Commercial content 21+. The 2024 Masters Tournament is fast approaching, and a familiar name at the top of the odds board is entering rare territory. Scottie Scheffler, the 2022 champion, is an overwhelming favorite to win his second Green Jacket at +450 with BetMGM Sportsbook. No other golfers have odds better than 10/1. Only two of … Read more
It’s not as easy to move on as Jon Rahm thought. The Spanish golf star lamented the inability to defend the titles he had won last season since his move to LIV Golf resulted in an automatic PGA Tour suspension by commissioner Jay Monahan. Rahm notched victories at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, The American … Read more
Commercial Content. 21+. Action Network is the official betting partner of the New York Post, which edits this content. When it comes to golf betting, it’s not that you lost but how it unfolded that sticks with you. Xander Schauffele, my 20/1 pick last week at The Players Championship, put together an incredible round on … Read more
Commercial Content. 21+. Action Network is the official betting partner of the New York Post, which edits this content. Scottie Scheffler isn’t in the field for the 2024 Valspar Championship and that’s great news for bettors. The World No. 1 has won the last two PGA Tour events, halting the “Year of the Longshot.” The … Read more
Video from the third round of the Players Championship on Saturday made it seem as if Max Homa struck a shot from near a tree on the 14th hole right at a fan’s head. It’s a scary prospect, as the person recording the video was close enough to Homa that the velocity of the golf … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy, who recently resigned from his PGA Tour’s player-director position, said Sunday he “welcomes” the Monday meeting between tour players and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia that runs LIV Golf. “Absolutely, I think it should have happened months ago, so I am … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Joel Dahmen would like all of those who’ve gone out of their way to show him support and assure him, “You got this, Joel,’’ that he’s doing just fine, thank you. Dahman didn’t win the Players Championship on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass. But he did have a pretty darn good … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Maybe now Scottie Scheffler will break from the shadows of unassuming and overlooked and be properly recognized as the superstar he is in the world of golf. If the No. 1 world ranking for the past 10 months wasn’t enough to showcase and define just how good the 27-year-old New … Read more
Rickie Fowler had a tough third round Saturday in the Players Championship — in part because of a brief encounter with someone near the teeing area near the 16th hole at TPC Sawgrass. The trouble came when Fowler heard a noise from someone before backing off from the tee. That led Fowler’s caddie, Ricky Romano, … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Adam Scott was one of the last players to finish his Players Championship second round early Friday evening at TPC Sawgrass, and when he emerged from the scoring room a small group of reporters awaited him. Scott, who was 2-under-par entering Saturday’s third round, was neither at the top of … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The good news is that Scottie Scheffler played his third round of the Players Championship on Saturday at TPC Sawgrass after experiencing neck and shoulder soreness that threatened to force him to withdraw during Friday’s second round. The bad news is that Scheffler isn’t likely to defend the Players title … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Xander Schauffele is unafraid. He’s unafraid to speak his mind off the golf course — as evidenced by his powerful remarks regarding the division in the sport with LIV Golf and the questionable job PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has been doing, saying Monahan “has a long way to go … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — If you watched Wyndham Clark win the U.S. Open last June, hadn’t heard much about him before that and pegged him as a one-and-done, flash-in-the-pan story, you may want to reconsider that thought. The 30-year-old Clark is quietly developing into one of the big-game hunters in golf and, at the … Read more
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Only Scottie Scheffler. Only the world’s most overlooked and understated No. 1 ranked player could quietly power his way through a round during which a neck ailment looked like it might force him to withdraw from the tournament he’s trying to defend, to somehow remain in contention. Drama ensued during … Read more