If you love Golf Digest’s betting coverage, then wait until you hear this. Last week in our 10 Things narrative, we mentioned back-to-back winning weeks. It started with a Scottie + Nelly parlay three weeks ago (30-1) and then followed by a Hannah Green LPGA win in Los Angeles (35-1). RELATED: Wells Fargo Championship 2024 picks: Read more…
CHARLOTTE — It happens every year. We don’t want to believe our heroes have fallen, but let’s admit it: This is not the Jordan Spieth of seven years ago. Coming into the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship Jordan held odds in the high teens. Spieth’s form was exemplary finishing in the top 5 four times in Read more…
Opportunity awaits every week on the PGA Tour—opportunity to win and secure your tour card, and an opportunity for sharp bettors to bring home a sizable take. The 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson starts on Thursday. Whether you plan to place your weekend wagers pre-tournament or live in-play throughout the contest, my weekly 10 insights Read more…
There’s a common theme depicted in our Odds Drop video this week (watch the video below). The 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson lacks serious star power and the most well-known names in Dallas aren’t catching the attention of Read The Line and the Golf Digest experts. The tournament favorite on the betting board is Dallas Read more…
The Zurich Classic is a “unique week” on the PGA Tour. As such, before you go betting your hard-earned dollars won last week on the Nelly/Scottie parlay, make sure you understand the many details that are easily overlooked in New Orleans. 1. The tournament has a special format. Eighty teams of two players will compete Read more…
This is perhaps the most unique week on the PGA Tour, and it provides us with a chance to have some fun with the betting board. RELATED: Tiger Woods reveals his teammates for new TGL league Eighty teams of two will compete for 72 holes in a special two-person format. The top 33 teams and Read more…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Scottie Scheffler is taking all of the fun out of golf betting! That’s a common refrain I’ve heard the past few months. That’s not true. Sure, Scheffler is great, and his outright numbers around 4-1 to win against 68 other signature golfers are not bettable for sharper golf bettors. My PGA Read more…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — It has been one year since Tommy Fleetwood put the “mini-driver” in his bag. The versatile metalwood is a popular trend on tour. Fleetwood was an early adopter of the special club, and a year later many of Tommy’s peers are following his lead. RELATED: RBC Heritage odds 2024: The post-Masters Read more…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Scottie Scheffler is now +450 to win the PGA Championship, +500 to win the US Open, and +600 to win the Open Championship. I guess it’s time to jump on those 6-1 odds for Royal Troon! RELATED: Masters 2024: What it’s like sweating a big bet at Augusta National with no phones Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods has set another record at the Masters. For the 24th consecutive time he’s played, he has navigated the cutline and will play the weekend at Augusta National. Woods has set the standard in so many ways for consistency throughout his career, but does making the cut really mean anything from Read more…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Given golf fans’ intimate knowledge of the year’s biggest event, the Masters offers us an opportunity to have some fun while I describe the skills needed to succeed around Augusta National Golf Club. RELATED: Masters 2024: Power rankings for the entire field at Augusta National To best illustrate how I’m thinking about Read more…
It’s golf’s most-anticipated day of the year. Yes, Masters Monday is upon us—but we’re perhaps most excited because we get to see how oddsmakers are adjusting odds for competitors in the 2024 Masters field. RELATED: Masters 2024: Power rankings for the entire field at Augusta National If you’re like us, you’ve been betting Masters futures Read more…
It feels like double duty this week trying to breakdown all of the Valero Texas Open content and get ready for the 88th Masters. That’s why Read the Line and Golf Digest are here to help you. Welcome to betting Wednesdays at The Loop and… “10 things you need to know before betting the Valero!” Read more…
While everyone is looking ahead to the 88th Masters, let’s stay focused on building out a successful card at the Valero Texas Open. Props, placements and head-to-head matchups are the best way to supplement your outright betting card. Those bigger hits only come once every six or seven weeks. To maintain a positive betting bottom Read more…
Take a good look at the above picture. What do you see? That is a PGA Tour professional’s divot pattern from a greenside chip. Walking TPC San Antonio’s Oaks course, players and caddies are noticing something unique about certain mowing patterns. Practice rounds are taking place for the Valero Texas Open. As 11 of the Read more…
Today is the last big adjustment to futures odds for the Masters before next week. If you are new to golf betting, the biggest events offer outright odds to win well in advance. For example, you could have bet Scottie Scheffler in early February to win the Masters at twice the odds he holds today. Read more…
Who has time to digest all of the online betting content before the start of the Texas Children’s Houston Open? The answer is simple; nobody! I spend seven days a week traveling and covering the tour, and I cannot consume all of the offerings. In an effort to help all of you, Read The Line Read more…
Everyone is looking for a way around the Scottie Scheffler outright dilemma. What better way to bolster your betting card than with a couple of prop bets. By diversifying your card across the betting markets, you can pick up extra budget dollars and follow Scheffler’s live odds. At The Players, his pre-tournament +550 doubled on Read more…
The last Texas Children’s Houston Open took place in November of 2022. In fact, Memorial Park Golf Course has hosted the last three Houston Opens and they were all played in November. A fantastic public layout renovated by Tom Doak and Brooks Koepka in 2019, the move to March is a great warm-up for the Read more…
Is Scottie Scheffler about to make history as the betting favorite in Texas this week? Scheffler’s outright odds are as low as +250 to win the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open. It’s a combination of Scheffler’s insane form and his course history at Memorial Park. The No. 1 player in the world has finished 32nd, Read more…
It was moving day on the Copperhead Course at the Valspar Championship. “Killa Keith” Mitchell charmed the Snake Pit and played his final three holes in four under par—the lowest total ever for holes 16, 17, and 18 during the championship. While Mitchell was moving into the lead, a number of other players moved down Read more…
It is tough to put Sunday’s emotional roller-coaster into words. Wyndham Clark gave us hope on the 72nd hole. Once Xander’s approach was 50+ feet from the cup, we all knew it was down to Scheffler and our outright. The 36-hole leader played the weekend five under par with a four-stroke lead and lost by Read more…
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