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Each week, you can be sure that our team of golf betting experts will provide you with up-to-date grids of the latest golf lines before the next tour events or majors begin.

Better still, if you want to find the best value golf odds on a golfer, we will display them in bold within all our grids. We will even show you the golf lines that are shortening and drifting to keep an eye on golfers whose prices are coming in or going out. This makes it easier for you to maximise your potential returns and take advantage of the odds on golfers you perceive to be undervalued by a sportsbook’s traders.

As well as showcasing the best-priced golf odds for the latest events, we also provide an unrivalled selection of golf betting markets for you to choose from. Whether you can spot on out-of-form golfer that’s unlikely to make the cut or you know a golfer’s style will suit a particular event’s course and put them in contention for an each-way finish, there is always a golf betting market for you.

The markets that attract the most interest for golf bets each week are the following:

  • Outright winner

Arguably the most popular markets for golf odds, outright markets allow you to bet on a golfer to win a particular tournament. It’s one of the simplest ways to start golf betting – if the golfer you select wins, your bet wins. If they don’t win, your bet loses.

  • 3-ball betting

In some PGA and European Tour events, players will be scheduled to head out on the course together in groups of three. Many sportsbooks will offer 3-ball betting markets that allow you to wager on the best performing golfer from each group, based on stroke play rather than match play.

  • Group betting

Similar to 3-ball betting, many US sportsbooks will also offer group betting markets, that combine clusters of leading golfers. You will be required to pick the top performing player from the group during the entire event based on stroke play. This is particularly popular in Majors such as the PGA Championship and US Masters. These groups tend not to be same as the groups scheduled to play together hole-by-hole. Group golf betting markets are useful to limit the variance of your golf picks week-to-week.

  • Top 5 finish

A particularly popular golf bet on golfers that are in good form, whilst giving you a little leeway if they don’t play well enough to win a competition outright. You can bet on a golfer to finish in the top five of the event’s leaderboard.

  • Top 10 finish

If you think you can pick an unfancied golfer to come through the ranks and secure a top ten finish on an event’s leaderboard, the top 10 finish market could offer plenty of value for your golf betting.

  • Prop bets

For those looking to add more enjoyment and variety to their golf betting, prop bets are a great way to spice things up for the biggest golf majors. Prob bets allow you to wager on speculative outcomes such as whether a golfer will hit a hole-in-one, the leader of the event after the first round, whether the event will require a deciding playoff or even the age of the event winner.

  • Futures

Although you might not have a crystal ball to predict the future, you can place golf futures bets on potential outcomes. The most popular golf futures markets tend to be prospective winners of future majors or the winner of the next Ryder Cup. It’s also possible to place wagers on the number of majors a golfer will win in their career. These long-term bets naturally don’t tend to pay out quickly, but they have potential to turn small bets into big payouts.

  • Live golf odds

A growing number of US sportsbooks now offer live golf betting markets, giving you the chance to bet in-play. This gives you a chance to bet with your eyes and place wagers on golfers looking in good form or those that are out-of-sorts and at risk of missing the cut.

Yes, you can bet in-play during any round of a PGA or European Tour event. At OddsChecker, we cover the best live golf odds available from reputable US sportsbooks as well as their pre-tournament odds. Using our golf odds grids above, you can find a whole host of sportsbooks that offer in-play golf betting. You can click through to your chosen sportsbook and be taken directly to their live golf odds, ready to place your bet.

Golf futures are particularly popular among golf bettors at the start of the golf season. It’s a chance to place value futures bets on golfers to win majors or even the FedEx Cup or Race to Dubai outright. At the start of the season, with no form to base the latest golf odds on, sportsbooks will give you better value odds on players to win future tour events. Let’s say for example that Tiger Woods is priced at +2000 to win The Open Championship next season. If you think Tiger will have a better season, you decide to place $10 on him to win The Open at +2000.

