Los Angeles Country Club is a largely unknown venue in professional golf but is now the centre of attention as it hosts the US Open. It has staged the Los Angeles Open five times but not since 1940, and is ready to host the world’s best golfers after the North Course’s restoration in 2010.
The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf have agreed a shock merger to provide a “new era in global golf,” according to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan. The stunning announcement came after a year of unprecedented disruption in the men’s professional game following the launch of the Saudi-backed circuit.
With the second Major of 2023 fast approaching, we’re looking at five of the leading contenders in our US PGA Championship predictions. Justin Thomas will defend his title at Oak Hill Country Club, a venue which last staged the event in 2013, when it was won by Jason Dufner.
The first major winner of the year will be revealed this weekend and we’ve got five bets for punters to consider in our 2023 Masters predictions. There are plenty of talking points ahead of the 87th staging of this iconic event at Augusta National and we have picked our best bets from the Masters odds.
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.
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.