He was among eight players to hold the lead during Saturday’s round at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Las Vegas’ Collin Morikawa is two strokes back of the lead.
Golf
Wagering on the 2020 PGA Championship — the first major in this unprecedented year — is expected to rival the Masters at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Bettors are leery of backing Tiger Woods, who has competed in one tournament since the PGA Tour resumed play June 11, placing 40th (+6) at the Memorial.
Course knowledge at TPC Harding Park could be an important factor this week, and the edge might go to Collin Morikawa, who played there several times while at Cal.
MGM Resorts International’s sports betting brand has become the official betting operator of the PGA Tour, one of the most popular offerings on its platform.
Even without NFL preseason games, the month still shapes up as the biggest August ever with the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball back on the betting board.
Jon Rahm, coming off a win at the Memorial Tournament, leads a quartet of 12-1 favorites at the Westgate alongside Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.
Morgan Goldstein’s latest pinnacle came this month when she ran away with the Nevada State Amateur Championship at Reflection Bay Golf Club.
Dustin Johnson is the 10-1 favorite at the Westgate sportsbook, followed by Tony Finau (14-1), Brooks Koepka (16-1) and Tommy Fleetwood (16-1).
Morgan Goldstein shot a final-round 67 to finish at 11-under 133, good for an eight-shot win in the Nevada State Women’s Amateur Championship at Reflection Bay Golf Club.
Jack Nicklaus and his wife, Barbara, did not have serious symptoms and have since recovered, he said.
A second PGA Tour event in Las Vegas this fall remains a possibility, but it’s nothing Commissioner Jay Monahan is ready to confirm.
A second PGA Tour event in Las Vegas in October is being floated as a possibility as officials scramble to replace the likely loss of three fall events in Asia later this year.
Golf handicapper Wes Reynolds (@WesReynolds1) and Westgate golf oddsmaker Jeff Sherman (@golfodds) shared their selections for this week’s PGA Tour stop at Muirfield Village.
Tiger Woods last played on the tour in February at the Genesis Invitational, where he finished with a 77 in the final round and placed last among those who made the cut.
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