#The Masters

The bottom line is that the LIV players are not earning any OWGR points and plummeting in the world rankings as a result. Fair or unfair? OWGR ranking points are important, because a player's position in the rankings is used to determine qualification for some important events. The Masters, for instance, uses the OWGR points list to invite the top…

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…

Fixture: (1) Rafael Nadal vs Jack Draper. Date: January 16, 2023. Tournament: Australian Open 2023. Round: First round (Round of 128). Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. Surface: Hard. Prize Money: A$76500000. Match timing: (Jan 16) Not before 2:30 pm local time, 9 am IST and 3:30 am GMT, (Jan 15) 10:30 pm ET. Top seed Rafael Nadal will…

A lot of people will voice their negative opinions of this new format based on just one campaign, but we need at least another year to really see if it works. It hasn't been a disaster and when you change a format, that's what you don't want. It's been interesting to see how the players have evolved and coped with the increased number of…

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…

Golf is a sport that many people enjoy playing, supported by an estimated worldwide fan base of 450 million. Through golf betting tips and great offers, golf betting has become a major online gambling option in the UK. In our review of best golf betting sites in the UK, punters can get top sportsbooks that cover the most popular golf events in the…

Scottie Scheffler's lead has dropped from five strokes to three at the 2022 Masters, but he's an even larger favorite following his third-round 71 on Saturday. After finishing Round 2 at even money, Scheffler is now listed at 4-9 (-225) in the latest 2022 Masters odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Australian Cameron Smith is the only other golfer within…

The PGA Tour remains in Hawaii this week for the second of two events, this one featuring the first full field of 2023. Waialae Country Club in Honolulu hosts the Sony Open in Hawaii, where Tom Kim will look to hold off a strong field as the consensus favorite. Check out below for our top Sony Open golf picks based on the odds from our best…

Ohio sports betting is live as of January 1, 2023. FanDuel Sportsbook Ohio has entered the state and is taking wagers. Ohio bettors can place bets through FanDuel on their mobile sports betting app as well as in retail locations. FanDuel applied for an Ohio sports betting license in the fall of 2022 and the Ohio Casino Control Commission approved…

Eight have become four and, simply: wow. Every game was brilliant, from the underdog stories that saw Croatia and Morocco take out Brazil and Portugal to the chaotic brilliance of Argentina's shootout win over the Netherlands and the drama - not to mention high quality - of England's loss to France. The biggest week of the footballing calendar is…

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…

Sunday's final round at the Tournament of Champions was supposed to be a formality. Collin Morikawa led by six shots entering the day and his live reached -20000 after 10 holes. He collapsed in epic fashion, with Jon Rahm blazing ahead to shoot 63 for a two-shot win. It couldn't possibly have set the tone any better for what promises to be another…

KAPALUA, Hawaii - On Sunday morning at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with credentialed media for a question-and-answer session. He welcomed any and all questions, though he cautioned that due to ongoing litigation with LIV, he might not answer every one fully. That was his only preamble; then Monahan…

2023 Masters April 6, 2023 7:00 am EDT The PGA Tour will make it's annual stop to Augusta National for the 2023 Masters in April. Before I discuss my favorite early bet for the 2023 Masters let's take a look at the betting odds of past champions of this tournament to see if we can find any historical trends.

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 window is now open for fans to apply for one of the most difficult tickets to acquire in sports: the 2023 Masters Tournament. The Masters has employed a lottery system since 2012, allowing a select number of tickets per round. The odds of successfully applying online are low - but the application is free and it offers golf fans a chance to…

At the 2023 Tournament of Champions, it is not a victor from the 2021-22 season that occupies the top of the leaderboard, but a prolific winner, nevertheless. Collin Morikawa commands the solo lead at 16 under midway through the action at the Plantation Course at Kapalua as the two-time major champion has looked rejuvenated with the putter in…

