GOLF PGA ARTICLES

Defending champion Justin Rose +865 and The PLAYERS winner Rickie Fowler +1015 join tournament host Tiger Woods +4939 as the headliners for this week’s Quicken Loans National. Jimmy Walker +1625 gives the field three players ranked in the top 15 in the current world golf rankings.Rookie sensations Justin Thomas +2630, Tony Finau +3661 and Patrick Rodgers +6922 all are looking to breakthrough and pick up their first win on the PGA Tour.... 

The European Tour moves on from The Open Championship and heads to Switzerland for the 2015 Omega European Masters. High in the beautiful Swiss Alps, a strong field has assembled to contest this event.... 

Jason Day ( +800 ) is joined by Bubba Watson ( +1525 ), defending champion Tim Clark and five of the top 15 in the current golf rankings. The lineup includes 26 players returning from the British Open at St. Andrews. Clark will try to become the Canadian Open’s second back-to-back champion since 1951. Jim Furyk ( +1525 ) successfully defended his title in 2007. Watson missed the cut at last week’s Open Championship and Day contended from start to finish before eventually finishing T4.... 

The second round of the 2015 Open Championship is in the books with Dustin Johnson +185 clinging to a one stroke lead. Johnson finished out a 3-under 69 with a birdie at the 18th hole Saturday evening, giving him a two-round total of 10-under 134.... 

The Old Course at St. Andrews offered up some of the lowest daily scoring in the history of the Open Championship. The players took advantage of the benign conditions where 64 players broke par.... 

The PGA TOUR returns to Alabama for the first time in a quarter-century, dating all the way back to the 1990 PGA Championship at Shoal Creek, at this week’s Barbasol Championship.With golf’s top names over at St. Andrews, the Barbasol offers a prime opportunity for someone to pick up his first victory and jump start their career.... 

The third major of the year is upon us as the 144th Open Championship gets started this week at the “home of golf”, the Old Course at St. Andrews.The Open Championship made its first visit to St. Andrews in 1873 and has hosted 28 editions on the Old Course, crowning such champions as Bobby Jones, Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus,Tiger Woods and Louis Oosthuizen.... 

Superstar Jordan Spieth ( +375 ) and Iowa native and 2012 John Deere Classic champion Zach Johnson ( +900 ) are the betting favorites this week.... 

The European Tour is getting into the meat of its schedule starting this week at the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and leading up to the big one, The Open Championship. Many of the greats in the game are on hand this week in Scotland to test their skills on a new venue, the Gullane Golf Club.... 

The PGA Tour heads to the old stomping grounds of the late, great, Sam Snead who was the head pro at The Old White TPC for much of his life and called Greenbrier his home.... 

The PGA Tour heads east to Cromwell, Connecticut for this week’s Travelers Championship. World No. 4 Bubba Watson ( +1000 ) and World No. 7 Sergio Garcia ( +1200 ) are joined by seven other players that are currently ranked in the top 30 in the world rankings.Watson missed the cut in his last start, while Garcia secured a T18. Both players have had huge success at TPC River Highlands, Watson winning in 2010 and Garcia, a runner-up a year ago.... 

Home town boy Martin Kaymer ( +1190 ) joins Henrik Stenson ( +725 ) and defending champion Fabrizio Zanotti at this week’s BMW International Open.... 

The two best players in the world will square off at the highly anticipated 115th U.S. Open.Rory McIlroy versus Jordan Spieth is a matchup that everyone has their eyes on. McIlroy has missed his last two cuts and Vegas has narrowed the gap between the two with the World No. 1 a slight favorite over World No. 2 Spieth.... 

World No.1 Rory McIlroy ( +605 ), the 2011 champion, and Masters winner Jordan Spieth ( +805 ) headline the betting field that is expected to include all of the top 60 in the world rankings. McIlroy looks to get back on track after hitting a cold spell which included two missed cuts. Spieth seeks to become the first man to sweep the Masters and U.S. Open since Tiger Woods in 2002.... 

