday at Royal St. George's Golf Club. Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson were runner-ups the last time the British Open was played at Royal St. George's, and both have won a major in the last 12 months. Can Johnson overcome a run of poor play, and can Mickelson be a factor in the…

Father's Day is traditionally celebrated every year during the final round of the US Open, and Sunday will be no different, as it coincides with the conclusion of the 2021 U.S. Open. Last year's tournament was rescheduled to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Bryson DeChambeau breaking through to win his first major. This year's…

A limited but loaded field is set to tee off Thursday at Congaree Golf Club in the 2022 CJ Cup in South Carolina. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and reigning FedEx Cup champion Rory McIlroy are among the 15 players ranked in the top 20 who are scheduled to compete. Also among the 78 golfers in the CJ Cup 2022 field are 10 top players from the Korean…

Phil Mickelson isn't the only San Diego native in the 2021 U.S. Open field, as Xander Schauffele will also make the trek to Torrey Pines. Schauffele frequently played the course while growing up and graduated just 20 miles away at San Diego State University. Like Mickelson, Torrey Pines is Schauffele's home course and he finished runner-up there at…

With the PGA Tour's third major on the horizon, several big name golfers will be looking to fine tune their games at the 2022 RBC Canadian Open this week at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario. The tournament made its way back onto the PGA Tour Schedule after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rory McIlroy enters…

Just 19 golfers in the history of the sport have won at least five major championships. There are two players who have an opportunity to become No. 20 if either can win the 2022 U.S. Open, Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka. They've both won this tournament before, McIlroy in 2011 and Koepka going back-to-back in 2017 and 2018. The U.S. Open 2022 will…

Even with all of the young talent on the PGA Tour, you still have to look all the way back to 1922 to find the youngest winner of the PGA Championship. Gene Sarazen won it that year at 20 years and five months, but no golfer in this year's event will be younger than Joaquin Niemann, who is 23 years and six months as play begins with the first 2022…

The 2022 Masters will begin on Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club and Tiger Woods is set to return to action after a 17-month layoff from the PGA Tour. Woods last competed at the 2020 Masters, which took place in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, and was involved in a serious car accident last February that led to multiple fractures…

A long, compact summer of golf is closing in on PGA Tour players as they head to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, for the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge. In what will be the 77th playing of this event, competitors from last week's PGA Championship may find the host venue boasting similar features to that of Southern Hills. Last year's…

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…

There are plenty of storylines entering Thursday's 2022 U.S. Open. Masters champion Scottie Scheffler and PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas will try for a second title this season. Jon Rahm, the reigning U.S. Open champion, will be trying to go back-to-back, while red-hot Rory McIlroy wants a fifth major title after winning last week's RBC…

A distinctive characteristic of the PGA Championship compared to the other golf majors is that it invites all winners of PGA Tour events in the preceding year. It also invites select club professionals. Golfers who meet either criteria will be part of the 156-player 2021 PGA Championship field, which tees off Thursday. Outside of the recognition of…

Americans have dominated the U.S. Open throughout its history, winning 86 of the 121 tournaments, or 71 percent. That stranglehold atop the leaderboard has lessened recently, however, as Americans have won just half of the last 18 editions entering the 2022 U.S. Open. International golfers such as Spaniard Jon Rahm and Irishman Rory McIlroy are…

Paul Casey is the lone golfer in the relatively brief history of the Valspar Championship to win the tournament in consecutive years (2018-19). K.J. Choi is the only other golfer to win the tournament twice, but neither will be in the 2022 Valspar Championship field when the event returns to the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort on Thursday.…

The 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch will be the final stop before next week's PGA Championship. Scottie Scheffler is scheduled to make his first individual start since winning the Masters, and the No. 1 player in the world has now recorded four wins and seven top-10 finishes this season. However, he'll face stiff competition with…

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 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…

Sky Sports Main Event and Golf, 2pm Sunday Jon Rahm to win the US Open 4pts each-way 4-1 general Jon Rahm to win 7.34pm twoball (4-6) and Scottie Scheffler to win 7.23pm twoball (5-9) 2pts double bet365 Sam Burns to win 7.12pm twoball 1pt 7-5 general Min Woo Lee to win 6.12pm twoball 1pt 7-5 BoyleSports Lowest tournament round over 65 3pts…

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.

Tiger Woods' return to competition was supposed to begin this week at the 2022 Hero World Challenge. Instead, golf fans around the world will have to wait just a little bit longer as the 15-time major champion withdrew on Monday citing plantar fasciitis in his right foot. In his place, Austrian Sepp Straka will make his Hero World Challenge debut…

The 2022 Hero World Challenge will tee off on Thursday, December 1. Despite no FedEx Cup points on offer, the event still has a loaded field fighting for a total purse of $3.5 million. The limited-field event, hosted by Tiger Woods, suffered a major blow as the ace golfer announced his withdrawal on Tuesday. The 15-time PGA Tour champion bowed out…

The PGA Tour signs off for 2022 with this week's Hero Worldwide Challenge at the Albany Golf Club, New Province Bahamas. It's a star-studded line up in the Bahamas with eighteen of the World's Top Ranked 25 players on show. Only 20 players will be competing this week for a share of the $3.5M prize purse with the winner collecting the Hero Worldwide…

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…

It's Tiger Woods glorified hit-and-giggle in the Bahamas. Oddschecker's Tom Jacobs assesses the field This is exciting, isn't it? We haven't seen Tiger Woods since he was fighting back the tears on the Swilcan Bridge. But the 15-time major champion has decided he is fit enough to return to PGA Tour action at his 20-man invitational in the Bahamas,…