Doug Ghim and Luke Donald made some appeal along with Greyson Sigg, who has amateur form here and played well for a couple of rounds on his debut in the event, but I'll break from the USA-all-the-way theme to include RUSSELL KNOX, who looks like he's close to producing a really big performance. On which, let's shift back to something I do believe: that, despite my nihilistic refusal to play ball with Max Homa, these tournaments tend to stick to the course history form book really well. Impressive at the Presidents Cup in September, it's been an excellent couple of seasons for Lee, winner of back-to-back renewals of the Byron Nelson Championship. Lee was down the field on his first look at Kapalua but that's not uncommon, and neither is a big jolt of improvement for the look around. Marcus Helligkilde with a low bullet with the driver #DrivenByPassion | @bmwgolfsport pic.twitter.com/ZVjgWFtf2B. WED July 21, 2022 After tipping the Open winner at 28/1 last week, golf expert Ben Coley returns with selections for the Cazoo Classic. Woodland has made my staking plan for this event a few times and so far without quite delivering, but he's shown bags of promise and especially so at the South Course, where he's been among the top six scorers on three separate occasions. Last time out he finished 10th in the Honda Classic, improving his score each day, and I really like his 29th place at Pebble Beach before that. Ben Coley previews the Hero Indian Open, where last week's winner Thorbjorn Olesen is out for a quick-fire double at a very different course.Golf betting tips: . The Punter's In-Play Blog: Paul in pole position Golf Tips: Best bets for Honda Classic and Hero Indian Open The Honda Classic First-Round Leader Tips: Go with Gordon More Golf The Punter Golf Bets DP World Tour PGA Tour Golf Form Guide US Masters The Open US Open US PGA Championship Ryder Cup MoreRugby Featured Rugby "Feeling really comfortable, but you can never let your guard down, it's a big course. The fact that he's prone to going missing for a day can work both ways and I'm hoping it's to our benefit given that this suits his game so well, with a change in clubs far from enough to dissuade me. Tempting as it was to join in, he's short enough and I'll finish off with a player we know has what it takes to threaten at this level, HANK LEBIODA. MacIntyre's burst of form in Cyprus came after a lacklustre spell and his win in Italy followed a disappointing effort at Wentworth, so after a chastening weekend off I expect him to be on it on Thursday. Russell Knox at 80/1 (bet365 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,), 1pt e.w. Brandel Chamblee might've infamously gone overboard in declaring a specific shot the best of all time, but the way Johnson drove the ball all week, it was surely one of the best all-round exhibitions of that club. Still, he's a Californian with course form courtesy of third place on his debut in the event, and one who has gone on to win twice at top-class courses. "I only played eight holes for the practice round, so I felt like I knew the golf course really well and played it enough times. Subsequent top-10s by the coast in Mexico and Scotland confirmed what we saw both here and when he qualified for the Open Championship in the summer of 2019, that playing by the coast often brings out the best in the Stanford graduate. Each to their own but there might be four or five things in the entire world that interest me less than the Welshman's wrist position at the top. Looking forward to a good week. That he kept the wheels turning to take part in the QBE Shootout also helps, as it should ensure he's ready to go. 02/28/2023 - 11:00 am | View Link; Taxes on Gambling Winnings and Losses: 8 Tips to Remember The American gaming industry is booming. pic.twitter.com/a3KUUpLiyY. 2pts e.w. Nate Lashley at 100/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), 1pt e.w. Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, and Scottie Scheffler come into this one in unbelievable form, but will one of these three superstars win and claim the No.1 spot once more, or will someone further down the board get it done? He's getting better, too, and while Tony Finau is the man with all the silverware lately, Im has three runner-up finishes in the same short period. Homa of course brings all the recent winning form, including three of his last six starts in his home state of California, but Day's course credentials are impeccable and the timing of this event just looks perfect for him. Remember, it's less than a year since he finished 14th in the Masters having been fourth in the 2021 PGA Championship, while he's twice been runner-up on the PGA Tour including in