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Golf betting tips: Wyndham Championship 2025 preview
Ron Wood's tips: Bet 1: 1pt win Aaron Rai @ 25/1 with bet365 Bet 2: 1pt win Lucas Glover @ 35/1 with bet365 Bet 3: 1pt win Emiliano Grillo @ 70/1 with bet365 Why Aaron Rai can win the Wyndham Championship Well, we know Rai can win this tournament as he did so last year. His form this season isn't so good but he made the cut at all four majors, most recently finishing 34th at The Open, compared with 75th before his Wyndham Championship success in 2024. Englishman Rai isn't the biggest hitter but he's an accurate driver, his approach play is decent and his putting is fine. Why Lucas Glover can win the Wyndham Championship Glover is another previous winner of this tournament, having lifted the trophy in 2023. He missed the cut last year but has been in form lately, finishing in ties for ninth at the Travelers, fifth at the John Deere Classic and 23rd at The Open. The American's game is much the same as Rai's, being an accurate rather than a long driver, and at least reliable in all other areas. Why Emiliano Grillo can win the Wyndham Championship Grillo has made no impression in two previous starts in this tournament, but he is a two-time PGA Tour winner and was second in this month's John Deere Classic. The Argentinian can drive accurately, his approach play is decent and he's a fair putter, ticking enough boxes to be of interest at big odds. Wyndham Championship – bet365 outright odds (Each-way 1/4 odds, five places; alternative prices and place terms also available) Matt Fitzpatrick 18/1 Aaron Rai 22/1 Ben Griffin 22/1 Keegan Bradley 25/1 Hideki Matsuyama 30/1 Robert MacIntyre 30/1 Si Woo Kim 30/1 35/1 bar (odds correct at time of writing) Already used the bet365 sign-up offer? Check out the latest free bets and the UK's best betting sites Course overview Sedgefield Country Club has small and undulating greens. This course plays to driving accuracy over power and the weather might not be perfect this week. Still, the past three Wyndham Championship winners have shot 18 under par or better. Last year's Wyndham Championship Max Greyserman led by four shots with five holes to play, but made a mess of the run-in. Aaron Rai shot a final-round 64 to win for the first time on the PGA Tour, by two strokes from Greyserman. Highest-ranked players in the Wyndham Championship field 7. Keegan Bradley 12. Hideki Matsuyama 14. Robert MacIntyre 17. Ben Griffin 28. Sungjae Im 31. Andrew Novak 32. Ryan Fox 35. Aaron Rai 36. Max Greyserman 38. Akshay Bhatia Follow the horses? It's Glorious Goodwood next week - check out these free bets and betting offers Wyndham Championship – last 10 winners 2024 – Aaron Rai -18 2023 – Lucas Glover -20 2022 – Tom Kim -20 2021 – Kevin Kisner -15 2020 – Jim Herman -21 2019 – J. T. Poston -22 2018 – Brandt Snedeker -21 2017 – Henrik Stenson -22 2016 – Si Woo Kim -21 2015 – Davis Love III -17 Discover the best online casino sites and check out the best online casino bonuses from leading UK brands.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
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PGA Tour money leaders: Top 25 unchanged with the results of the John Deere Classic
With Ben Griffin the only top-10 player on the PGA Tour money list in the field for the John Deere Classic — and because he missed the cut — the order changed very little with final results at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Winner Brian Campbell, who had been in a slump since he won his first Tour event in February at the Mexico Open, moved from 71st to 37th with the $1,512,000 first-place check and joined the 41 players who have earned $3 million or more this season. That's a great example of how the PGA Tour purses have evolved so quickly. Until 1999, no Tour player had earned $3 million or more. Tiger Woods blew that out of the water that season with more than $6 million in earnings but that's a figure that has been eclipsed by 14 players this season — and there are still six FedEx Cup events left, three FedEx Cup playoffs and six tournaments in FedEx Cup Fall. No change through No. 25 in earnings Only two players inside the top 30 on the money list moved up. Lucas Glover, who shot 64 in the final round at TPC Deere Run to move into a tie for fifth, earned $278,250 and improved from 29th to 26th and passed $4 million in earnings. Jacob Bridgemen, who entered the week 36th, also shot 64 in the final round of the John Deere Classic to move to 30th in the money list with more than $3.4 million. The money list will be more volatile in the next two weeks with the game's top stars playing in the Scottish Open and the Open Championship. PGA Tour money leaders Through John Deere Classic 1. Scottie Scheffler $15,869,483 2. Rory McIlroy $14,916,410 3. J.J. Spaun $10,004,182 4. Sepp Straka $9,682,994 5. Justin Thomas $9,335,520 6. Russell Henley $9,323,406 7. Ben Griffin $8,134,502 8. Keegan Bradley $7,079,794 9. Collin Morikawa $6,996,393 10. Ludvig Åberg $6,337,032 11. Andrew Novak $6,309,769 12. Tommy Fleetwood $6,188,031 13. Shane Lowry $6,186,853 14. Maverick McNealy $6,093,909 15. Harris English $5,894,526 16. Hideki Matsuyama $5,452,136 17. Robert MacIntyre $5,244,606 18. Corey Conners $5,058,426 19. Nick Taylor $4,713,917 20. Sam Burns $4,410,873 21. Patrick Cantlay $4,405,606 22. Brian Harman $4,184,338 23. Justin Rose $4,182,018 24. Viktor Hovland $4,178,117 25. Sungjae Im $4,148,217 26. Lucas Glover $4,097,202 27. Tom Hoge $3,957,533 28. Daniel Berger $3,927,078 29. Ryan Fox $3,824,847 30. Jacob Bridgeman $3,445,182 This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: PGA Tour money leaders: Brian Campbell vaults 34 spots with John Deere win
