Category: Golf Betting

  • Payne Stewart Award: Past Recipients

    CHARITY, CHARACTER AND SPORTSMANSHIP: Three qualities that connect Payne Stewart to the award recipients CHARITY Leaving a lasting impression is important to Kenny Perry, just as it was for Payne Stewart. Both knew their charitable giving impacts many more lives than any of their pin-hunting 5-irons or clutch putts. CHARACTER Most think of Justin Leonard’s…

  • Monday Finish: TOUR Championship edition

    The PGA TOUR took a week off before its season finale, but the Monday Finish isn’t taking a break. Instead of looking back at last week, we will look ahead to the TOUR Championship and the race for the FedExCup. Here are some numbers you need to know before the action gets underway Thursday at…

  • Angela Stanford wins at Evian for 1st career major title

    EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — In her 18th year on tour, after a wild and tearful final few holes, Angela Stanford became a major tournament champion Sunday. It was a long journey to an unlikely one-shot victory at the Evian Championship for a player who believed as a rookie in 2001 that major titles would come…

  • Heck yeah: Teenage American golfer shines in 2nd major test

    EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — When 16-year-old Rachel Heck finally hits the professional golf tour, the current world No. 2, Ariya Jutanugarn, plans to give her a lot of respect. American high schooler Heck made a big impression Sunday completing the Evian Championship — her second major — in a fun grouping with the Jutanugarn sisters,…

  • Stanford wins first career Major at Evian

    Angela Stanford ended her long wait for a first major title when her 3-under 68 was enough to win the Evian Championship by one shot Sunday after long-time leader Amy Olson made double-bogey on the 18th. Click here to read the full article…

  • Olson moves into Evian lead after third-round 65

    American Amy Olson fired a bogey-free 65 to take a two-shot lead after the Evian Championship third round on Saturday. Click here to read the full article…

  • Euro captain eager to face Tiger in Ryder Cup

    Tiger Woods’ return to the U.S. team after a six-year absence will make the Ryder Cup showdown even better, according to European captain Thomas Bjorn. Click here to read the full article…

  • AP Interview: Bjorn excited to see Tiger Woods in Ryder Cup

    EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Tiger Woods returning to the United States team after a six-year absence will make golf’s showdown even better, according to Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Thomas Bjorn. “He brings so much greatness to the game of golf,” Bjorn told Sports Betting News in an interview Saturday, two weeks before the action in…

  • Protecting the lead: Lehman co-leads The Ally Challenge

    Tom Lehman played in ten Buick Open’s dating back to his first in 1983 so he knows exactly what Warwick Hills offers – a lot of birdie opportunities. It led to a bunched leaderboard at the top that includes Lehman after he sank a 7-foot birdie on 18 to get in the clubhouse at 10-under…

  • The First Look: TOUR Championship

    FedExCup points leader Bryson DeChambeau headlines the 30-man field that will determine the season champion, as the FedExCup Playoffs once again wrap at Atlanta’s historic East Lake Golf Club. Justin Rose, Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson and defending champion Justin Thomas round out the five players who can lay claim to the $10 million end-of-season bonus…

  • Five things to know about East Lake Golf Club

    If you don’t get swept up in the history of East Lake Golf Club, perhaps the philanthropic side to its story will intrigue you. To be directly tied to a cause that has helped rejuvenate an entire neighborhood makes the East Lake Foundation a model program and East Lake Golf Club as special a stage…

  • Lexi Thompson’s trying year continues

    Judging by what happened at the Evian Championship, it appears she is still searching for answers. Click here to read the full article…