Category: Golf Betting

  • Quick look at The John Deere Classic

    THE OVERVIEW SILVIS, Ill. – Tweet, tweet, tweet. Get ready for another birdie blitz at the John Deere Classic. No course on TOUR yielded more birdies (30,042) than TPC Deere Run between 2000-2016. And second place isn’t not even close. TPC River Highlands was next at 26,516. “If you get content with just hitting a…

  • Catch and release, DeLaet’s getaway

    Talk about beginner’s luck. The first time Graham DeLaet ever went fishing in Alaska, he caught a 55-pound king salmon. How do you put that in perspective? Well, consider this. A PGA TOUR pro’s fully-loaded golf bag weighs roughly 40 pounds — and there wasn’t a caddy in sight on the river that day. As…

  • 27-year-old former collegiate golfer hits back-to-back eagles, including a 44-yard shot in playoff, to make his first PGA Tour event

    On Monday, Slattery, a former collegiate player at Western Illinois, was three-under on the 17th hole in the John Deere Classic qualifier at Pinnacle Country Club in Milan, Illinois. Slattery told the Quad City Times that he figured he needed to be five-under to make a playoff for the fourth and final spot of the…

  • 27-year-old former collegiate golfer hits back-to-back eagles, including a 44-yard shot in playoff, to make his first PGA Tour event

    On Monday, Slattery, a former collegiate player at Western Illinois, was three-under on the 17th hole in the John Deere Classic qualifier at Pinnacle Country Club in Milan, Illinois. Slattery told the Quad City Times that he figured he needed to be five-under to make a playoff for the fourth and final spot of the…

  • TOUR Insider: Time is now for FedExCup lifelines

    SILVIS, Illinois. – According to Zach Johnson – you’ve just got to “bow upâ€� and “get after itâ€�. With just six weeks left in the FedExCup regular season, the time is now to lock up your spot in the Playoffs. While the big-name winners like Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Hideki Matsuyama have…

  • Fantasy Insider: John Deere Classic

    There’s never a bad time to review what’s up for grabs, but some times are better than others. This is one of those times. • Earnings are no longer used to determine status on the PGA TOUR. • The top 125 in the FedExCup standings at the conclusion of the Wyndham Championship qualify for the…

  • USGA should admit how it feels about Trump

    The USGA and LPGA are supporting President Trump by holding the U.S. Women’s Open at one of his courses. So why not just say so? Click here to read the full article…

  • Expert Picks: John Deere Classic

    How it works: Each week, our experts from PGATOUR.COM will make their selections in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf presented by SERVPRO. Each lineup consists of four starters and two bench players that can be rotated after each round. Adding to the challenge is that every golfer can be used only three time per each of…

  • Featured Groups: John Deere Classic

    This week we head to Silvis, Illinois, and birdie-friendly TPC Deere Run, for the 20-year anniversary of John Deere’s title sponsorship. Designed by Illinois native and former TOUR pro D.A. Weibring, TPC Deere Run is set on an old Arabian horse farm along the Rock River. The scenic course features ponds and ravines, elevation changes…

  • Monday Qualifiers: John Deere Classic

    Kurt Slattery has dreamt for years about playing in the John Deere Classic. He realized his goal Monday in a manner that he likely never could have imagined. Slattery eagled the par-5 18th at Pinnacle Country Club to shoot 67 in Monday’s qualifier and get in a seven-man playoff for the final spot in his…

  • Golf course superintendent shares eye-opening pictures to make an important point

    The subject of pitch marks may seem like an inconsequential one to non-golfers, but it’s something those within the golf community think about often. When a ball lands on a green, it makes a small indentation — a “pitch mark.â€� If you don’t fix a pitch mark like this… The nice green surface won’t remain…

  • PGA featured holes: John Deere Classic

    Check out PGA Tour Live’s second-round coverage from TPC Deere Run. Click here to read the full article…