Just like much of the past two-plus years, a lot of the talk leading into the Masters this year is about golf’s inability to rank its best players. It’s not a new discussion, but the complaints are getting louder. The Official World Golf Rankings is used by majors to determine fields, but when discussing with 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…
With the season’s first major looming, our expert panel picked the perfect time to start to heat up. Two weeks after our anonymous caddie called Scottie Scheffler’s victory at the Players Championship, Andy Lack got on the board at the Houston Open, correctly predicting Stephan Jaeger would win in our longshots section. We’re just getting Read more…
The PGA Tour makes one more stop at the Valero Texas Open before the first major of the year. While many golf fans will be eagerly awaiting that first tee ball on Masters Thursday morning, there is still plenty of opportunity to be had this week in San Antonio. The Valero Texas Open is one 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…
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…
I hope you read our prop bets article last week for The Players! It was better than most, as we were up nearly three units for the column. It would’ve been a few more if our friend Christopher Powers didn’t go 0-for-3, but we digress. Regardless, you don’t care about last week. Just give me Read more…
It wasn’t exactly going out on a limb, but it still took some guts for our anonymous caddie to take Scottie Scheffler to win the Players Championship last week. No player had ever gone back-to-back, and it was a roll of the dice to expect him to back up his strong putting week at Bay Read more…
A couple of passing showers worked their way through Palm Harbor, FL on Monday. A few players were on property and remarked on several occasions how healthy the grass was. The Valspar Championship begins on Thursday and by all accounts the field will have their hands full with increased rough and wet conditions. The average Read more…
After an action-packed weekend at The Players, the PGA Tour heads to Tampa for the Valspar Championship. While a collective exhale feels in order, the Valspar Championship remains one of the most underrated events on the schedule, which is largely a product of the golf course. Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course, designed by Larry Packard in Read more…
I was watching Wyndham Clark warm up on the range this weekend, and there she was. Most would have missed her, but not these educated PGA eyes. Julie Elion was standing right near me, and though Clark lost his four-stroke lead on Saturday and trails Xander Schauffele by one entering the final round, Elion remains Read more…
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