PGA Tour Picks: Greenbrier Classic Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 7/4/2017

You can add one name to the field at the British Open in two weeks at Royal Birkdale: Kyle Stanley will compete for the Claret Jug after beating Charlies Howell III on the first extra hole of a playoff Sunday in the Quicken Loans National at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Stanley will return to the Open for the first time since missing the Muirfield in 2013. Howell's runner-up qualified him for the first time since 2012.

PGA Tour Picks: Quicken Loans National Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/27/2017

I don't get too excited about non-major PGA Tour events, but it was pretty cool watching Sunday's playoff between Jordan Spieth and Daniel Berger as the two are good buddies. Spieth got his second win of the year by holing out from a greenside bunker on the first extra hole of the Travelers Championship playoff at TPC River Highlands outside Hartford. Spieth's celebration after was awesome. I've already heard some stodgy old golfers complain about it, but I thought it was great and golf needs more emotion. Plus, Berger got a good laugh from it all, so if he wasn't offended then no one else should be. Berger was officially eliminated from the playoff when he missed a 50-foot putt to match Spieth's birdie3.

Golf Betting Props with Expert Predictions on Sponsors Dropping Tiger Woods
by Raphael Esparza - 6/27/2017

Has Tiger Woods hit rock bottom? Will Tiger Woods ever win another golf tournament? Will Tiger Woods ever be healthy again? These are the questions I want answered. However, offshore sportsbooks have other ideas. Since turning professional over 20 years ago, Woods has become a global icon and one of the most recognizable athletes in the world. But when you are on top of the mountain, the only thing that is going back down, and right now Woods is spiraling.

PGA Tour Picks: Travelers Championship Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/20/2017

The 117th U.S. Open looked great on television at the links-style Erin Hills course in the middle-of-nowhere Wisconsin this past weekend, but I don't think the USGA is going to allow its crown jewel tournament to go back there unless it can be toughened up. I don't know about you, but I like watching guys brought to their knees by the toughest possible conditions in the U.S. Open, and that's essentially what the USGA wants. Alas, a lack of wind at Erin Hills made the course quite tame - the fairways are frankly too wide -- and American Brooks Koepka won his first-ever major championship by finishing at 16-under. The under-par mark tied a U.S. open record set by Rory McIlroy six years ago at Congressional.

PGA Tour Picks: US Open Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/13/2017

I learned two things about Daniel Berger this past weekend: He's clearly a "Horse for the Course" at TPC Southwind in Memphis after repeating at the St. Jude Classic, and he's not going to win this week's U.S. Open because no player has won that tournament after winning an event the previous week.

PGA Tour Picks: St. Jude Classic Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 6/6/2017

It's not too often you will find a golfer win a PGA Tour event when he shoots 77 in one of his four rounds, but that was the case on Sunday as Jason Dufner took Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament for his fifth career PGA Tour victory. He also joined Nicklaus as the only Ohio natives (Dufner was born in Cleveland) to win the event in Dublin, outside of Columbus.

PGA Tour Picks: The Memorial Tournament Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 5/30/2017

The two-week Texas Swing wrapped up Sunday at the Dean & DeLuca Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, and I hit on my fourth winner of the season in Kevin Kisner. He was priced at +2500 at Bovada to win entering the tournament. My reasoning for picking him was: "He's a good shot-maker and this is a shot-makers' course. Prior to the T10 last year he was T5 in 2015 and is averaging 67.75 in his past eight rounds at Colonial." This time, Kisner was first in the field in fairways hit (40 of 56) and second in greens hit in regulation (53 of 72).

PGA Tour Picks: Dean & DeLuca Invitational odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 5/23/2017

I truly expected former Florida Gator Billy Horschel to become a Top-10 player on the PGA Tour when he won the 2014 Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. Alas, Horschel really hasn't been that player again. Perhaps he found whatever was missing on Sunday at the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson from the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas in Irving, Texas -- the final staging of that event at the course.

PGA Tour Picks: AT&T Byron Nelson Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 5/16/2017

I'm thankful every day for living in a free country like the United States. Why do I mention this in a golf story? At age 21, Si Woo Kim of South Korea became the youngest winner of the Players Championship on Sunday with a closing 3-under 69 and three-shot victory. Kim got $1.89 million for his second career PGA Tour win, a five-year Tour exemption and three-year exemption to the Masters Tournament.

PGA Tour Picks: The Players Championship Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 5/9/2017

Frankly, the two most interesting things to happen in golf this past weekend didn't involve Brian Harman winning the Wells Fargo Championship with a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to deny world No. 1 Dustin Johnson the chance at his fourth straight victory.

