19th Hole
‘TaylorMade Driving Relief’ betting – Rory/DJ favored heavily over Rickie/Wolff
With less than two weeks to go until the TaylorMade charity skins match between McIlroy/Johnson and Fowler/Wolff, plenty of betting markets are now open for action.
Rory and DJ are heavily fancied to come out on top on the day, but there are lots more markets available besides ‘who will win the most skins or money’ to get involved in if you fancy a punt on the match.
Here’s a rundown of some of the options available courtesy of SportsbettingDime.com
Odds to Win the most Skins
- Johnson/McIlroy: 4/7
- Fowler/Wolff: 7/4
Odds to win the most Money
- Johnson/McIlroy: 3/5
- Fowler/Wolff: 5/3
Over/Under Skins for Winning Team (based upon 18 skins): 11.5
Odds to be the player who claims the most skins for their team
- McIlroy: 8/5
- Johnson: 3/1
- Fowler: 4/1
- Wolff: 5/1
Odds to hit the longest drive
- McIlroy: 9/5
- Wolff: 2/1
- Johnson: 3/1
- Fowler: 17/1
Over/Under Number of Bunker Shots all four players combined: 5.5
Odds to be the first player to hit a ball in the water
- Fowler: 7/3
- Johnson: 3/1
- Wolff: 3/1
- McIlroy: 4/1
Over/Under TV Viewers for broadcast: 1.5 million viewers
Odds Both Fowler and Wolff wear Orange shirts or hats as a nod to Oklahoma State: 3/1
Odds none of the four players wear a white hat: 12/1
Hat Color
McIlroy
- White: 1/2
- Blue: 5/1
- FIELD: 5/1
Johnson
- White: 1/1
- Black: 3/1
- Blue: 4/1
- FIELD: 19/1
Fowler
- Orange: 2/1
- White: 3/1
- Gray: 5/1
- Purple: 7/1
- Field: 7/1
Wolff
- White: 3/2
- Black: 2/1
- Orange: 4/1
- Field: 14/1
** Since official rules/format have not yet been released, these are based upon standard Skins rules.
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19th Hole
Scottie Scheffler in handcuffs and detained in back of a police car after traffic misunderstanding
As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police on the way to Valhalla Golf Club this morning due to a traffic misunderstanding.
“Breaking News: World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has been detained by police in handcuffs after a misunderstanding with traffic flow led to his attempt to drive past a police officer into Valhalla Golf Club. The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car, and Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla. The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car.
When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs. He is now being detained in the back of a police car.”
Darlington also posted a video of the dramatic moment which you can view below:
Here is video that I took of Scheffler being arrested: https://t.co/8UPZKvPCCf pic.twitter.com/9Tbp2tyrJh
— Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) May 17, 2024
There was an unrelated accident at around 5am, which is what may have caused some of the misunderstanding of which traffic was moving.
Due to the accident, play has been delayed this morning. Scheffler’s current tee time for the second round of the PGA Championship is 8:48am.
We will update this developing story as more information on the situation is revealed.
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Butch Harmon reveals what he worked on with Rory McIlroy during visit earlier this year
While speaking on the “Son of a Butch” Podcast, legendary swing coach Butch Harmon revealed what he worked on with Rory McIlroy when the four-time major champion went to visit him after the Players Championship this season.
Butch Harmon on what he worked on with Rory:
“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make…
— Matt Vincenzi (@MattVincenziPGA) May 15, 2024
“The work I did with him wasn’t a tremendous amount of changing what he did, it was his attitude and the way he played certain shots. From 150 yards and in he made a full swing like he was hitting a driver and I wanted him to make more 3 quarter swings and chop the follow through off a little. He’s a very high ball hitter, but with short irons high balls aren’t good, it’s hard to control, we wanted to bring the ball flight down.”
The work certainly seemed to help McIlroy, as he went on to win the Zurich Classic alongside Shane Lowry and the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in back-to-back starts.
Rory will now tee it up at Valhalla for the PGA Championship, which is the site of his most recent major victory in 2014.
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Brandel Chamblee says this technological development was key to Phil Mickelson winning major championships
While speaking with GolfWRX, Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee shared that he believes the solid core golf ball helped Phil Mickelson win major championships.
“One of the consequences of the solid core golf ball coming around was it put the straightest of hitters in the rough.
“Phil started winning majors in 2004, I don’t think that’s any coincidence. I think he started winning majors after the solid core golf ball came along and put everybody in the rough.
“And so [Phil] is like ‘I got you in the rough, I’m going to kick your a**. This is my game. I’ve been in the rough my whole career. I can go over trees, through trees, around trees.’
“Because he’s got that amazing creativity and Phil is an underrated iron player, phenomenal iron player. Great, great great out of the trouble. If you put the top-40 players on a list and ranked them in terms of accuracy, he would be 40th.
“So, I think that was one of the consequences of the solid core golf balls was it allowed Phil to win major championships.”
Mickelson went on to win the Masters in 2004 as well as five additional majors from 2004-2021 including three total Masters, two PGA Championships, and an Open Championship.
Check out the full interview with Chamblee below:
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