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Golf Futures: Updated Betting Odds for 2020 PGA Tour Majors

Looking at changes to golf futures betting odds for the PGA Tour’s three majors in 2020 following the Charles Schwab Challenge.

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The 2019-20 PGA Tour season resumed this past weekend with the Charles Schwab Challenge. Daniel Berger conquered a star-studded field for his first win since the 2017 FedEx St. Jude Classic. In doing so, he vaulted to No. 31 in the Official World Golf Ranking and gained entry to the 2020 PGA Championship.

The first tournament in three months shook up the golf futures betting odds. Below, we’ll look at the updated odds for the 2020 PGA Championship, US Open and Masters as the PGA Tour season ramps up.

Golf futures: 2020 PGA Championship odds

Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Monday, June 15 at 7:50 a.m. ET.

When: Aug. 6-9

Where: TPC Harding Park, San Francisco

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NAME ODDS
Rory McIlroy +700
Jon Rahm +1000
Dustin Johnson +1200
Brooks Koepka +1400
Justin Thomas +1400
Tiger Woods +1400
Bryson DeChambeau +2000
Xander Schauffele +2200
Rickie Fowler +2500
Hideki Matsuyama +2500
Jordan Spieth +2800
Patrick Cantlay +2800
Patrick Reed +2800
Tommy Fleetwood +2800
Tony Finau +2800
Adam Scott +3300
Jason Day +3300
Justin Rose +3300
Webb Simpson +3300
Sungjae Im +4000
Collin Morikawa +4500

Long shots

NAME ODDS
Gary Woodland +5000
Henrik Stenson +5000
Marc Leishman +5000
Paul Casey +5000
Sergio Garcia +6600
Daniel Berger +8000
Francesco Molinari +8000
Shane Lowry +8000
Viktor Hovland +8000
Kevin Kisner +10000

Golf futures: 2020 US Open odds

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When: Sept. 17-20

Where: Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, N.Y.

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NAME ODDS
Rory McIlroy +700
Dustin Johnson +1000
Jon Rahm +1000
Brooks Koepka +1200
Justin Thomas +1400
Tiger Woods +1400
Bryson DeChambeau +2000
Xander Schauffele +2000
Rickie Fowler +2500
Tommy Fleetwood +2500
Hideki Matsuyama +2800
Jason Day +2800
Jordan Spieth +2800
Patrick Cantlay +2800
Patrick Reed +2800
Tony Finau +2800
Adam Scott +3300
Justin Rose +3300
Webb Simpson +3300
Sungjae Im +4000
Collin Morikawa +4500

Long shots

NAME ODDS
Gary Woodland +5000
Henrik Stenson +5000
Marc Leishman +5000
Bubba Watson +6600
Phil Mickelson +6600
Daniel Berger +8000
Shane Lowry +8000
Viktor Hovland +8000
Kevin Kisner +10000

Golf futures: 2020 Masters odds

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When: Nov. 12-15

Where: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Ga.

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NAME ODDS
Rory McIlroy +650
Jon Rahm +1000
Justin Thomas +1200
Brooks Koepka +1400
Tiger Woods +1400
Dustin Johnson +1600
Jordan Spieth +2000
Xander Schauffele +2000
Bryson DeChambeau +2200
Hideki Matsuyama +2500
Justin Rose +2500
Patrick Reed +2500
Adam Scott +2800
Patrick Cantlay +2800
Tommy Fleetwood +2800
Tony Finau +2800
Bubba Watson +3300
Rickie Fowler +3300
Gary Woodland +4000
Jason Day +4000
Sungjae Im +4000
Webb Simpson +4000
Marc Leishman +4500
Paul Casey +4500

Long shots

NAME ODDS
Collin Morikawa +5000
Phil Mickelson +5000
Henrik Stenson +6600
Lee Westwood +8000
Sergio Garcia +8000
Shane Lowry +8000
Viktor Hovland +8000
Francesco Molinari +9000
Scottie Scheffler +10000
Danny Willett +12500
Matthew Wolff +15000
Bernhard Langer +50000
Vijay Singh +75000

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Charles Schwab Challenge Prop Bets: Group, Placing and Cut Odds and Picks

Previewing the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge, with PGA Tour prop bet odds, picks and predictions.

The 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge (June 11-14) signals the resumption of the 2019-20 PGA Tour schedule following a nearly three-month suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. BetMGM is taking full advantage of the marquee event and loaded field with a bevy of prop bets. Below, we look at the best placing and group bets to make, along with picks for who will and won’t make the cut at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Charles Schwab Challenge: Placing outrights

Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday, June 9 at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Brooks Koepka Top 5: +550

Koepka returns to a course where he finished as the runner-up in 2018. Don’t fear the knee injury that plagued him earlier this calendar year.

