The 2023 US Masters is not far away, with players due to tee off at Augusta National on April 6. The first of golf’s four majors is set to be more competitive than ever, with allegiances split between the US-based PGA Tour and the new Saudi-funded LIV Tour.
With a host of World Championships and major events on the horizon, we’ve picked out 10 sporting stars to look out for in 2023. These hot prospects are best placed to take their respective sports by storm and could provide punters with some good betting opportunities.
We’re posting our sports quiz of the year for 2022 to test your knowledge of what happened in some of the key events over the past 12 months. There were tears of joy at thrilling victories – and also a few shed over the near miss of what might have been.
We’re taking a look at the Rory McIlroy odds for 2023, with the world number one quoted at 9/4 to end a Major drought stretching back to 2014. Golf’s big four trophies have since eluded the Northern Irishman, but he had rock-solid 2-8-5-3 placings in 2022.
A week before the 2023 schedule gets under way – with two events on two different continents – the 2022 DP World Tour season draws to a close and we’ve picked out our DP World Tour Championship predictions at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai.
The Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is the last of this year’s events in the UK and is played over three courses before ending at St Andrews on Sunday. Rory McIlroy will be out to make some amends for his disappointment in The Open at the same venue earlier this year.
The 2021/22 PGA Tour season ends this week and we have studied the odds to pick out some Tour Championship betting tips. East Lake hosts the FedEx Cup decider which is a 30-player handicap event based on performances leading up to the season finale.
We have been looking forward to this one for a while as we make our The Open predictions ahead of the 150th edition of the famous old tournament. St Andrews plays host – well it had to be the Home of Golf for this milestone – and one player will leave Scotland with the Claret Jug.
Canada’s Brooke Henderson is an odds-on favourite heading into the final round of the Amundi Evian Championship. The 24-year-old is quoted at 1.44 to secure her second Major success after shooting a three-under-par 68 on Saturday to establish a two-shot lead.
Rory McIlroy is the favourite at Brookline this week and the Northern Irishman is hard to ignore as we select our US Open golf tips. The Country Club is the venue for the 122nd staging of the tournament, where John Rahm is the defending champion.
The PGA Tour makes a welcome return to Canada this week and we’ve got three golfers for punters to follow in our Canadian Open tips. This is the first staging of the event since 2019 due to the pandemic and Justin Thomas is one of five entries from the world’s top 10.
The second Major winner of 2022 will be revealed this week and we’ve got a trio of golfers to consider in our US PGA Championship predictions. Scottie Scheffler did us proud when claiming Augusta glory in our Masters preview and hopefully we’ll enjoy more success at Southern Hills.
The world’s best golfers are heading to Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma to take part in the 2022 PGA Championship, starting on May 19. This is the second major of the year, following the Masters in April, and everyone is looking for clues over who will win.
The first Major winner of 2022 will be revealed this weekend and we’ve got a trio of golfers for punters to consider in our Masters predictions. There are plenty of talking points ahead of the 86th staging of this event at Augusta National, including the absence of Phil Mickelson.