PGA Tour Picks: Wells Fargo Championship Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 5/2/2017

I think the Zurich Classic of New Orleans was a pretty big success with its new two-man team format, and I'm quite certain that the tournament will stick with that going forward. It really did seem like the players were more engaged while also having fun playing with a friend or countryman. Many players said they chose friends on the Tour rather than research whose game best complemented their own. Here's hoping the Tour allows more creativity with format changes at other events.

PGA Tour Picks: Zurich Classic of New Orleans Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 4/25/2017

We had another first-time winner on the PGA Tour this season Sunday at the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio as Kevin Chappell brought a one-shot lead into the final round and held on for once. He made an eight-foot birdie putt at the 72nd hole to beat Brooks Koepka by a shot. Chappell had a pretty memorable post-victory celebration - I recommend checking it out.

PGA Tour Picks: Valero Texas Open Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 4/18/2017

I didn't know a heck of a lot about PGA Tour pro Wesley Bryan before he won the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town in Hilton Head, S.C., on Sunday, but he has just become one of my most-liked golfers. Why? To celebrate his first PGA Tour win, two-year Tour exemption, $1.7 million winner's check and spot in next year's Masters, Bryan, proudly wearing his plaid jacket that also went to the tournament winner, took a selfie of himself and his wife celebrating at Taco Bell afterward. That's awesome.

PGA Tour Picks: RBC Heritage Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 4/11/2017

It figures! I have been picking Sergio Garcia to win one major each year since I started doing golf previews here at Doc's. The Spaniard probably was the best player still without one, and it had to come sooner or later. Sadly, I didn't really touch on El Nino at the Masters, but he won the green jacket by beating Justin Rose on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday in what was some compelling golf to watch - although the TV ratings were way down. I guess Americans didn't care as much to see a guy from Spain and one from England duel on the back-nine.

PGA Tour Picks: Houston Open Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/28/2017

How good is Dustin Johnson's life right now? He's married to the gorgeous Paulina Gretzky and gets to hang around father-in-law and the greatest hockey player ever in Wayne Gretzky whenever he wants. Oh, and DJ's playing some pretty decent golf these days. Johnson solidified himself as the Masters favorite by winning the World Golf Championships-Match Play in Austin on Sunday for his third straight tournament win - no one had done that on Tour since Rory McIlroy in 2014.

PGA Tour Picks: World Golf Championships-Match Play Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/21/2017

I honestly didn't much consider another Aussie at Arnie's tournament, but Marc Leishman, a guy I do usually pick to win an event or two each year because the talent is there, got his second career Tour win. He entered the final round three shots out of the lead but seized it with an epic 51-foot eagle putt on the par-5 16th on Sunday. Leishman, one of the Tour's top-rated putters, then got up-and-down on the final two holes to finish at 11-under 277 and win by a shot over Americans Charley Hoffman and Kevin Kisner - they both shot final-round 73s as the third-round co-leaders. Kisner and Hoffman started the final round at 11 under par.

PGA Tour Picks: Arnold Palmer Invitational Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/14/2017

Quick, name me the best Canadian golfer in PGA Tour history. Yeah, all I could think of was former Masters champion Mike Weir. He has really struggled in recent years, though. Canada currently has just six full-time PGA Tour players, but the country finally added another victory last week at the Valspar Championship in the Tampa Bay area.

PGA Tour Picks: Valspar Championship Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 3/7/2017

I'm taking credit for another victory last week at the inaugural World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship. My singular value pick was Gary Woodland because he can hit it a mile and that tournament in Mexico City was played at the highest altitude ever for a PGA Tour event. Woodland was +3300 but finished T38. I also mentioned that I liked the prop of Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth at +300 vs. the field (-450).

PGA Tour Picks: WGC-Mexico Championship Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 2/28/2017

Yep, I outsmarted myself last week. I was leaning toward Rickie Fowler as my choice to win the first stop of the Florida Swing, the Honda Classic, but I was too tempted by Swede Russell Knox's history at PGA National and his nice price of +3000. Yet there was Fowler teeing off on Sunday in Palm Beach with a four-shot lead. He was far from sharp in his final-round 71, but he won by the margin he started the day with (although the lead was down to one shot briefly).

PGA Tour Picks: Honda Classic Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Alan Matthews - 2/21/2017

I'm giving myself credit for a half-win last week at the Genesis Open at historic Riviera outside Los Angeles. When I wrote that preview last Tuesday here at Doc's, there hadn't yet been a Bovada prop posted that paired both Adam Scott and Dustin Johnson against the field. I said I thought one of the two would win, but that I'd go with Scott at that point simply because he was better value at a longer price. That said, Bovada did post one of those props by Wednesday.