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…

Given the state of his body (and his life) a year ago, the question, "Will Tiger Woods play in the Masters?" -- though certainly tiring and repetitive -- must feel like the easiest burden in the world for Woods to bear as April approaches. This time last year, following his horrific car wreck near Los Angeles just after the 2021 Genesis…

All eyes will be on a dream group on Thursday when the 2022 PGA Championship tees off at Southern Hills Country Club. Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy, who have a combined 22 major championships, will play together for the first two rounds. Spieth has three titles and needs to win the PGA Championship 2022 to join Woods and four other…

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…

Premier League Darts returns to Liverpool for the first time in almost two years on Thursday, with St Helens' Michael Smith hoping to bounce back from his night one quarter-final exit. Due to problems caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic, Liverpool was missed off the list of host venues in 2021, though as things return to some sort of normality, that…

World No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy is entering 2023 as the betting favorite across the board. The Irishman is the favorite to win all four Majors, the FedEx Cup, and finish as the top money leader. As the year's first PGA Tour tournament, the Sentry Tournament of Champions, kicks off Thursday, here's a 2023 preview of the world's top golfer. McIlroy…

Tiger Woods will make his return to the Old Course on Thursday, as the legendary golfer looks to build on his appearances at the Masters and PGA Championship. Read more to see how we're betting the 46-year-old to fare this week in Scotland. Tiger Woods has arguably the most storied career in golf history and now he returns to the most historic…

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…

Yuki Bhambri, once considered a top-50 prospect, is the first big Indian player after Sania Mirza to quit the singles format to prolong his tennis career. Yuki Bhambri, a tennis player from India, decided to stop competing in singles matches without using any emotive rhetoric balderdash. After Sania Mirza, the 28-year-old former top-50 prospect is…

To say golf has had a whirlwind year in 2022 would be an understatement. The launch of LIV Golf has sparked a split in the heart of the men's game, with some of the biggest names in the world lining up on both sides of the path, ready and willing to sling mud. How that particular situation plays out in 2023 will of course be the sport's biggest…

What is Rory McIlroy's net worth? Rory McIlroy is one of the top professional golfers in the world and a former world number. He's a four-time major champion and started his career as a successful amateur, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking at the age of 17 years old. Once he turned professional, Rory surprised the world with his conquest of…

Welcome to another edition of the Grind, where we are proud to say we carried a 20-day Peloton streak into the New Year. Unfortunately, we also carried a 30-day eat-like-an-absolute-pig streak as well. But that should come as no surprise to loyal readers (AKA my mom) as we begin an 11th year in this space. And while not much happened the past…

Quarter-finals day at the World Darts Championships begins with Dimirti Van den Bergh taking on Jonny Clayton. Van den Bergh saw off compatriot Kim Huybrechts to reach the quarters for a third time, with Clayton seeing off a dangerous opponent in Josh Rock. Here are our best bets and predictions for Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Jonny Clayton at the PDC…

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…

Masters week has begun at Augusta National, and most of us are eager to watch the action. Here's all the information you need to watch the 2022 Masters streaming live online. Augusta National Golf Club appreciates its mystique, and as a result TV broadcasts are limited to a few hours each day on ESPN and CBS, not great compared to other majors but…

BetMGM is a well-known and trusted brand in the world of online sports betting. With the launch of sports betting in the state of Ohio on January 1, 2023, new users will be able to sign up for an account with BetMGM to bet on football, basketball, baseball, and more. The BetMGM Sportsbook offers opportunities for a bet bonus, competitive odds, and…

Ohio bettors are ready to get in on the action as sports betting will be up and running in Ohio starting January 1, 2023. With Ohio launching in the new year, many sportsbooks have been approved for licenses and are ready to accept wagers once it's live. Caesars Sportsbook is among those that have been approved and will be ready to go live on…

April will be here before you know it, and coming along for the ride with it will be the start of golf's 2023 major championship season. Beginning at Augusta National for the Masters, as it typically does, the majors will go a long way to defining the game's best next year. While eyes around Augusta will be drawn to Tiger Woods and the return of…