Yahoo
08-07-2025
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Harris English's caddie is denied a UK visa over his past drug conviction
Lucas Glover tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) FILE - Harris English, right, celebrates a birdie on the 18th green with his caddie during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Cromwell, Conn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) FILE - Harris English, right, celebrates a birdie on the 18th green with his caddie during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Cromwell, Conn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) Lucas Glover tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) FILE - Harris English, right, celebrates a birdie on the 18th green with his caddie during the final round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Cromwell, Conn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) — Harris English is spending the next two weeks in the United Kingdom for the Scottish Open and British Open, two tournaments that could be critical in his bid to play in another Ryder Cup. His caddie, Eric Larson, is stuck at home without being able to obtain a new Electronic Travel Authority visa for travel to the U.K., a regulation that now applies to Americans. Advertisement Grounds for refusal include an applicant who has been convicted of a criminal offense in the U.K. or overseas for which they served 12 months or more in prison. Thirty years ago, Larson pleaded guilty to sending cocaine to friends in the Midwest. Though he wasn't a user or big-time dealer, he spent 10 years and three months in prison and was released from a halfway house in June 2006. Mark Calcavecchia hired him back and got him on his feet. Since then, Larson worked for three players at the Ryder Cup — Anthony Kim in 2008, Jeff Overton in 2010 and most recently English, with whom he has worked the last eight years. 'I guess the United Kingdom doesn't look highly on his past,' English said Tuesday at The Renaissance Club before his pro-am round. 'And apparently it's a work in progress.' Advertisement English, who is No. 19 in the world and 10th in the U.S. standings for the Ryder Cup, said he didn't become aware of Larson's plight until right after he tied for fourth at the Travelers Championship three weeks ago. English said he reached out to Warren Stephens, the ambassador to the U.K. who put him in touch with his chief of staff. 'They wrote a letter. The R&A wrote a letter. The PGA Tour wrote a letter. A charity event Eric works for in the States wrote a letter. It's not for a lack of effort,' English said. 'I think it could be sitting on someone's desk at the government somewhere.' Joe Etter is filling in — for now — as his caddie. Etter, who started out working for English more than a decade ago, currently works for Davis Thompson, who is not playing the Scottish Open. Advertisement Thompson, however, received the final spot in the field for the British Open next week at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland (part of the U.K.). 'Joe was my Plan B,' English said. 'Now we're going to have to get a new Plan B.' English is holding out hope that someone will pave the way for Larson to get the ETA visa he needs for U.K. entry. Larson has worked the last four years at the British Open for English and previously for Overton and Kim. 'It's just a matter of the right people seeing it,' he said. 'I didn't understand how complicated the process was. Someone could see this guy had something in his past 30 years ago, he's been fine the last 20. How long does this stay with him?' Advertisement End of a streak Hale Irwin is the only player to win a PGA Tour Champions event four consecutive years, a record that will remain intact because of scheduling. The Dick's Sporting Goods Open was held in August last year. The previous two years it had been held in late June. It moved this year to July 11-13, which ultimately put an end to Padraig Harrington's bid to win the same tournament four years in a row. The Irishman is sticking to his plan of three straight weeks in the U.K. He'll be at the Scottish Open this week, eligible through the European tour from its 'Legends Category.' Harrington then will go over to Royal Portrush for the British Open as a past champion, and then Royal Porthcawl in Wales for the Senior British Open. Advertisement Irwin actually won the Turtle Back Championship in Hawaii five times in a row — 2000 through 2003, and then in 2005. The tournament was not held in 2004. Glover's outlook Former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover, outspoken as ever, sounds to be a bit conflicted when it comes to any form of unification with the PGA Tour and the defectors to Saudi-funded LIV Golf. There is Glover the player who doesn't want to see them return. And there is Glover the PGA Tour member who wants to see the tour grow and realizes a small number of big names on LIV can help that cause. 