Dustin Johnson ( +640 ) and fan favorite Phil Mickelson ( +1700 ) headline the betting field at this week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic. Both players are trying to get their games in tip top shape for next week’s U.S. Open.Johnson won in Memphis in 2012 and after winning at Doral earlier this year has hit a cold spell with only two top ten finishes. Mickelson’s game is hot and cold, shooting 66 one day and 74 the next.
The Hall of Famer comes to Memphis with three top-20 finishes in his previous five starts and that just doesn’t cut it for a player that has much higher expectations.... 

Austrian Bernd Wiesberger ( +550 ) is playing at home this week and is the overwhelming betting favorite. Wiesberger lost in a playoff last year and won this event in 2012. Joining Wiesberger in the betting field are Richie Ramsay ( +1500 ), Chris Wood ( +1250 ), Rafael Cabrera-Bello ( +1750 ) and former Ryder Cup star Nicolas Colsaerts ( +2450 ).... 

FedEx Cup leader Jordan Spieth ( +760 ), major champion Justin Rose ( +1900 ) and long-hitting Dustin Johnson ( +1300 ) headline the Memorial Tournament that boasts 15 of the top 25 in the current world golf rankings.
Spieth is a contender whenever he tees it up and Rose has a great track record at the Memorial with a win ( 2010 ), a second ( 2008 ) and four other top 15’s.... 

Henrik Stenson ( + 500 ) returns to his home country in search of his first Nordea Masters title. The Swede came close last year missing the play-off by two strokes before settling for fifth place. Stenson is the overwhelming betting favorite and by far the highest ranked player ( No 4 ) in the field.... 

Jordan Spieth ( +530 ) plays his hometown event for the first time as a major champion and will look to keep the momentum rolling after nearly winning ( T2 ) last week at Colonial. Spieth will be challenged this week by world No.10 Dustin Johnson ( +1300 ) who is well rested and likely to take advantage of his length in the soggy conditions at TPC Four Seasons Resort.... 

American Rickie Fowler ( +1275 ) and Rory McIlroy ( +385 ) are rivals but also good friends and the reason Fowler made the long journey to Northern Ireland this week to support his buddy and the Rory Foundation. Both players are red hot and boy it would be nice for a Sunday showdown with both in top form matching each other stroke for stroke coming down the stretch.... 

World No. 1 Rory Mcilroy ( +275 ), who last week won his 18th worldwide professional title at the Wells Fargo Championship on the PGA Tour, returns to Surrey, England, to defend the crown he won 12 months ago.
He will play the first two rounds in familiar company with US Open Champion Kaymer ( +3150 ) and Welshman Jamie Donaldson ( +3050 ).... 

World No. 2 Jordan Spieth ( +1050 ) and defending champion Adam Scott ( +1760 ) are the betting favorites for this week’s Crowne Plaza Invitational. Spieth will be looking for his first victory in his home state after finishing second earlier in the year at both the Shell Houston Open and San Antonio. Scott will try to join Ben Hogan as the only man to notch back-to-back wins at Colonial.... 

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy (+385), No. 3 Henrik Stenson (+1750) and No. 5 Jim Furyk (+1650) join defending champion J.B. Holmes (+3051) as the headliners for this week’s Wells Fargo Championship on CBS.... 

The European Tour travels to Spain this week for the Open de Espana. Spain’s national golf championship returns to Real Club de Golf El Prat for the first time since 2011, and it marks the sixth time it’s played host to the country’s national Open.... 

World No. 1 Rory McIlroy and new Masters champion Jordan Spieth highlight this week’s PLAYERS Championship.

TPC Sawgrass and the famous “Island Green” will test the strongest and deepest field of the year in a tournament that has produced an array of champions, which adds to the drama on Sunday afternoon at THE PLAYERS. Short hitters ( Fred Funk, Tim Clark ), long hitters ( Tiger Woods, Adam Scott ) and average-length hitters ( Matt Kuchar ) have all won at TPC Sawgrass, proving that the Pete Dye design gives an advantage to absolutely no one....