If Woods does go on to win the event, you will pocket $200 in winnings and your $10 stake will be returned to you. If he fails to win the event outright, you will lose your initial $10 stake. Think of futures bets as a way to speculate on possible outcomes during the golf season in the months ahead.

There are five golf events throughout the annual calendar that stand out from the crowd as the most popular for golf betting odds:

  • The Masters Tournament – typically scheduled at the Augusta National Golf Club
  • The U.S. Open – usually hosted in June with its location changing year-on-year across the U.S.
  • The Open Championship – normally staged in July at one of ten iconic links courses across the UK
  • The PGA Championship – typically scheduled in May with its location changing year-on-year across the U.S.
  • The Ryder Cup – a biennial competition between the U.S. and Europe staged in alternating European or U.S. golf courses

The PGA Tour also has several other popular competitions on the U.S. circuit that generate plenty of interest among golf bettors, including:

  • The Players Championship – offering the highest prize fund of any world golf tournament, it typically features the top 50 players in the world rankings
  • The Memorial Tournament – staged on the Jack Nicklaus-designed Muirfield Village golf course
  • The World Golf Championships – attracting the world’s best golfers, as well as those without a PGA Tour membership

The 2020 US Masters is just weeks away and already there is considerable interest in the futures markets on the event’s outright winner. Rory McIlroy is out in front as the number-one favorite to claim this year’s green jacket and the first of his career.\nMcIlroy is followed closely by the new world number one Jon Rahm, who moved to the summit of the world rankings after winning the Memorial Tournament in July. In-form big-hitter Bryson Dechambeau is also rated highly by the US sportsbooks as third favorite. Meanwhile Tiger Woods, who has a love affair with Augusta dating back to his first win in 1997, is also joint fourth favorite with the likes of Brooks Koepka and Justin Thomas to bag his sixth Masters title.

OddsChecker is the number-one portal that not only showcases the best golf odds, but the most reputable US sportsbooks too. Through our platform, you can start golf betting with any of the following operators:

  • FanDuel Sportsbook

This sportsbook used to be exclusively dedicated to daily fantasy sports (DFS), but FanDuel has since evolved to expand into major sports including golf, benefitting from a fanatical customer base.

  • BetMGM

The MGM brand is synonymous with the betting industry, particularly on the Las Vegas Strip. Famed for its vast land-based sportsbooks, BetMGM is the online alternative, providing coverage of all the latest golf events and majors.

  • Bet America

Owned and operated by Kentucky’s Churchill Downs racetrack, Bet America not only covers horse and greyhound racing but other major sports, including golf, in authorized states.

  • PointsBet

PointsBet is a unique place to bet on golf as it utilizes a unique non-fixed odds platform, with potential winnings and losses rising fluidly as the in-play action unfolds on the course.

  • DraftKings Sportsbook

The pioneers of DFS, Draft Kings has since launched its own dedicated sportsbook, offering highly competitive golf odds on the latest PGA Tour events and all four majors.

  • SugarHouse

The online platform of the land-based SugarHouse casino in Delaware, SugarHouse is powered by the industry leading Kambi software, providing the ideal platform for golf betting odds on desktop and mobile devices.

  • FOX Bet

Licensed in New Jersey, FOX Bet is the inaugural online sportsbook of FOX Sports, with a distinct nod towards leading US sporting events, including golf events on the PGA Tour.

  • 888sport

888sport is one of the oldest established licensed online sportsbooks in the US, with golf betting offered on desktop and mobile to fans in Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey.

  • bet365

A pioneer of online sports betting, bet365 is one of the best for competitive live golf odds. It specializes in detailed in-play data, allowing bettors to make more informed betting decisions.

  • Unibet

Having cemented its name as a reputable European sportsbook since 1997, Unibet made the foray into the US sports betting industry in September 2019. NJ-based golf fans can take advantage of a fluid live golf betting experience on desktop or mobile.

  • Resorts Casino

The online sportsbook of the iconic NJ-based Resorts Casino Hotel, this platform is one of the most popular regulated sites in the US, with decades of pre-game and live sports odds expertise.

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