Rafael Nadal looked to have blown his chances of becoming the first male player to win 21 Grand Slam titles. But then in true Nadalesque spirit, he made a brilliant comeback in the final of the 2022 Australian Open, scraping past Daniil Medvedev to get to the summit. The race for the most Grand Slam wins on the men's tour became a three-horse…

It's never too early to start preparing to make picks for the 2023 Open Championship. December presents an opportunity to get great closing line value on a player months in advance. Here's an early preview for the 2023 Open Championship and early picks to win. The 151st Open Championship will be played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, just…

The fight for Fourth Round berths at the 2023 PDC Darts World Championship resumes on Thursday night at the Ally Pally. Read our darts betting tips for each of the six fixtures lined up for the night. Reigning champion Peter Wright crashed out early against Kim Huybrechts, but 2021 champion Gerwyn Price set a hot pace in storming through to the…

Peter Wright to win - 7/1 William Hill Gary Anderson (each-way) to win - 22/1 Betfair Jonny Clayton to win - 13/2 Paddy Power Since the demise of the BDO there is now only one'World Cup of Darts' (no matter that the World Darts Federation might claim) and that's the PDC World Darts Championship. 96 of the best darts players in the world gather over…

Read all of Daniel Storey's World Cup 2022 group guides here here Brazil Serbia Switzerland Cameroon All times GMT Switzerland vs Cameroon: 10am, Thurs 24 Nov (Al Janoub) Brazil vs Serbia: 7pm, Thurs 24 Nov (Lusail Iconic) Cameroon vs Serbia: 10am, Mon 28 Nov (Al Janoub) Brazil vs Switzerland: 4pm, Mon 28 Nov (Stadium 974) Cameroon vs Brazil: 7pm,…

ORLANDO, Fla. - Lee Trevino was holding court on the practice range at the PNC Championship as only he can, mixing swing advice with Merry Mex humor. He stopped to watch one player swing. It was Nelly Korda, and he joined a growing fan club. "These boys better be happy you're on the LPGA," Trevino called out to her. Korda has played the PNC…

Argentina's world number 25 Diego Schwartzman faces Frenchman and 44th-ranked Arthur Rinderknech on the first day of the 2023 United Cup to played on Thursday, December 29. Get the live streaming options of this Diego Schwartzman v Arthur Rinderknech match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here. Looking to watch the 2023 United Cup…

This article is part of our Golf Picks series. The third major championship of the year has arrived, and the storylines will be plentiful at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. One big one will involve Rory McIlroy, who wound up on top of a star-studded leaderboard at the RBC Canadian Open and is favored to win this week's event at 10-1 odds.…

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…

The PGA Tour is on its annual winter break, but that's not stopping us from looking ahead to the rest of the 2022-23 golf season. The Sentry Tournament of Champions kicks off during the first week of January, and from there, it's nearly non-stop PGA Tour golf until the FedEx Cup Playoffs in late August. With that in mind, here's a look at our…

The 150th Open Championship got underway in style Thursday with those in the morning wave experiencing much tamer conditions compared to those in the afternoon. The man who was able to conquer the Old Course at St. Andrews most effectively was PGA Tour rookie and Open debutant Cameron Young. Signing for an 8-under 64, Young will hope to follow in…

Nelly Korda walks to the 18th hole during Sunday's final round of the PNC Championship in Orlando, Fla. (Associated Press) ORLANDO, Fla. -- Lee Trevino was holding court on the practice range at the PNC Championship as only he can, mixing swing advice with Merry Mex humor. He stopped to watch one player swing. It was Nelly Korda, and he joined a…

Nelly Korda walks to the 18th hole during last Sunday's final round of the PNC Championship in Orlando, Fla. (The Associated Press) ORLANDO, Fla. - Lee Trevino was holding court on the practice range at the PNC Championship as only he can, mixing swing advice with Merry Mex humor. He stopped to watch one player swing. It was Nelly Korda, and he…

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…