Jason Day Top 5: +1100

Day is one of the best Bentgrass putters on Tour and the best in this field. He has had plenty of time to rest his troublesome back following a withdrawal from the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

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Jordan Spieth Top 10: +400

Spieth’s troubles over much of the past three years have been due to an erratic driver. Colonial measures just 7,209 yards, and he has remained an elite, and lucky, putter. He has four top 10s here in the last five years.

Kevin Kisner Top 10: +750

The 2017 champion missed the cut in 2019, but his familiarity with the venue and reliable putting stroke will prove beneficial following the long mid-season hiatus.

Justin Rose Top 20: +225

Rose, the 2018 champion, is the 10th-best player in the field by the Official World Golf Ranking. Better than a 2-to-1 return on your investment is great value.

Emiliano Grillo Top 20: +600

Grillo has a strong history at Colonial with a third-place finish in 2018 and a T-19 last year. He has gained 1.57 strokes per round across 16 career rounds, according to Data Golf, despite not being a particularly strong putter.

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Charles Schwab Challenge: Group betting

Top American: Jordan Spieth (+2800)

Spieth shares just the 13th-best odds of American golfers in this week’s field. He’s the best putter of the bunch and a former champ.

Top continental European: Viktor Hovland (+600)

Hovland, hailing from Norway, trails world No. 2 Jon Rahm (+100) and Sergio Garcia (+550) in this grouping. Hovland is easily the best value as a 2020 winner, albeit in a much weaker field.

Top Australian: Jason Day (+275)

Day is the best Bentgrass putter in the field. He hasn’t played here in the last five years, but has averaged 1.30 strokes gained across 14 career rounds.

Lowest score Group C: Marc Leishman (+400)

Leishman shares the longest odds in this group, which includes Collin Morikawa (+330), Matt Kuchar (+400), Scottie Scheffler (+330) and Tony Finau (+330). While 2020 form isn’t overly pertinent following the long mid-season break, Leishman won the Farmers Insurance Open and finished second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

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Charles Schwab Challenge: To make the cut

Justin Rose: Yes (-167)

Rose is getting higher odds than he should to see the weekend as he returns to play following a horrible start to the 2020 calendar year. He has averaged 1.19 strokes gained at Colonial and won this event in 2018.

Ian Poulter: Yes (-134)

Poulter has played 22 career rounds at this venue, but has lost an average of 0.04 strokes per round to the field. His career experience can be trusted with the entire field in an unprecedented situation.

Joaquin Niemann: No (+115)

Niemann opened the 2019-20 PGA Tour season with a win at A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, but missed three straight cuts in stronger fields prior to the season being suspended. He’ll need to reprove himself against the world’s best.

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Charles Schwab Challenge Prop Bet Payday: Matchups and tournament specials

Looking at the various prop bets for the Charles Schwab Challenge, with PGA Tour odds, picks and bets for tournament specials and matchups.

The 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge is one of the most anticipated golf tournaments in recent history, as it marks the PGA Tour’s return from a nearly three-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve made our outright betting picks and power rankings, and below, we’ll look at the best matchup picks and tournament specials for the Charles Schwab Challenge.

Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas hosts the event – Round 1 is Thursday – as one of the PGA Tour’s marquee annual stops. It measures 7,209 yards and plays to a par of 70. It features Bentgrass greens.

Charles Schwab Challenge: Matchup bets

Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday, June 9 at 10:20a.m. ET.

Patrick Reed vs. Brooks Koepka (-112)

Reed won the WGC-Mexico Championship earlier this year, while Koepka dealt with a lingering knee injury. The No. 3 player in the Official World Golf Ranking has had plenty of time to heal and finished as the runner-up in his only appearance here in 2018. He’s a good value with this line set as a pick ’em.

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Charles Schwab Challenge Trivia – How to play

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  • Answer each question with how you believe the event will play out
  • Sit back and watch your “My Stats” results to see how you’re doing

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Rickie Fowler vs. Marc Leishman (+100)

Current form goes out the window this week following a long interruption in the 2019-20 PGA Tour season, but Leishman still needs to be given at least somewhat of an edge. He won the Farmers Insurance Open and finished second at the Arnold Palmer Invitational earlier this year, both in stacked fields. Fowler missed the cut in two of six 2020 events.

