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The Monterey Peninsula and breathtaking Pebble Beach Golf Links play host to this week’s stop on the PGA Tour, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am. The am part of the tournament has been shelved due to COVID meaning the full field of 156 golfers will tee it up over two courses this week instead of the usual three associated with this event. Dustin Johnson, the ... 

The PGA Tour moves from the Arizona desert to the California coast with Pebble Beach Golf Links playing host to its namesake event, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am this week. As with a few other events this year there are some notable changes. First, there is no pro-am portion thanks to COVID, but we’ll continue with the tournament name. And since the amate... 

The biggest party on the PGA Tour won’t be as big this week, but at least there will be fans in attendance at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Always a popular stop on the PGA Tour, a strong field will play in front of fans for the first time in a while, which is an adjustment in itself, but they won’t have to contend with the usually raucous crowd on the legendary 16th hol... 

The atmosphere will be more subdued thanks to COVID, but that hasn’t prevented a star-studded field from making the trip to the Arizona desert for this week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open. There will be some fans in the gallery this week, though, as the event is planning to allow fewer than 5,000 people onto the course. They should be treated to some spectacular golf... 

We won’t see Tiger Woods at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open, but we do get the strongest full field of the year with 10 of the world’s top-20 golfers teeing it up at iconic Torrey Pines. And that means plenty of wagering opportunities on tournament matchups. Sidelined after back surgery, the debut of Woods, a seven-time winner of this event, will have to wait. We will se... 

Things are starting to heat up on the PGA Tour with a top-notch field ready to tee it up at this week’s Famers Insurance Open. One notable name missing from the lineup, though, is Tiger Woods, who typically gets his year started at Torrey Pines. Not this year as he recovers from back surgery. Jon Rahm is slated to make an appearance after withdrawing from last week’s tournament, and... 

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. There are a few notable changes to the tournament format this year with only two courses being used instead of the usual three, and the pro-am portion of the event was shelved over health and safety concerns due to COVID. As a result... 

Following a two week stay in Hawai’i, the PGA Tour returns to the mainland for the first time in 2021 with The American Express in La Quinta, Calif. opening a five-tournament stretch in California and Arizona. This year’s edition will have a different look with only two courses in play instead of the usual three and the cut moving to 36 holes instead of the typical 54. Also, the pr... 

The PGA Tour stays in Hawai’i and expands the field for the Sony Open in Hawai’i, which gets underway on 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. Harris English goes fo... 

The PGA Tour season is off and running in 2021, although it isn’t running very far. After opening the New Year last week in Maui, the Tour heads 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 Harris E... 

The PGA Tour gets the new year started this week with the annual Sentry Tournament of Champions from the Plantation Course at Kapalua. An expanded field welcomes over 40 of the Tour’s best to Maui with reigning FedExCup champion Dustin Johnson positioned as the betting favorite. With COVID impacting the number of events last year, the field opened up to players w... 

After a Holiday break the PGA Tour is back in session with the Sentry Tournament of Champions kicking off the 2021 portion of the schedule at a familiar location. The reduced number of events in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic opened the field to all qualifiers for last year’s TOUR Championship as well as anyone who won an official PGA Tour event over the past 12 ... 

With both the PGA and European Tours shutdown for the winter break, that doesn’t mean there is no golf to wager on. A limited betting market is available for the PNC Championship, which will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida. The event formerly known as the Father/Son Challenge brings together top PGA Tour and LPGA major-winning talent and a family member to compete as a team. Now that his son Charlie is old enough to compete, Tiger Woods will make his tournament debut... 

The end of year fun and frivolity takes place at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida with 16 of the top-50 players in world gathering for the QBE Shootout. The event consists of 12 two-player teams playing three rounds beginning on Friday with each round played in a different stroke-play format. The opening round will be a scramble, followed by alternate shot format on Satu... 

The final tournament of the calendar year takes the PGA Tour south of the border to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Typically an event that doesn’t attract a strong field, things have changed this year with several big names littering the lineup. Justin Thomas headlines the field along with four-time major champion Brooks Koepka. Not surprisingly both are at the top of the odds board. The tournament made history when it debuted in 2007 becoming the first to be played outside the U.S. or Canada, and it’s grown in status and prestige over the previous 13 editions. Be sure to visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of matchup betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager. ... 

