Royal Birkdale is a massive property that went through extensive changes to further cement its positioning as one of the flagship Open Championship venues. The holes weave effortlessly through the dunes, creating an amphitheatre that is beautifully intimidating. This golf course is going to repeatedly ask players to make difficult, and sometimes uncomfortable decisions.
Read The Line is back on site in Ohio at Muirfield Village Golf Club, host venue for The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday. The last time we walked side-by-side with the players, we won with Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship. Let’s keep the streak alive and record back-to-back victories from the field.
The PGA Tour returns this week in Mexico as we head into the closing stretch of the FedEx Cup Fall, where wins become losses and losses become wins. Wait, sorry, that’s a different sport, but you could say that these next three weeks are golf’s version of the witching hour. Players are still looking to…
As 2023 comes to a close, SI Golf’s writers and editors look back. Betting expert Keith Stewart remembers the wagers that came in and ones that slipped away.
At the Valero Texas Open, the proof is really in the results. Six of the last 10 winners have been long shots with pre-tournament odds of +10000 (100-1) or greater. Four of the last five winners earned their first PGA TOUR win in San Antonio. And six of the last seven winners of the tournament…
The scorecard at Blythefield Country Club tells a very specific story. If you plan to win the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, then you better score. The average winner’s total over the past five years is 21-under par. With five par-5s across 18 holes, it is no wonder the world’s best women show out and…
We have some great intel this week at Caves Valley. Keith Stewart, CEO of Read the Line and a member of our Golf Digest betting panel, travels to all the big PGA Tour events—getting boots-on-the-ground insights into how the players are prepping for the week. He’s had his eye on Rory McIlroy this week. He’s watched…