'We have to clarify 'we' at some point,' he said last week on his his SiriusXM PGA Tour radio show. Advertisement Glover said he doesn't blame anyone for deciding to cash in on the Saudi money and join LIV. But speaking for himself: 'I don't think they should be back there. I don't want them here.' 'As a PGA Tour player and somebody that dreamed of playing on the PGA Tour, and have poured my heart and soul into this tour and game for 21 seasons, I don't want somebody that chose another path, and a path of less resistance," he said. "I don't want them back here competing and taking part of my pie and these kids' pie that are trying to make it now.' And then he shifted to the broader term of 'we,' meaning the tour and the fans everything else. 'The top four, five, six players over there, if they were playing on the PGA Tour, would benefit all of us because our TV deal in 2030 would be great, would be bigger,' he said. 'That's the big question right now in my opinion. Does it behoove all of us as tour members, who have equity now, to grow our sport by bringing some of those guys back? I'm having a hard time with it.' Advertisement Winners and stars Winning on the PGA Tour moves a player into the top category when it comes to tee times, although it's clear there is a distinction between a PGA Tour winner and a needle mover. Brian Campbell is the latest example. He won the Mexico Open in late February for his first PGA Tour title. Over the next five months at PGA Tour events, Campbell was never in the same weekday group as anyone from the top 30 in the world ranking. Only three of them were among the top 50 — Davis Thompson (No. 48) and Byeong Hun An (No. 32) at the Cognizant Classic, and Sam Burns (No. 39) at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. Advertisement Campbell now is one of five players with at least two individual titles this year after winning the John Deere Classic. Divots The PGA Tour's newest tournament has a title sponsor. The Bank of Utah Championship will be at Black Desert Resort the last week in October in southern Utah. It made its debut last year as the Black Desert Championship. ... Michael Kim was added to the British Open field from the world ranking. This marks the first time in his career he plays all four majors in the same season. ... The LPGA is expanding the pathway to the Epson Tour for top college players with the LPGA Collegiate Advancement Pathway (LCAP). Starting next summer, it will award 10 graduating seniors with some form of Epson Tour status and Q-school exemptions. Stat of the week Advertisement Americans hold seven of the top 10 spots in the world ranking. Final word 'I remember talking about some sort of mountain and climbing up it. This is a steep, steep mountain now.' — Xander Schauffele on reaching No. 1 in the world. ___ AP golf:
Yahoo
04-07-2025
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$41 Million PGA Tour Golfer Is Going Viral for the Wrong Reasons
$41 Million PGA Tour Golfer Is Going Viral for the Wrong Reasons originally appeared on Athlon Sports. PGA Tour veteran Lucas Glover, with $41 million in career earnings, teed off at the John Deere Classic on Thursday, finishing 1-over par. He is tied at the 113th position and runs the risk of missing the cut if he doesn't improve his standing Friday. Advertisement But it's not his play that's making headlines. On his SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio show, Glover unleashed scathing criticism of players who defected to LIV Golf. 'I don't want to play with them, me personally," Glover declared. "I don't think they should be back here. I don't want them here. They made their decision. I don't blame any of them. They made a decision, I don't care, but they also went away from this tour and chose to." He continued, 'As a PGA Tour player and somebody that dreamed of playing on the PGA Tour and have poured my heart and soul into this Tour and game for 21 seasons now, I don't want somebody that chose another path." Advertisement Glover added, 'I don't want them back here competing and taking part of my pie and these kids' pie that are trying to make it now." Lucas Glover plays his shot from the fairway on the ninth hole during the first round of the Memorial Tournament.© Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Despite his controversial take, Glover admitted that if stars like Bryson DeChambeau or Jon Rahm came back, it could boost TV rights, potentially benefiting everyone financially. Fans on social media stood divided on his take. Some declared their support and praise for his statements, while others rebuked him for his take. In a tight-knit community like professional golf, where the chances of reunification between the PGA Tour and LIV remain uncertain, Glover's blunt comments underline the emotions at play. Advertisement Related: Zach Johnson Drops Career Update on Wednesday This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 4, 2025, where it first appeared.
