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Not bad for a first timer. Placed between the last two majors of the season, the Rocket Mortgage Classic has attracted a strong field for its maiden event as the PGA Tour returns to Michigan for the first time in 10 years. The field will convene this week at the Detroit Golf Club with Gary Woodland playing for the first time as a major champion. Fresh off his four-shot win last week, Chez Reavie looks to go back-to-back. World No. 2 Dustin Johnson is the betting favorite with a number of interes... 

It’s been a decade since the PGA Tour last stopped in Michigan. That drought ends this week with the inaugural Rocket Mortgage Classic taking place at the Detroit Golf Club. The past two winners on Tour are in attendance and both are at the top of the odds board at online sportsbooks. Gary Woodland plays his first event as a major champion and Chez Reavie is coming off his four-shot win at the Travelers Championship. We keep seeing Dustin Johnson as a favorite in events he plays, and there he is... 

Fresh off his near miss for a three-peat at the U.S. Open, Brooks Koepka heads a strong field and is one of a number of players making the trek across the country for this week’s PGA Tour Travelers Championship, taking place at TPC River Highlands just outside of Hartford, Connecticut. Bubba Watson returns as defending champion and has two of his three titles at this event in the last four years. Not many have tamed the layout in suburban Cromwell, but Watson certainly has. There are a number of... 

The third major of the season is in the books and the PGA Tour heads to the other coast this week for the annual playing of the Travelers Championship. Despite the cross country travel after a stressful U.S. Open, the event has attracted a strong field. Defending champ Bubba Watson looks to become the second four-time winner of this event and he finds himself nestled down the odds board at +2800. One week after falling short in his quest for a third straight U.S. Open title, Brooks Koepka makes ... 

Assemble the greatest golfers on the planet on a majestic plot of land overlooking the Pacific Ocean while competing for a major championship, and the betting opportunities start to flow. The PGA Tour gathers at Pebble Beach Golf Links this week for the 119th playing of the U.S. Open. And what’s a major without Tiger Woods. The Big Cats is ready after missing the cut at the PGA Championship. That followed his green jacket ceremony at The Masters, so which player will we see this week? We also ha... 

The PGA Tour’s third major of the season gets underway Thursday with the 119th playing of the U.S. Open at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Links along the California Coast. The top players in the world will assemble to try and dethrone two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka, who looks to become just the second player to three-peat at the U.S. Open while searching for his fifth title in the last 10 major championship tournaments. Dustin Johnson came off as the betting favorite and there are a num... 

There is plenty on the line when the PGA Tour’s third major of the season takes over the California Coast this week for the 119th playing of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links. There is the major championship, for one, along with a hefty payday for the winner. And the field is stacked with 156 of the top players in the world set to peg it up. Two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka goes for his fifth win in the last seven majors, and he’s not even the betting favorite. That distinction belongs to 2016 winner Dustin Johnson, who’s currently at +704 at BookMaker.eu. Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods round out the top four favorites. ... 

A number of the world’s top golfers will compete in this week’s RBC Canadian Open as a final tune-up before the PGA Tour’s third major. Not only does that make for quality golf, it also presents bettors with a number of delectable matchups. We also get a full field this week after a couple of invitation-only events, increasing the field and betting options. After four years at Glen Abbey, the Canadian Open returns to Hamilton Golf and Country Club for the first time since 2012. Scott Piercey won... 

The PGA Tour gets one last tune up before the third major of the season, and it takes place north of the border at the RBC Canadian Open. This event hasn’t been played in the month of June since 1989 and the new spot on the calendar has attracted plenty of big names ahead of the U.S. Open. After a few invitational events, the Tour returns to a full field and will be played at a new course for the first time in four years. The tournament moves from Glen Abbey to the Hamilton Golf and Country Club... 

This week’s stop on the PGA Tour got a little more exciting with the announcement that Tiger Woods is going to compete in the Memorial Tournament. Woods didn’t play after winning The Masters and the layoff may have had something to do with his missed cut a month later at the PGA Championship. Woods climbed into the top-5 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in five years and is one of seven top-10 golfers that will peg it up at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Take a look at the matchups and odds for the event that begins on Thursday. ... 

It’s always good for the PGA Tour when Tiger Woods is involved, and the Big Cat is back on the prowl ready to peg it up this week at the Memorial Tournament. Woods hasn’t taken a competitive shot since missing the cut at the PGA Championship, yet he moved up the ranking to his highest spot in five years. Woods leapfrogged Justin Thomas to take over No. 5 on the OWGR and is one of seven golfers ranked among the top-10 scheduled to compete. No. 4 Rory McIlroy opened as the betting favorite at Book... 

With the buzz of the season’s second major behind them, PGA Tour members return to action in a more subdued environment this week at the invitation-only Charles Schwab Challenge, taking place at the famed Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Even with the absence of major winners Tiger Woods and Brooks Koepka, the field is strong and presents a number of quality matchups. Defending champion Justin Rose is at the top of the odds board at BookMaker.eu and is featured in a number of head-to-... 

