Call it what you want: Whether The Players Championship is the fifth major or not, betting operators are treating the PGA Tour’s flagship event like a major with the plethora of prop bets and other markets available. Golf bettors are spoiled this week with a ton to bet on. We’re here to help you navigate Read more…
It’s been a weird year betting golf. Scottie Scheffler finally broke the long run of longshot winners with his dominant performance at Bay Hill. But as a heavy favorite last week, it’s unlikely most golf bettors were dipping into the Scheffler outright market. Before that, the lowest odds for a champion was Jake Knapp (40-1) Read more…
By now, we’ve all binged enough video content to recognize when some creative editing might be overdramatizing a moment. Our radars went up during one of the first trailers for Season 2 of Netflix’s ‘Full Swing’ series, and we had to ask PGA Tour player Joel Dahmen and his caddie Geno Bonnalie about it. In Read more…
There’s many reasons to be excited about The Match 9, the latest in the Capital One’s The Match series, which will air at 6:30 p.m. eastern on Monday on TNT. First, the participants—for the first time in the five-plus year history of The Match, we have female golfers. Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang will tee Read more…
The Masters tee at the par-5 second hole has been moved back and to the left by about 10 yards, seemingly in an effort to bring the right fairway bunker more into play.
Six years ago, Pine Valley Golf Club allowed Golf Digest’s video team to capture exclusive drone footage of its rugged, sand-capped beauty. We delivered a hole-by-hole video with narration masterly crafted by our Editor-in-Chief Jerry Tarde, offering a glimpse inside the gates of the ultra-private No. 1-ranked golf course in the world. Thanks to the Read more…
American golf travelers don’t need to be convinced to visit Scotland or Ireland. What might not be on your radar is a destination many European travelers frequent—and an international trip that might provide the most bang for your buck. As one European golfer describes it, visiting Portugal from England is the equivalent of a getaway Read more…
When arriving at Cabot Citrus Farms you’ll understand why Ben Cowan-Dewar sought this property for decades. A prehistoric ridge in Brookville, Fla., created rolling topography on sandy soil—a golf developer’s dream. In the early 1990s, World Woods opened with two acclaimed public courses and what was once the world’s largest driving range that hosted Tiger Read more…
It’s now the heart of the NHL season—with the upcoming Winter Classic on New Year’s Day leading into All-Star Weekend soon after. Puckheads will have hockey on their minds all throughout the winter and spring. If you’re planning a trip to a game in a warm-weather locale, you might be wondering if golf should be Read more…
Now’s the perfect time to head to the Caribbean. If you don’t live in a warm-weather golf hotbed like Florida, Arizona or California, the Dominican Republic’s beautiful beaches, amazing hospitality and stellar golf makes it our tropical destination of choice. Another sneaky benefit to choosing the Dominican Republic: Direct flights can be found from 35 Read more…
Though McIlroy’s opinions are often lauded by industry people, Brad Faxon, long-time tour pro and now a golf commentator, took issue with part of McIlroy’s tweet.
There are certain golf experiences money can’t buy. The new Coaches vs. Cancer “Experience Auction,” which is live now, provides some coveted opportunities that, in fact, money can deliver—and those funds will go to a great cause in the process. The American Cancer Society’s big golf auction went live Friday, and it includes some big-ticket Read more…
One of the fixtures of Ryder Cups of past and present is Michael Jordan. We know how much MJ loves golf—playing nearly every day down in Florida at his own golf club Grove XXIII—but his love for the game extends to the Ryder Cup. He has fostered friendships with some of the mainstays of Team USA Read more…
It’s only natural. The beautiful vistas of the Italian countryside with Rome’s skyline in the distance of Marco Simone (pictured below) will get many golfers dreaming about a European golf trip after this year’s Ryder Cup. You might not have considered a golf trip to an ancient city like Rome or Paris prior to the Read more…
The matchplay format dictates that you should always expect the unexpected, but when it comes to what happened on the 18th hole with Lexi Thompson in the afternoon four-ball session, it would be tough to fathom what happened greenside for the American side.
It’s like the PGA Tour never left! We’re back with the Fortinet Championship as a final event before the Ryder Cup in two weeks. Most sports bettors have moved onto football, but if you’re reading this column, you’re one of us—looking for a nice fall golf sweat for some extra bucks in the sportsbook account. Read more…
Golfers are feeling the rising costs of green fees—from local public tracks to the highest-end resort courses. It turns out, not even the most expensive tee time in the world is immune from upping its fees.
The 2023 FedEx Cup champion is perhaps the game’s fastest ascending star. Not only did Viktor Hovland bag the $18-million bonus for his Tour Championship and FedEx Cup victories on Sunday, he earned more than $33 million in on-course earnings on the season.
Those who pay attention to new golf course openings have had Trout National on their radars since March when it was announced baseball legend Mike Trout was backing a new private club outside of Philadelphia—with a layout designed by Tiger Woods and his design team.
The partnership could see betting markets displayed on LIV Golf’s TV broadcasts with the opportunity to place wagers through Simplebet’s partner books, which include DraftKings, Bet365 and Caesars, among others.
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