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Check out these 2020 season prop bets

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With 2020 upon us, SportsBettingDime has compiled an array of interesting prop markets for the new golfing year. From the conventional such as who you think will win a major,to the out of the ordinary such as will Patrick Reed be DQ’d in the calendar year, there’s a variety of intriguing markets to check out.

Here’s a rundown of some of the prop markets that the oddsmakers at SportsBettingDime.com have compiled for 2020.

Odds to Win a Major

Brooks Koepka: 7/3

Dustin Johnson: 7/2

Rory McIlroy: 7/2

Justin Thomas: 5/1

Jon Rahm: 5/1

Tiger Woods: 6/1

Justin Rose: 7/1

Tommy Fleetwood: 7/1

Patrick Cantlay: 8/1

Xander Schauffele: 9/1

Francesco Molinari: 10/1

Jordan Spieth: 10/1

Rickie Fowler: 10/1

Bryson Dechambeau: 11/1

Hideki Matsuyama: 14/1

Jason Day: 14/1

Tony Finau: 16/1

Patrick Reed: 20/1

Matt Kuchar: 24/1

Phil Mickelson: 25/1

Collin Morikawa: 70/1

Matthew Wolff: 75/1

Viktor Hovland: 75/1

Brendon Todd: 100/1

First-time Major Winner

Jon Rahm: 5/1

Tommy Fleetwood: 7/1

Patrick Cantlay: 8/1

Xander Schauffele: 9/1

Rickie Fowler: 10/1

Bryson DeChambeau: 11/1

Hideki Matsuyama: 14/1

Tony Finau: 16/1

Paul Casey: 20/1

Matt Kuchar:  24/1

Brandt Snedeker: 25/1

Marc Leishman: 30/1

Matthew Fitzpatrick: 45/1

Kevin Na: 50/1

Hao Tong Li: 50/1

Cameron Smith: 50/1

Tyrrell Hatton: 55/1

Billy Horschel: 60/1

Cameron Champ: 60/1

Collin Morikawa: 70/1

Matthew Wolff: 75/1

Viktor Hovland: 75/1

Brendon Todd: 100/1

None of the four Major winners wearing a Nike shirt or hat: 11/1

Odds all four Major winners wearing a Nike shirt or hat: 25/1

Matthew Wolff OR Viktor Hovland OR Collin Morikawa win at least one Major combined: 24/1

Odds to Qualify for the 2020 Fedex Cup (Top 75)

Collin Morikawa: 1/3

Matthew Wolff: 2/3

Viktor Hovland: 1/1

Odds a 2019 Winner Defends their title in 2020

PGA – Brooks Koepka: 9/1

TPC – Rory McIlroy: 10/1

Masters – Tiger Woods: 11/1

TOUR Championship – Rory McIlroy: 12/1

British – Shane Lowry: 45/1

US – Gary Woodland: 60/1

Patrick Reed DQ’d at a 2020 PGA Tour event: 75/1

Bryson DeChambeau penalized for slow play: 50/1

Brooks Koepka publicly criticizes a player for slow play in 2020: 40/1

SportsBettingDime.com are also tracking the odds of every golfer involved in the months leading up to the Masters. Through their tracker, which you can access here, they will be providing graphs reacting to the ever-changing odds from a multitude of different sportsbooks as they bid to give punters a better sense of a player’s true price in the lead up to the event.

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Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at [email protected].

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3-time PGA Tour winner calls for LIV to buy Champions Tour to fix ‘joke’ purses

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While speaking on the Subpar podcast, former PGA Tour winner and current PGA Tour Champions player Chris DiMarco said he hopes LIV buys the Champions Tour.

“We’re kind of hoping that LIV buys the Champions Tour,” he said.

“Let’s play for a little real money out here. I mean this is kind of a joke when we’re getting $2 million. There were like seven guys last week from TPC (Sawgrass, at the $25 million PLAYERS Championship) that made more money than our purses.”

In 2024, the Champions Tour had a total of $67 million in prize money over the course of 24 events.

DiMarco also defended LIV players for taking the money and said he would take it also.

“They wanted to play for a lot of money, and they deserve it. They have had some great careers, why not go and get some money?”

DiMarco also offered insight on Graeme McDowell’s move to LIV.

“I saw Graeme McDowell at the Old Memorial Pro Member, and he goes, ‘Listen, I went up to Jay Monahan and said I love the tour but I am struggling to keep my card and these guys are offering me all this money and less golf. I’m sorry, I’m going.’ And I do not blame him one bit, and I said I would have too.”

DiMarco was ranked as high as 6th in the world in 2006.

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‘It won’t win you golf tournaments’ – Golf analyst rips Charley Hull’s course management

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Charley Hull came just short of her third LPGA Tour victory over the weekend at the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship when she played her last two holes at 3 over to slip all the way to 10th on the leaderboard.

After the round, Hull was blasted by Sky Sports commentator and former LPGA Tour player Trish Johnson for her lack of golf course management.

While speaking on the Sky Sports Golf podcast, Johnson spoke harshly of Hull.

“I’m probably her harshest critic, because I know how good she is. She doesn’t win anywhere near enough for her talent, and she doesn’t get involved enough, in all honestly.

“The thing with Charley is that you’re never going to change her. I read something the other day that said how much she loves the game and it’s her love of the game [that costs her]. She’s never going to change and she’s just going to go for every pin.

“In theory that’s great, but it won’t win you golf tournaments, it just won’t because she’s not that much better than anybody else. If you put Charley against Nelly Korda, then I’m picking Nelly every single day of the week.”

Johnson also made a fascinating comparison between Hull and a famous male golfer, John Daly.

“Golf-wise that’s the way she plays the game and it’s a little bit like watching John Daly I suppose.”

“There’s something that John Daly had that made him a major winner and a winner, but Charley is kind of lacking that. Her talent is not in question, but maybe her application is. Maybe it’s just the case of her never changing and that will cost her golf tournaments, there’s no two ways about it. You cannot go for every pin because that’s the way you play and it being fun, as other players are better than that and you have to have course management.”

Hull is still only 27, and therefore has plenty of time to work on her flaws to achieve the success her talent should allow.

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Former agent lifts lid on being fired by ‘zombie’ Tiger Woods

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Discussing his new book “Rainmaker” with the Daily Mail, Tiger Woods’ former agent, Hughes Norton, recounted the events leading up to and after his split with the 15-time major champion.

Norton was abruptly fired by Woods in 1998 after his 1997 Masters win and monster deal with Nike.

In the book, Norton talks about the way Tiger views his relationships, calling him a “zombie.”

The solace I can take, which doesn’t provide much, is this: He was an equal opportunity zombie with relationships, his swing coaches, his lawyer, the guy negotiated the IMG representation deal, with caddies, When it’s over, it’s over.”

Norton added:

“It is the way he terminates relationships with everyone. Whether it’s girlfriends, whether it’s his former golf coaches. It’s ironic, really. In a way he’s so good at confrontation on the golf course. If he’s playing you, he will beat your brains out every single time.

“But when it comes to confronting things like me and other people that are in his life, he has no social skills whatsoever. It’s maddening, actually.”

After he was fired by Woods, Norton was let go by IMG, which he believes was due to Woods’ influence.

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