Matthew Fitzpatrick vs. Justin Rose (+110)

Rose, a short-game wiz, won this event in 2018. Fitzpatrick finished just T-64 last year in his only career appearance at Colonial. Rose also has a significant advantage in putting on Bentgrass greens.

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Charles Schwab Challenge: Tournament specials

Leader after 1st round: Scottie Scheffler (+5000)

Scheffler ranks third on Tour this season with a first-round scoring average of 68.15 through 13 rounds. He has soared into 45th in the OWGR and remained busy during the break while winning a charity event at Maridoe Golf Club. He’s just +4000 to win this event outright.

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Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy all to make the cut: +140

Getting the top three golfers in the world to all make the cut at plus-money is a bargain in any event. Even in a loaded field, they’re safe bets to be playing Saturday.

Wire to wire winner: +1200

This is a good hedge against the low outright odds for all the top players in the world. A number of golfers in this loaded field have the ability to go the distance, especially without fans permitted on the course.

New to sports betting? A $10 bet on a golfer to lead from the end of Round 1 through Round 4 returns a profit of $120.

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Charles Schwab Challenge odds, predictions, picks and PGA Tour best bets

Analyzing the golf betting odds to win the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge, with PGA Tour betting odds, picks, predictions and best bets.

The PGA Tour is back! The Charles Schwab Challenge will be the first tournament held since the cancelation of The Players Championship in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An expanded and star-studded field will be in attendance at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Below, we look at BetMGM‘s PGA Tour betting odds to win and make our Charles Schwab Challenge picks and best bets.

The first event to be held without fans permitted on the course will see four of the top five golfers in the Golfweek/Sagarin world ranking, including No. 1 Webb Simpson, try to hold off the competition in a more level field.

The key stats for the 7,209-yard, par-70 Colonial Country Club:

  • Strokes Gained: Ball Striking
  • Strokes Gained: Short Game
  • Birdies or Better Gained
  • Strokes Gained: Scrambling
  • Par 4 Efficiency: 400-450 Yards
  • Proximity from 125-150 Yards

My model at Fantasy National looks at the most recent 50 rounds for each golfer in the field on courses with Bentgrass greens. We’ll also weigh long-term putting performance more heavily this week than usual as a result of the extended midseason interruption.

Charles Schwab Challenge Betting Picks – Tier 1

Feb 23, 2020; Mexico City, MEX; Jon Rahm reacts after missing a putt on the 15th green during the final round of the WGC – Mexico Championship golf tournament at Club de Golf Chapultepec. (Photo Credit: Orlando Ramirez – USA TODAY Sports)

Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday, June 3 at 1 p.m. ET.

Jon Rahm (+1100)

Rahm, ranked fourth in the Golfweek world rankings, was in proper form as one of the best golfers in the world prior to the break. He has finishes of second, T-3, T-9 and 10th in five events in 2020.

He ranks 12th overall by my stat model over his last 50 rounds on Bentgrass greens. He’s seventh in the field in Ball Striking and fourth in Birdies or Better Gained. He missed the cut at Colonial last year, but he was T-5 in 2018 and T-2 in 2017. He offers adequate value when compared to Rory McIlroy (+700) as the tournament favorite.

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Justin Rose (+5000)

Rose won this event in 2018 when it was known as the Fort Worth Invitational. His finish at 20-under par is the second-best winning score ever at Colonial.

The 22-time winner around the globe ranks second in the stat model. He was in poor form early this year, having missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the Honda Classic and the Farmers Insurance Open. He’s well worth backing at an inflated price following the Tour’s hiatus.

Charles Schwab Challenge Betting Picks – Tier 2

Mar 5, 2020; Orlando, Florida, USA; Jason day hits his tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill Club & Lodge. (Photo Credit: Reinhold Matay – USA TODAY Sports)

Jason Day (+6600)

As noted above, these first few weeks of tournament play will be a good time to trust putters. No one has been better than Day over their last 100 rounds on Bentgrass greens. He hasn’t won since doing so twice in 2018, but the extended break has helped him to rest his lingering injuries.

Kevin Kisner (+9000)

Kisner ranks third in the field in SG: Putting on Bentgrass greens. The 2017 champion of Colonial followed it up with a T-52 in 2018 and a missed cut last year, but he was T-10 in 2016 and T-5 in 2015. He has gained an average of 1.53 strokes per round in Fort Worth over 20 career rounds, according to Data Golf.