Bermuda at a course which offers good form clues for this one. Given that his sole Korn Ferry Tour win came under low-scoring conditions in an event also won by former Puerto Rico champion Martin Trainer plus last year's runner-up, Max McGreevy, and that he was in the mix by the sea in Bermuda, there are also reasons to believe this course really should suit. He defied a slow start to finish 18th behind Cam Smith back home in the Australian PGA and was again in the mix early in the AmEx, so we've seen lots of encouragement from a young player who struck at Korn Ferry Tour level last May. He had to stay home to look after the dog all week. @DPWorldTour pic.twitter.com/8HFGZuSqKI. No wonder he also labelled it his favourite course in the world. It can't always transcend. Marcus Helligkilde at 40/1 (bet365 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), 1pt e.w. After not seeing his son play golf for over 4 years, @HarrisonEndy96 had his father on hand as he earned his TOUR card @KornFerryTour.This week, the two are together in Napa for Endycotts TOUR debut @FortinetChamp pic.twitter.com/9aquNlTbe4. Shop around and you should get a fraction more than 10/1 the pair. Erik van Rooyen is probably the class act, but he's still on the long road to recovery. Golf expert Ben Coley has six each-way selections for this week#x27;s PGA Tour event, headed by Matt Fitzpatrick. Michael Kim at 33/1 (Paddy Power, Betfair 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7), 1.5pts e.w. Hideki matsuyama at 33/1 (1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) golf betting previews & latest golf odds from. Recommended bets are advised to over-18s and we strongly encourage readers to wager only what they can afford to lose. Given that he turned 40 in December and went so well on his very next start, there's a lot I like about his profile and it's only one poor week in the desert that needs forgiving. Spot the dotted line from that, to Kapalua, to Sawgrass, to St Andrews, and to the other side. That wasn't the case at the AmEx, yet such has been Putnam's improvement of late that he was still comfortably able to make the cut officially his 14th in succession, which places him behind only Rahm and Xander Schauffele in the rolling list, one place ahead of Cantlay, and underlines just how well he's playing. Golf expert Ben Coley previews the Puerto Rico Open, where Dylan Wu looks primed to go close to landing a first PGA Tour title. That means a lot of shots played from the rough, where those with higher swing speeds and shorter irons are able to throw their approaches high into the air and hold what are small, firm targets. 1.5pts e.w. Pebble Beach is off the charts today. MON January 23, 2023 The Sentry Tournament of Champions kicks off 2023 in. Speculation is required as to the root cause, but we only need look at the Dunhill Links and the AmEx for hard evidence. Trevor Cone and Brandon Matthews are among the longest drivers around and therefore deserve a mention along with other sluggers like Augusto Nunez and Scott Harrington, while I did consider shorter duo Chris Stroud and Fabian Gomez, both of whom boast strong records here. Thomas might just have emerged from an approach play funk which meant for a quiet end to 2022, but he hasn't putted well since June and that fact alone means I can resist taking 12/1 about the man who started last year's tournament as the clear favourite. It's putting concerns that put me off two-time winner Justin Thomas, who played well into December and should be sharp enough for this return to a favourite haunt. In 2020, when Justin Thomas won for a second time, scoring was difficult. Open Championship golf tips: Your best bets at St Andrew's this week The Sporting Life's Ben Coley & Paddy Power trader Iain Mclaughlin take a swing at this week's Open Championship. This next month on the west coast could be make-or-break and he's built a platform for success. Amata Spring Country Club makes its DP World Tour hosting debut at a curious time, as it's a venue which could feasibly end up in some sort of wordy litigation document being used by LIV Golf against the DPWT in their ongoing legal battle. This talented young Dane endured a frustrating first year on the DP World Tour, one undermined by a mid-season injury, but he's barely put a foot wrong since the restart and arrives off back-to-back top-20s in similar company. I don't think so. Betting.Betfair Podcasts So many winners there had marked our cards here, Hadley included, and the likes of Ted Potter, Vaughn Taylor, Nick Taylor and Tom Hoge tie them together, as do several others including Putnam. Hopefully that experience is one he can learn from quickly as this big-hitter