After watching Brooks Koepka successfully defend his title at the PGA Championship last week, the Tour takes a break from all the hoopla of a major tournament. That doesn’t mean the stakes aren’t as high for the 122 players scheduled to peg it up at the invitation-only Charles Schwab Challenge, which gets underway Thursday from Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Justin Rose returns to defend his title and is the betting favorite along with Jon Rahm, in a strong field of players with a n... 

The PGA Championship moves up a few months on the calendar and the former fourth major of the season is now the second. The field will test it’s skill on one of the most challenging public courses in the country at the 101st playing of the event taking place at Bethpage State Park Black Course in Farmingdale, New York.... 

Just how popular is Tiger Woods? Well, take a look at the prop bets for golf’s second major and you’ll get a good idea. The Big Cat is all over the place. But there are 150 other golfers ready to stamp their name on the daunting Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York. After decades as the fourth major, the PGA Championship got bumped up the calendar a few months for this year’s playing and there is no shortage of contenders with 99 of the top 100 ranked players ready to peg it up.... 

The PGA Championship shows off its new timeslot as the season’s second major, getting underway May 16 at Bethpage State Park Black Course in Farmingdale, New York. And for the first time at a major, every player in the OWGR top 100 will tee off. That makes for a loaded field and a bunched top of the odds board at BookMaker.eu. Tiger Woods hasn’t taken a competitive swing since slipping on the green jacket at Augusta last month, yet he’s the co-second favorite along with defending champion Brooks... 

Thanks to his win last month at The Masters, Tiger mania is back. And so are the betting options at BookMaker on Tiger Woods winning the Grand Slam. The Big Cat won his first major championship in 11 years in dramatic fashion at Augusta, rekindling talk of him not only catching Jack Nicklaus for the most major titles in history, but also becoming the first Masters era player to win the Grand Slam.... 

The season’s second major is set to tee off May 16-19 and that means we’ll see the first of Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship since his win at the Masters last month. Woods hasn’t played since then so he should be well rested. But how much rust has accumulated on that aging body? Not much according to oddsmakers, who listed Woods as the second favorite along with Dustin Johnson at BookMaker.eu.... 

A number of PGA Tour stars will sit this one out with the second major of the season on tap next week. A lightened field opens things up for those electing to play in the ATT Byron Nelson, which takes place May 9-12 at the Trinity Forest Golf Club just outside of Dallas. Brooks Koepka will defend his title at the PGA Championship, but that didn’t prevent him from joining the fray this week. Koepka opened as the betting favorite and is included in several intriguing matchups. Odds for those head-... 

With the second major of the season looming, the PGA Tour has some business to take care of. And it’s in Dallas for the ATT Byron Nelson, contested at the Trinity Forest Golf Club. Many golfers try to get their work in a few weeks prior to a major, skipping the week before. And that’s the case this week with a number of high-profile players absent leaving a relatively weak field. The biggest name set to peg it up is Brooks Koepka, who’ll take swings prepping for his PGA Championship title defens... 

The PGA Tour is back to its usual stroke play event at this week’s Wells Fargo Championship at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte. With this tournament serving as a tune-up for the PGA Championship in two weeks the presence of Tiger Woods was expected after he toppled the field to win the Masters. Tiger and Justin Thomas won’t be teeing it up this week, leaving the door wide open for past winners Rory McIlroy, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler and Lucas Glover. We also have a number of intriguing matchup... 

It’s back to individual stroke play this week when the PGA Tour heads to Charlotte for the Wells Fargo Championship. And hopefully that includes better weather after rain delayed last week’s Zurich Classic. Many expected to see Tiger Woods in the field at Quail Hollow since it is a few weeks after his Masters victory, and players typically don’t like to take more than two or three weeks off at any one time. There is no Tiger, but the field isn’t lacking with two-time WFC champ Rory McIlroy the b... 

The only team format PGA Tour event takes place this week with 80 teams of two players hitting the TPC Louisiana track for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Teams will play a best ball format on Thursday and Saturday with alternate shot used on Friday and Sunday. Less than half the field will advance to the weekend, and the team format adds a layer of intrigue to the betting on this event. The Aussie duo of Jason Day and Adam Scott came off as the betting favorites at +650. However, there are s... 

Another twist on the PGA Tour has the fellas playing in a team format at this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The field is divided into 80 teams of two with a best ball format used in rounds one and three and alternate shot format for rounds two and four. The top 35 teams and ties will advance to the weekend, making this tournament one of the most difficult cuts to make all season. The event has been around since 1938, but this will be just the third playing in a team format. The duo of Ja... 

The week after the first Major can’t be the best time, but the show goes on and the PGA Tour heads to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina for the RBC Heritage, which did a marvelous job of attracting a strong field for the 51st playing. Dustin Johnson and Xander Schauffele, runners-up at The Masters last week, are scheduled to peg it up as favorites to win this event. They are also two of the eight golfers ranked among the top 20 at OWGR. Below are matchup odds for the event taking place at Harbour Town Golf Links starting Thursday. ...