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Charles Schwab Challenge Betting Picks – Long shots

Mar 8, 2020; Orlando, Florida, USA; Danny Lee looks over his putt on the eighth green during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament at Bay Hill Club & Lodge. (Photo Credit: Reinhold Matay – USA TODAY Sports)

Danny Lee (+12500)

Lee has just one PGA Tour win, but he’s a strong long-shot bet without fan pressure. He has been a steady performer at Colonial CC, making the cut in each of his last five visits with a sixth-place finish in 2017 and a T-10 in 2015. He has gained an average of 1.31 strokes per round across 28 rounds at this venue.

Emiliano Grillo (+15000)

Grillo made the cut in each of his last four trips to Fort Worth, finishing third in 2018 and T-19 last year. His 1.57 strokes gained per round at Colonial rank sixth in the field among those with a minimum of 10 rounds played. The break and the fan-less competition could serve him well as he looks for his first PGA Tour win since the 2015 Frys.com Open.

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The Match II: Betting odds, picks and prop bets for Woods-Manning vs. Mickelson-Brady

Highlighting the best prop bets for The Match II between Tiger Woods-Peyton Manning and Phil Mickelson-Tom Brady, with PGA Tour betting odds, picks and best bets.

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Tiger Woods teams up with Peyton Manning Sunday to battle Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in The Match: Champions for Charity. The sequel to the Woods vs. Mickelson showdown from Nov. 2018 is being held at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla. and will begin at 2 p.m. ET. Below, we look at the best prop bets for The Match II and make our picks.

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The Match II: Outright odds and best bet to win

Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday, May 20 at 3 p.m. ET.

Woods/Manning: -223 | Mickelson/Brady: +160 (Price Boost: +180)

Woods and Manning, the rightful favorites, carried -208 odds Monday. With a $10 bet at the current price point returning a profit of just $4.81 with an outright win, the play is to HOLD until Sunday in wait of a higher number.

Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson were sizable favorites over Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff ahead of the TaylorMade Driving Relief event last week, but the line came much closer on the day of the match. Expect similar movement this week – especially with the inclusion of the famous NFL quarterbacks and a broader, sports-starved audience – to get the best odds on the favorites closer to tee time.

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The Match II: Best prop bets

Longest drive on hole 3: Mickelson (+130)

Even amid a poor start to the 2020 PGA Tour season, Mickelson, ranked 222nd in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings, was outdriving Woods (16th) 301.1 yards to 291.1. The two PGA Tour pros share the +130 odds, but Mickelson is the pick.

Both Manning and Brady are +700 but don’t overthink this one. They’re still amateur golfers. Note: Per BetMGM rules, the ball has to be in the fairway to count.

Nearest the pin on hole 4: Brady (+600)

Though we’re trusting the pros above, the playing field becomes a little more level on the short par-3 fourth. It’s the shortest of the four par 3s at Medalist at just 191 yards in length.

Manning is typically the better golfer of the two future Hall of Fame QBs with a handicap of 6.4 to Brady’s 8.1, but on such a short hole chase the value with Brady holding the longest odds.

Who will lead after 9 holes? Woods/Manning (-112)

The teams will play the Four-Ball (Best Ball) format on the front nine with the better score of each twosome counting as the team score on each hole. As such, the first nine holes will primarily be Woods vs. Mickelson.

Trust in Woods’ superior world ranking and better play earlier in the 2020 season. The halftime odds are much more appealing for the favorites than their outright odds, and things will become much less predictable with a modified alternate shot format being played on the back.

Who will win hole 18? Woods/Manning (+220)

The expectation is that The Match II will go right down to the wire and the final hole, if not a playoff. It’s a charity event and it’s being televised; organizers will do all they can with various side bets and challenges to draw this out to an exciting finale.

Once there, stick by the opening favorites to pull off a dramatic victory. Woods will have his revenge over Mickelson, and Manning has plenty of reasons for wanting to get back at Brady.

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Driving Relief: PGA Tour best bets for McIlroy/Johnson vs. Fowler/Wolff

Assessing PGA Tour props bets for the Driving Relief skins match between McIlroy-Johnson and Fowler-Wolff.

The PGA Tour is nearing its June 11 return with the Charles Schwab Challenge, but first, Rory McIlroy teams up with Dustin Johnson Sunday, May 17 to take on Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in TaylorMade: Driving Relief. Below, we look at the PGA Tour betting odds for the outright winner and the top prop bets available at BetMGM Sportsbook.

