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The PGA Tour is off and running in the new year, although it isn’t running very far. After opening 2019 last week in Maui, the Tour moves to the Big Island for the Sony Open in Hawaii, contested at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu. And unlike last week’s invitation-only event that featured 34 players, the field expands to 144 competitors this week with the cut rule back in place.... 

A collection of PGA Tour winners from the past 12 months assemble in Hawai’i for the Sentry Tournament of Champions, contested on the Plantation Course at Kapalua starting on Thursday, January 3. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose are sitting this one out, but the event isn’t lacking for star power. World No. 1 Brooks Koepka is scheduled to compete, but could lose his top ranking if he doesn’t perform well. De... 

The Holiday break is over and it’s back to work as the PGA Tour opens the New Year in Hawai’i for the playing of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the Plantation Course in Kapalua. The invitation-only event had 37 players on the guest list, however, Justin Rose, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson elected to skip the tournament. Anyone who won an official PGA Tour event over the past 12 months was invited and those that... 

The end of the year fun and frivolity continues on the golf course as 12 two-player teams vie for the title at the 30th QBE Shootout, contested at the Tiburon Golf Club Gold Course in Naples, Florida, and hosted by Greg Norman. 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 alternate shot format on Saturday. Final round play will be better ball.... 

How about a collection of 18 of the finest golfers in the world competing against each other for $3.5 million in prize money? 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. 1 Justin Rose, four of the top five and 16 of the top 28 ranked players according to OWGR.... 

If you get bored of watching football and stuffing your face with leftover turkey sandwiches, there’s always the made-for-TV golf event that pits two of the best to ever play the game. Unfortunately it comes about 10 years too late for Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Viewers can only watch on a pay-per-view basis, and it would have been so much nicer if the two ponied up their own money for the $9 million winner take all prize.... 

As the PGA Tour goes into hibernation for the Holiday months, there is no reason to fret because the golfing world is headed down under for the ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf, to be contested at the Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia beginning Thanksgiving Day. ... 

A rather lackluster field of 156 golfers gathers for the final leg of the PGA Tour before breaking for the Holiday season. The field will contend for the hardware at The RSM Classic, hosted by the Sea Island Golf Club at St. Simons Island, Georgia. Golfers will play to the cut line at the Seaside and Plantation Courses with the survivors returning to the more familiar Seaside layout over the weekend. Tour Championship winner and world No. 20 Webb Simpson is the betting favorite and the event fea... 

The final stop on the PGA Tour before breaking for the Holiday season takes place this week in St. Simons Island, Georgia, when the expanded field competes in The RSM Classic. A total of 156 players will reach the cut line playing across two courses at Sea Island Golf Club with the survivors playing the final two rounds on the more familiar Seaside layout. Although some of the world’s top players are skipping the event, there is plenty of intrigue on the betting lines.... 

A good mix of veterans and young players head the field for this week’s stop on the PGA Tour, which heads south of the border to Mexico for the playing of the Mayakoba Golf Classic, one of the last stops before the Tour goes on winter break. Many of the Tour’s high-profile players will be absent leaving Rickie Fowler as the headliner. And he has some unfinished business at the El Camaleon Golf Club after finishing second by a stroke in last year’s event. Fowler opened as the betting favorite at ... 

Following a quick stop in Vegas the PGA Tour regains its international flair with a trip south of the border to Playa del Carmen, Mexico for the Mayakoba Golf Classic, hosted by the El Camaleon Golf Club. It’s the next to last FedEx Cup points event of the year and many of the big names will be absent when the first-round tees off on Thursday, November 5, but overall the field is one of the strongest in the event’s... 

Back in the states after three-week tour of Asia, the PGA Tour is in Las Vegas for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, hosted at TPC Summerlin. Several high-profile players will make their season debut in the desert, giving this event one of its strongest fields since first teeing it up in 1983. Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson and Bryson DeChambeau will all make their first appearance since the Ryd... 

Coming off a three-week swing through Asia, the PGA Tour is back in the states exclusively for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, Nevada. The field of players gets stronger this week as Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler are set to make their season debuts and both are among the betting favorites on the early lines at BookMaker.eu. Fowler and Tony Finau, who lost the WGC-HSBC Champ... 

With most of golf’s star players headed to China for the WGC-HSBC Champions event, there are many up and comers staying in the states to compete in the alternate Sanderson Farms Championship, taking place on the 7,421-yard, par-72 Country Club of Jackson course in Jackson, Miss. The field has plenty of golfers capable of winning with the opening odds suggesting as much. Korean Sungjae Im opened as the slight favorite at +2035 with last year’s winner Ryan Armour coming in at +2315. As an alternat... 

