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Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are going head-to-head once again in The Match: Champions for Charity Sunday, May 24, at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla. Woods will be joined by future Hall of Fame QB Peyton Manning, while Mickelson teams up with Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady for a charity match raising money for COVID-19 relief efforts.
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Below, we’ll look at the early betting lines for the first-of-its-kind golf event. The two teams will play the Four-Ball (Best Ball) format on the front nine. They’ll then switch to a modified alternate shot format for the back nine where each member of the twosomes will tee off with alternate shot being played from the best first shot.
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The Match: Champions for Charity – Odds and best bet
Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday, May 9 at 9 a.m. ET.
Woods/Manning: -200 vs. Mickelson/Brady: +150
Woods and Manning open as fairly heavy favorites in the charity exhibition. Woods, the defending Masters champion, sits 16th in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings amid the PGA Tour’s pause due to the pandemic. Mickelson has slipped all the way to 222nd in the world ranking after missing the cut in four of his last six professional events.
Manning also holds an edge over Brady, playing to a handicap of 3.5 to Brady’s 8.
While Mickelson bested Woods one-on-one after four playoff holes the last time around in 2018 at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas, NV, the favorites are the ones to back at Medalist. Woods is one of many PGA Tour pros who calls it his home course, and he’s pairing up with the better of the two amateurs.
Back WOODS/MANNING at -200. A $10 bet will return a profit of $5 with a win. There are sure to be more prop bets released in the build-up to the event, and we at SportsbookWire will have you covered.
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The Match: Champions for Charity – How to watch
When is it? Sunday, May 24. Coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET.
Where is it? Medalist Golf Club, Hobe Sound
Television broadcast: TNT, TBS, truTV and HLN
Pre-match coverage: Bleacher Report app
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