who pounds greens looks an ideal fit for Amata Spring, providing that is he can straighten up the driver. If you are concerned about your gambling, please call the National Gambling Helpline / GamCare on 0808 8020 133. Regardless, it's just not something to dwell upon, because one of the PGA Tour's very best drivers has not lost that ability overnight chances are he clicks back into gear. Golf betting tips: Puerto Rico Open 2pts e.w. 02 Mar - 05 Mar. Tony Finau is the biggest threat but priced accordingly and the one I wanted to be on was Max Homa, but with his price contracting all the time I've narrowly come down on the side of JASON DAY. Only in the final round of the Farmers has he really struggled this year and, crucially, his driving has improved a heck of a lot. Jason Day at 25/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), 1.5pts e.w. Many will consider an each-way double with Rory McIlroy something of a bet to nothing this week, but 20/1 about two golfers winning is never likely to appeal and I'll be taking both of them on. Poa annua greens raise a concern but he has often putted well at Pebble Beach, a course which matches up really nicely with a game that relies on finding fairways and dialling in approach shots indeed it's similar to that of the defending champion, Hoge. Single-figure prices reveal much about this field, as do odds of 16/1 about Maverick McNealy, so I'll make ANDREW PUTNAM the confident headline selection as he bids for redemption following a poor finish last year. But for McIlroy he might've captured the FedEx Cup having been second to Finau and Tom Kim before that, and after two decent performances to begin the new season following on from an exhausting Presidents Cup, he improved as the week went on during his debut in the Hero Challenge last month. Hopefully be something before then." USPGA Tour, Stroke Play. Fresh off another winner with Thobjorn Olesen last week at 20-1, Tom and Brad are back to break down the Hero Indian Open and the Honda Classic. I feel like I can visualise the balls going in really well and the putter's been working pretty good.". As for the AmEx, Hudson Swafford has won it twice, Andrew Landry almost has, and David Lingmerth has twice been second. This is our best chance of an upset in February and I'll happily throw some darts in that direction. For me that tips them over the point of being "unknowns" ha. He's got a good record in the UK and Ireland and in links golf in general. He comes into this on the back of a low-key effort in the AmEx, but he's a similar price in a markedly weaker field as a result and I do think this tougher test will suit a player who almost won the Phoenix Open (no shootout despite appearances) and went so well at Muirfield Village and in the Valspar Championship. The last four winners of this have been the best tee-to-green players that week, so there is loads to like about him. Further support and information can be found at begambleaware.org and gamblingtherapy.org. Hadley's course form is really strong, three top-10 finishes including a career-best performance in the 2019 US Open, and he spoke there of having played Pebble Beach more than 50 times. Morikawa is highly motivated, course-proven, and obvious shortlist material as he seeks his first win in more than a year. Jordan Spieth at 33/1 (Sky Bet 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6), 1pt e.w. Our master tipster Ben Coley gives us an insight into how he picks his golfing bets whilst playing a few shots on a golf simulator. Putnam said he felt a little rusty in Hawaii so the eight rounds he managed across that and at the AmEx should have him fully tuned up for a return to what could be more favourable conditions, these poa annua greens certainly familiar to a player hailing from Washington. Blue bird day here on the Monterey Peninsula. He was 48th at Pebble Beach having been in the mix over the first 36 holes, before that opened with a 66 at Torrey Pines, and was 18th when shooting a third-round 62 to contend in the AmEx, so there are plenty of more recent pointers towards his chance, too. Tied at the top. The potential for Lashley to do something like that had been there for a long time and while he's yet to back it up, Pebble Beach looks a good place to do so based not just on his US Open effort but on fifth place in 2021 and 28th in 2022. CLICK HERE FOR OUR WORLD DARTS FINAL TIPS, Sungjae Im can enhance a fine course record at Kapalua. Thats definitely one for the photo frame "My dads an emotional wreck back at home, said Bradbury. That saw him lie second entering the final round only to incur an unfortunate penalty on the very first hole, from which he did well to recover.