Newsweek
04-07-2025
- Business
- Newsweek
Lucas Glover Goes Scorched Earth on LIV Golfers Joining PGA Tour
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. The PGA Tour's new CEO, Brian Rolapp, was appointed during the U.S. Open with one of the sport's most delicate tasks on his plate—resolving the long-stalled merger talks between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. The proposed unification, first announced in June 2023, was meant to end the civil war that began when LIV launched in 2022. But two years later, the deal remains in the dark. While some players and executives see reunification as inevitable, others remain staunchly opposed. And this week, Lucas Glover made it crystal clear which side he's on. OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 12: Lucas Glover of the United States walks off the 16th tee during the first round of the 125th U.S. OPEN at Oakmont Country Club on June 12, 2025 in Oakmont,... OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA - JUNE 12: Lucas Glover of the United States walks off the 16th tee during the first round of the 125th U.S. OPEN at Oakmont Country Club on June 12, 2025 in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. (Photo by) More Getty Images Speaking on his SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio show on Tuesday, Glover didn't mince words. "I don't want to play with them, me personally," he said. "I don't think they should be back here. I don't want them here. They made their decision. I don't blame any of them. They made a decision, I don't care, but they also went away from this tour and chose to." Glover, a 6-time PGA Tour winner and 2009 U.S. Open champion, has been one of the Tour's most vocal traditionalists. His frustration stems from what he sees as a betrayal of the Tour's values. "As a PGA Tour player and somebody that dreamed of playing on the PGA Tour, and have poured my heart and soul into this Tour and game for 21 seasons now," he continued: "I don't want somebody that chose another path and a path of least, or, less resistance. I don't want them back here competing and taking part of my pie and these kids' pie that are trying to make it now." 🚨❌🗣️ #NOT WELCOME — Six time tour winner Lucas Glover sounds off, saying he does not want to compete against LIV Golfers nor see them return to the PGA TOUR (via @SiriusXMPGATOUR) 'I don't want to play with them, me personally. I don't think they should be back here. I don't… — NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) July 3, 2025 His comments come at a time when merger negotiations have reportedly hit another stalemate. LIV Golf's $1.5 billion reunification offer was reportedly rejected earlier this year, despite high-level meetings, including one with President Donald Trump in February. Trump, who has hosted LIV events at his courses and maintains ties with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, was brought in to help broker a deal. But even his involvement hasn't broken the deadlock. Glover is not that silly. He knows what players like Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Brooks Koepka can bring to the table. "It would benefit all of us because our TV deal in 2030 would be great," he admitted. But he quickly pivoted to the emotional and ethical dilemma: "Does it behoove us as tour members, who have equity now, to grow our sport by bringing some of those guys back? I'm having a hard time with it." Interestingly, while Glover draws a hard line, others are signaling a thaw. LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil recently appeared on The Rick Shiels Golf Show, where he revealed that he and PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp are longtime friends and former business school classmates. "We go to the same church. We're friends," O'Neil said, adding that he expects to spend time with Rolapp at The Open Championship later this month. Whether that friendship leads to a breakthrough remains to be seen. But if the tours do reunify, Lucas Glover won't be softening his stance anytime soon. More Golf: NBC's Eamon Lynch delivers wake-up call to Rickie Fowler over 'good golf'
