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While it’s not officially in the category, THE PLAYERS Championship has often been referred to as the PGA Tour’s fifth major. The prize money ranks among the best on Tour and the prestige with winning the event is up there with the marquee tournaments of the season. A hefty purse tends to bring out the sport’s biggest names and 48 of the world’s top 50 players are slated to peg it up at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach this week as the Tour continues its swing through the Sunshine State. Jon Rahm, the world’s No. 1 ranked player, is listed as a tri-favorite along with No. 2 Collin Morikawa and defending champion Justin Thomas. I guess someone had to be at the top of the list and you can take your pick with the best players on Tour assembled. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager. ... 

The second of four straight tournaments in the state of Florida takes place this week when the PGA Tour assembles in Orlando for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. A strong field will attack the Bay Hill Club and Lodge to pay tribute to the tournament’s namesake, but we will see a new champion after Bryson DeChambeau withdrew earlier in the week due to injury... 

The swing through the Sunshine State continues this week when the PGA Tour heads to Orlando for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The event annually attracts a strong field with a number of top golfers attacking the Bay Hill Club and Lodge to pay tribute to the tournament’s namesake. There was a development this week with defending champ Bryson DeChambeau wi... 

Held as an alternate field event alongside the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Puerto Rico Open didn’t attract the biggest names in the golfing community. But there are FedExCup points, a nice payout to the winner and, of course, a PGA Tour title at stake. A number of past PGA Tour winners, rising young stars looking for their first Tour victory, and the top performers from the Ko... 

After a run of tournaments out west, the PGA Tour packs its bags for the Sunshine State with this week’s Honda Classic kicking off the Florida Swing. Most of the world’s top ranked players are sitting this one out opening the door for golfers further down the rankings to collect valuable FedExCup points. It also sets up some interesting tournament matchups. A winner two years ago on the Champion Course at PGA National, Sungjae Im opened as the betting favorite with a short yet impressive history on this track. Brooks Koepka makes a homecoming of sorts and stands out as one of the bigger names in the field. Matt Jones looks to defend the title he won by a record-tying five shots last year. He’s positioned further down the odds board in the outright market and has plus odds in a few of his matchups. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of matchup betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager. ... 

The PGA Tour goes from sunny California to the Sunshine State with this week’s Honda Classic kicking off the four-tournament swing through Florida. The field has dwindled a bit with a number of stars skipping this year’s edition, but don’t worry there are enough big names set to take a twirl around the Champion Course at PGA National Resort and Spa to keep the betting public in... 

You know the PGA Tour is getting serious when the game’s big guns start pegging it up. And it doesn’t get any better than this week’s Genesis Invitational when all of the world’s top-10 golfers, including No. 1 and outright betting favorite Jon Rahm, are set for a go at fabled Riviera Country Club. With a limited field of 120 golfers, the invite-only event puts a cap on the... 

Following a thrilling finish in the Arizona desert the PGA Tour heads back to California for the Genesis Invitational to wrap up the West Coast swing. The status change means a smaller field of 120 golfers, but it’s a stacked lineup with OWGR No. 1 and betting favorite Jon Rahm headlining. He’s joined by the rest of the top 10 players in the world along with a stellar cast ... 

The biggest party on the PGA Tour is back with full a capacity of spectators at this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open. The atmosphere was subdued last year thanks to COVID and golfers didn’t have to worry about the raucous gallery at the legendary 16th hole at the TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course. That becomes an obstacle for the field this time around, as does ... 

Following a three-week stay in California, the PGA Tour heads to the Arizona desert for this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open. The event will be at full capacity meaning the raucous gallery at the 16th-hole at TPC Scottsdale will be on full display. Unless he has a major letdown you can find Jon Rahm at or near the top of the odds board for every tournament h... 

It’s back to more familiar surroundings when the PGA Tour heads to the Monterey Peninsula and breathtaking Pebble Beach Golf Links for this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The am part is back in play bringing with it a three course rotation. Both were scrubbed over COVID concerns last year. To guarantee the full field of pros and their celebrity partners comple... 