Following an off week the PGA Tour is back in action south of the border in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, for the Mayakoba Golf Classic. The final event of the calendar year brings out a decent field headlined by betting favorite Justin Thomas. Not far behind on the odds board is Brooks Koepka with countryman Abraham Ancer among the top-5 favorites. Brendon Todd is back to defend his tit... 

Just to add some entertainment value to an otherwise non-descript charity golf event, outspoken former NBA player Charles Barkley will partake in the festivities leaving Tiger Woods on the sidelines. Barkley will team with five-time major champion Phil Mickelson against Payton Manning and Steph Curry in The Match III: Champions for Change. The event takes place on F... 

With the PGA Tour taking a Holiday break, the European Tour gets center stage when the field takes over magnificent Leopard Creek Country Club for this week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship, the middle stop on the three-tournament South African swing. Native golfers have been kept out of the winner’s circle the last two years. American David Lipsky ended a run of South African dominance that had been in place since 2011 with a victory in 2018. Pablo Larrazabal won the title last ye... 

After an exhilarating week at the Masters, at least for Dustin Johnson, the PGA Tour heads a few hours down the road to St. Simons Island, Georgia for The RSM Classic. While a number of high-profile players take the week off a few made the short journey making the field for this year’s edition one of the strongest. The unique two-course format has been in existence since 2015 with the ... 

With the 2020 Masters in the rear view mirror, many of the notable players on the PGA Tour are taking the week off ahead of the RSM Classic. The short trek from Augusta to St. Simons Island hasn’t deterred some, though, making the field for this year’s edition the strongest ever. There are 17 players in the field that rank among the top-50 in the OWGR. The tournament had just 11 such playe... 

It’s time for sports bettors and golf enthusiasts to make up for lost opportunities. COVID played with the PGA Tour schedule forcing the postponement of two of golf’s premier events while cancelling another. This week the Tour fights back with the 84th playing of The Masters. And in a few short months we’ll be right back at Augusta National. Six major championships included in the new Tour ... 

The elegant Augusta National Golf Club has been the host of The Masters since it was first played 84 years ago and the PGA Tour invades the southern Georgia town for the first of two consecutive majors. That’s right, the COVID outbreak postponed the original playing in April moving the event to the fall for the first time. The Tour returns to Augusta National in a few months giving those wh... 

Even though the date has changed the excitement for the 2020 Masters hasn’t. The field was reduced by one with Sergio Garcia withdrawing due to a positive COVID test meaning 93 golfers will vie for the coveted green jacket when play begins from Augusta National on Thursday. And the major championships bring out the best so there won’t be a shortage of top contenders to wager on. Bryson DeChambeau is the betting favorite and can become the first back-to-back major winner in five years after his triumph at the U.S. Open. OWGR No. 1 Dustin Johnson is the second favorite and Brooks Koepka looks to return to his dominant form in majors. Can we count out Tiger Woods? He hasn’t shown us much but the defending champ captured his 15th major title here last year and should always be considered a threat. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of betting odds for the 2020 Masters when you’re ready to place a wager. ... 

One final tuneup ahead of the rescheduled Masters has the PGA Tour in the Lone Star State for this week’s Vivint Houston Open. And we’ll see a number of big-name players attempt to work out the kinks before the final major championship of 2020. Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott are making their first starts since testing positive for COVID and they are among six players in the OWGR top-20 set to play. Despite recent inactivity and battling the virus, DJ is the prohibitive favorite on the oddsboard, though he’ll be challenged by Brooks Koepka, Tony Finau and Tyrell Hatton among others. Lanto Griffin is back to defend his title that he won on a different course in 2019. Visit BookMaker.eu for a complete list of betting odds when you’re ready to place a wager. ... 

Being the final PGA Tour event before the Masters, we’re seeing a number of high-profile players take a final swing at getting their game in order at this week’s Vivint Houston Open. OWGR No. 1 Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott are making their first Tour starts since testing positive for COVID-19, and Brooks Koepka will test out his surgically-repaired knee. Lanto Griffin will be hard presse...