Playing alongside the WGC-HSBC Champions in China, the Sanderson Farms Championship doesn’t get a lot of exposure. And with the top-50 golfers in the world qualified to play in Asia, the highest ranked player on the Country Club of Jackson course is No. 73 Dylan Frittelli. That ranking guarantees nothing for Frittelli, in fact it doesn’t even get him among the top-5 on the odds board at BookMaker.eu.... 

The world’s best golfers will gather this week in Shanghai, China, for the first of four World Golf Championship events. They’ll be competing for the WGC-HSBC Champions trophy on the 7,261-yard, par-72 Sheshan International Golf Club. With the stakes higher and the purse larger, many of the top players in the world are set to make an appearance, and that includes the top three in the Official World Golf Rankings and four of the top five. At +625 Dustin Johnson is the betting favorite. DJ just lo... 

The last leg of the PGA Tour’s three-week swing through Asia concludes with the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions event at the Sheshan International Golf Course in Shanghai, China. As the tour continues we start to see more familiar faces in the lineup and this will be the most stacked field of the young season. The no-cut field consists of 78 golfers with each playing all four-round and guaranteed a paycheck. The event tees off Oct. 25 with Dustin Johnson the betting favorite at +625.... 

The Asian swing of the PGA Tour stops on Jeju Island in South Korea for the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges this week. Fresh off being named the PGA Tour player of the year, Brooks Koepka is among the favorites to win the second-ever event and should give defending champion Justin Thomas a run for his money. Thomas came off as the betting favorite at +550 odds. Marc Leishman looks to make it two wins in a row after taking the CIMB Classic by five shots with a 26-under total last week.... 

In the middle of its three-week swing through Asia, the PGA Tour takes on The Club at Nine Bridges in South Korea starting Oct. 18 with the second annual CJ Cup title at stake. Much like last week at the CIMB Classic, the CJ Cup field is limited to 78 golfers and each one will play all 72 holes. Defending champion and 2017 FedEx Cup winner Justin Thomas opened as the betting favorite at +550 odds at BookMaker.eu.... 

Justin Thomas leads the field for this week’s CIMB Classic in Malaysia. Most of the world’s top players are taking this week off, so Thomas is the clear favorite. If you want to take a big price and go against Thomas, you can choose to take Ryan Moore or Billy Horschel against Thomas. Horschel comes into this event playing well and Moore has won this tournament twice. Let’s look at the odds and matchups for this week’s CIMB Classic.... 

World No. 4 Justin Thomas headlines the field for the CIMB Classic in Malaysia this week. Thomas has won twice previously in Malaysia and he is the clear favorite to win this week at odds of +550. Ryan Moore is the distant second choice in the betting odds at +1400, while Billy Horschel is the third choice at odds of +1600. Let’s look at this event that begins a three-week stretch of tournaments in Asia, odds and predictions for the CIMB Classic.... 

There is no rest on the PGA Tour. Just two weeks removed from the Tour Championship, the fall season gets underway this weekend on the 7,203-yard, par-72 North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif. with the Safeway Open. However, some of the bigger names in the sport will take a breather and be noticeably absent with only two of the world’s top-50 players scheduled to compete.... 

There is no down time when it comes to the PGA Tour. Just a few days removed from the conclusion of the Ryder Cup and less than two weeks after the Tour Championship, the fall season gets underway Thursday with the Safeway Open at the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif. Patrick Cantlay is one of just two players ranked among the top-50 in the world competing in this event and he went off as the betting favorite at +1151 at BookMaker.eu.... 

The 42nd Ryder Cup gets underway on September 28 with Team USA looking to defend its title against Team Europe at the Albatros Course of Le Golf National just outside Paris, France. The United States broke a three-match losing streak with a 17-11 win at Minnesota’s Hazeltine Golf Club in 2016, and they are favored at -155 at BookMaker.eu to repeat. However, Team USA hasn’t won in Europe since 1993, so the challenge will be a formidable one.... 

The FedExCup Champion will be determined this week, with the TOUR Championship taking place in Atlanta. Justin Rose is listed as a slight favorite, but a number of players could legitimately win the tournament and the top five players in the FedExCup standings can win the FedExCup title by winning this event. I am coming off a 2-2 week with the matchups a couple of weeks ago at the BMW Championship. Let’s look at the odds and matchups for this week’s TOUR Championship....