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Back to back shellack PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL Two matches in, and the TGL is starting to look like the have and the have nots. Los Angeles Golf Club took down the Jupiter Links Golf Club easily Tuesday night. Once again, ball striking and especially short game acumen defined the defeat. It was great to see Tiger Woods for the first time since the PNC Parent Child. Woods walked the arena with little trouble and looked solid when using his full swing. Tiger's touch is still rusty, but he was far...

We start on Wednesday Week four of the PGA TOUR season takes us to another familiar place, Torrey Pines and the Farmers Insurance Open. One of the finest 36-hole facilities in the country, don't be distracted by her beauty. Set upon the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the South Course is the longest layout on TOUR. Built to be brutally difficult, the best ball strikers in our field of 156 players have a decided advantage. The purse is up just slightly to $9.3 million and the winner's...

2024 American Express winner - Amateur(!) Nick Dunlap Something new: TWO & Done! Two weeks, two serious Sunday sweats. When we posted the Monday odds for the Sony Open, your two playoff participants, Nick Taylor and Nico Echavarria were +11000 and +8000 respectively on the starting outright board. If that level of volatility gives you anxiety, then you might want to watch the NFL this weekend. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The American Express or as Jon Rahm likes to call it, "Piece of...

1+ million watched! Walking into the SoFi Center last week, I was blown away. I grew up scrubbing hooks at a small club in New Jersey. Little did I know back then what golf would become today. Approximately 2,000 fans filled the simulator stadium for the inaugural TGL match. The Bay GC gave us a clean 2-0 card as they easily handled the New York GC. Watching live, I have several observations I'll share in the betting breakdown for Match 2. From inside the arena there is no doubt this is a...

2024 Sony Open winner - the late Greyson Murray Hawaii take two Collin shot 32 under par last week and we lost by three, sigh. The PGA TOUR started coming to Waialae Country Club back in 1965. The Seth Raynor design (1927) has not changed much and as a result the Sony Open is the second most predictive tournament on the PGA TOUR schedule. Those who play well at Waialae tend to contend. We have our first full field event of the 2025 FedEx Cup campaign as 144 players try to navigate the 36-hole...

Let the games begin! PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL This is all very cool. There's no doubt TGL has a bunch of questions to answer, but the concept is different, and we all know professional golf can use a positive media boost. I'll be inside the SoFi Center tonight to witness Match 1. What do I expect? I envision being blown away by the SoFi Center technology. I think the pace of play will be a lot faster than people think and I firmly believe this will be a wonderful opportunity for wagering to...

Happy New Year 🥂 The Sentry will always have a soft spot in my Read The Line heart. The official RTL newsletter went live in January of 2022. In that first narrative, we picked Cam Smith, Sam Burns, and Marc Leishman to win the tournament of champions. There was an unbelievable Sunday (night) sweat on the east coast between Smith and Jon Rahm. Ultimately, Cam took down Rahmbo with a winning score of 34 under par! With that brand new betting editorial our company's story was born. As we start...

Teamwork makes the dream work The 2025 PGA TOUR season starts three weeks from tomorrow! Remove a couple of holidays, weekends, and we are literally 11-12 days away from the trade-winds of Kapalua. While you wait, I present the Grant Thornton Invitational. Formally the QBE Shootout cash grab that started back in 1989, the event has transitioned into a mixed PGA TOUR and LPGA cash grab starting in 2023. I realize this isn't the Masters and I will get to the goods in a second, but the Grant...

Still "the needle?" Is Tiger Woods losing his touch? The gifted GOAT of modern golf had the unique ability to wave his wand (or wedge) and make magic happen. Lately, the 15-time major champion is struggling to just make life's weekend cut. A couple months ago when the field was announced for the Hero World Challenge, I wondered why some of the world's best have chosen to skip the December date. I realize the OWGR adjusts every year and that creates some changes, but the actual field continues...