Also see: How to Watch Driving Relief

The high-profile skins match being held at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla. will help raise money for COVID-19 relief efforts. Driving Relief offers golf bettors an appetizer to the May 24 match between Tiger Woods-Peyton Manning and Phil Mickelson-Tom Brady at Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound, Fla.

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Driving Relief: Outright odds and best bet

Odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday, May 14 at 3 p.m. ET.

McIlroy/Johnson: -223 | Fowler/Wolff: +165

The outright odds to win the two-on-two match haven’t moved since opening a week ago. McIlroy and Johnson, the two higher-ranked golfers in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings, remain heavy favorites.

There isn’t a whole lot of value with the favorites as a $10 bet on McIlroy and Johnson to win the match will return a profit of just $4.48. The same bet on the underdogs would fetch a profit of $16.50, but it’s not enticing enough to warrant a wager.

Play it safe and back MCILROY/JOHNSON (-223) to win outright. Fill out your betting card with some of the best prop bets for a more profitable Sunday afternoon.

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Driving Relief: Best prop bets and picks

Who will lead after 9 holes? Tie (+400)

Under the skins format, multiple holes can be won on a single stroke or putt should any number of preceding holes be halved (tied). Holes 1-6 will each be worth $50,000 with holes 7-15 worth $100,000, hole 17 worth $200,000 and hole 18 worth $500,000.

Chase the value of a 4-to-1 payout and look for the winnings to be split after the opening 9 holes. There’s a total of $600,000 up for grabs on the outbound nine with $1.3 million available on the back. The match won’t truly start until the turn.

Who will win the first hole? McIlroy/Johnson (+240)

The first hole at Seminole Golf Club is a 370-yard par 4. McIlroy and Johnson are the two longest hitters of the four involved in the match. Look for them to leave themselves short pitches into the green and for at least one to make an opening birdie.

McIlroy/Johnson to make an eagle: Yes (+280)

Driving Relief will be played under a Four-Ball (Best-Ball) format whereby the team’s score on the hole will be the lower of the two participants. As such, expect all four golfers to take their fair share of risks.

As noted above, McIlroy and Johnson are two of the longest hitters on the PGA Tour and can reach nearly all par 5s in two strokes. At nearly a 3-to-1 return for both golfers, place a bet on each of them. You’ll need to hit on only one to negate losses.

Each eagle is worth an additional $50,000 for charity, so the golfers will be well motivated.

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The Match: Champions for Charity – Best bets for Woods-Manning vs. Mickelson-Brady

Looking at the betting odds and making our best bets for The Match: Champions for Charity between Tiger Woods-Peyton Manning and Phil Mickelson-Tom Brady.

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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.

Also see: How to Watch Driving Relief: McIlroy-Johnson vs. Fowler-Wolff odds and bets

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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How to Watch Driving Relief: McIlroy-Johnson vs. Fowler-Wolff odds and bets

Betting odds and picks for the TaylorMade Driving Relief skins match featuring Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson vs. Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff.

The PGA Tour will return, at least briefly, Sunday, May 17 for the TaylorMade Driving Relief skins match with Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson taking on Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff. The four golfers will compete in their teams of two at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Fla. in a charity match raising money and awareness for COVID-19 relief efforts.

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Skins are a form of match play whereby the teams will be competing to win each hole and the prize money associated with it. If a hole is halved (tied) the prize money will carry over to the next hole. Multiple holes can be won or lost on a single stroke.

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Driving Relief: Odds and best bet

Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday, May 8 at 2:45 p.m. ET.

McIlroy/Johnson: -223 vs. Fowler/Wolff: +165

On paper, the teams are incredibly lopsided. McIlroy and Johnson combine for 38 career PGA Tour victories and five majors. Fowler and Wolff combine for just six PGA Tour wins, with Wolff’s first and only win to date coming at last year’s 3M Open.

McIlroy sits second in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings with Johnson ranked 10th. Fowler is 31st and Wolff is 87th.

The skins format helps level the playing field as a single good or bad hole can drastically flip the match. Even still, the odds aren’t quite enticing enough for Fowler and Wolff with a $10 bet returning a profit of $16.50. It’s better to back McIlroy and Johnson as favorites, with the same bet fetching a return of $4.50.

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Driving Relief: How to watch

When is it? Sunday, May 17. Coverage will air from 2-6 p.m. ET.

Where is it? Seminole Golf Club, Juno Beach, Fla.

Television broadcast: NBC. GOLF Channel, NBCSN, Sky Sports

Digital streaming: PGA Tour Live, GOLFPASS, GolfChannel.com, GOLFTV

Pre-match coverage: Twitter

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