The PGA Tour moves up the California coast this week with Pebble Beach Golf Links playing host to its namesake event, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. And like The American Express a few weeks ago, we return to a familiar format. Once again three courses will be in play as will the pro-am format after things were shifted around last year due to COVID. The field wil... 

As it turns out the PGA Tour can’t compete with the NFL, or it doesn’t want to. In order to avoid a final round conflict with the conference championship games on Sunday, this week’s Farmers Insurance Open gets started a day earlier with the final 18 holes played on Saturday. And a top-notch field is ready to peg it up at Torrey Pines with Jon Rahm positioned as the be... 

Some say the PGA Tour season doesn’t get started until the Farmers Insurance Open. If that’s the case we can say it’s on with an elite full field featuring six of the world’s top-10 golfers teeing it up at iconic Torrey Pines. To avoid a conflict with the NFL playoffs on Sunday, the tournament has been moved up a day with final round action concluding on Saturday. We s... 

A return stateside has the PGA Tour getting the West Coast swing of the season underway in La Quinta, Calif. with the playing of The American Express. After COVID affected last year’s format the pro-am portion is back as is the use of three courses. Pros and amateurs will play the first three rounds at each of the PGA West Stadium Course, Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quin... 

Following a two week stay in Hawai’i, the PGA Tour returns to the mainland for the first time in 2022 with The American Express in La Quinta, Calif. opening the five-tournament West Coast Swing. After the unique format of the event was scrubbed last year, we return to the pro-am and three-course rotation. Pros will be grouped with amateurs for the first three rounds with cuts ... 

The PGA Tour stays in the Aloha State and expands the field for the Sony Open in Hawai’i, which gets underway Thursday from the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. For the first time this year we’ll have a full field of 144 golfers with the cut rule in place, and 24 players make the trek to Oahu from Maui after competing in last week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions. Cameron Smith goes for th... 

The year opening swing through the Aloha State continues this week when the PGA Tour makes the short jaunt to Oahu for the Sony Open in Hawai’i, contested at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. This also marks the first full-field event of the year with over 140 golfers taking part and the cut rule back in place. Last week’s Sentry TOC winner Cameron Smith goes for the Hawai’i sweep and ... 

The start of a new year means the resumption of the PGA Tour schedule, which gets underway this week with the annual Sentry Tournament of Champions from the Plantation Course at Kapalua on Maui. As the name suggests, the tournament consists of winners from the 2021 season with 38 of the 39 titlists be competing. The lone exception is Xander Schauffel... 

After a Holiday break the PGA Tour is back in session with the Sentry Tournament of Champions kicking off the 2022 portion of the schedule. An impressive list of winners from 2021 is ready to attack the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in Maui with 38 of the 39 TOUR champs from 2021 competing. The only player eligible that’s not in the field is Ro... 

The PGA Tour and its membership put a bow on 2021 with the unofficial QBE Shootout taking place this week. The unique format has 12 two-player teams vying for the title at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The event consists of three rounds beginning on Friday with each round played in a different stroke-play format. The opening round will be a scramble, followed by... 

The PGA Tour may be on hiatus over the Holidays, but that doesn’t mean the world of professional golf is taking time off. A select group of the best players assembles this week in the Bahamas for the return of the Hero World Challenge. A COVID casualty last year, the unofficial tournament does not offer FedExCup points, but there is a stack of money and it counts toward th... 

How about a collection of the finest golfers in the world competing against each other for a boatload of prize money? Well, that’s what we have this week at the Hero World Challenge when the invitation-only field tees it up at the Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas. The elite field includes world No. 2 and the hottest player on the planet Collin Morikawa, and 17 of top 25 pla... 

The PGA Tour concludes the fall portion of the season schedule with the field headed to majestic St. Simons Island in Georgia for The RSM Classic. Valuable FedExCup points are up for grabs before most players hibernate over the Holiday break. Those familiar with the tournament will again see the unique two-course format, which has been around since 2015 with the field of up to 156 gol... 

The final event of the calendar year has the PGA Tour in St. Simons Island, Georgia for the RSM Classic. Defending champ Robert Streb became the first two-time winner besting Kevin Kisner in a playoff last year. In fact, the previous three editions all needed extra holes to decide an outright winner and the odds suggest another tight battle at the top of the leaderboard. Fres...