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GOLF Live In-Game Sports Betting Schedule — (April 08 to April 14)

As the action starts and the game unfolds, enjoy real-time bet­ting at Lines­Maker. Our mem­bers can choose from var­i­ous bet­ting options. Here’s the live in-game bet­ting sched­ule for this week: Sun­day, April 14th Mas­ters Tournament Get in on all the live sports bet­ting action at Lines­maker today! Log in Now  |  Cre­ate Free Account  

What Are the Tour and Tournament Cut Rules?

Most pro­fes­sional golf tour­na­ments have a cut; that is, the field is reduced fol­low­ing (most typ­i­cally) two rounds of play, with the lower half (or so) of the field going home and only the bet­ter scor­ers con­tin­u­ing until the tournament’s end. The spe­cific reg­u­la­tions gov­ern­ing tour­na­ment cuts varies depend­ing on the tour, and there is some vari­a­tion among the major cham­pi­onships’ cut rules, too. Check out the fol­low­ing FAQ entries for the cut rules of each listed tour or tournament: Our sports betting news features unique sports betting articles as well as current sports news compiled from leading wire services. This arti­cle was dis­trib­uted by Syn­di­cated... 

Poll: More Majors for Bubba?

So Bubba Wat­son is the 2012 Mas­ters cham­pion. Watson’s rise to promi­nence is impres­sive, as is, cer­tainly, the vari­ety of shots he’s able to pull off. What do you think the future holds for him? Do you see Bubba being a golfer who can remain at a high level for a long time, who can win more majors? Or do you think Wat­son just hit his high point and is unlikely go this way — major cham­pion — again? Vote in the poll, and leave your comments. See also:Do Mas­ters cham­pi­ons get to keep the green jacket? Our sports betting news features unique sports betting articles as well as current sports news compiled from leading wire services. This arti­cle was dis­trib­uted by Syn­di­cated Sports... 

This Week: Zurich Classic

The PGA Tour takes a detour out of Texas to Louisiana this week for the Zurich Clas­sic of New Orleans, where Bubba Wat­son is the defend­ing champion. So Bubba’s back, his first tour­na­ment since win­ning the 2012 Mas­ters. It’s been quite a few weeks for Wat­son as he made the media rounds; it will be good to see him back on the course and inter­est­ing to note how large are the crowds fol­low­ing his group. Among oth­ers in the Zurich Clas­sic field are Luke Don­ald, Nick Wat­ney, Ernie Els, Graeme McDow­ell, Steve Stricker, Justin Rose, Kee­gan Bradley, Webb Simp­son,... 

Grace Full of Accomplishments at China Open

The win­ner of the Euro­pean Tour’s Volvo China Open on Sun­day was Bran­den Grace, a 23-year-old from South Africa play­ing his rookie sea­son after advanc­ing onto tour via Q-School. Not a house­hold name, not a golfer who is exactly famous yet out there in the wide world of golf. But per­haps he just needs a lit­tle more time, because he’s off to an amaz­ing start, in both 2012 and in his career. How so? Thus so: The Volvo China Open win is Grace’s third Euro Tour vic­tory of the year. It’s only April folks, and there have been only 15 tour­na­ments so far. Grace pre­vi­ously... 

13-Year-Old Misses Cut on Euro Tour

A 13-year-old is now the youngest golfer to play in a Euro­pean Tour tour­na­ment. Guan Tian-Lang of China teed off Thurs­day in the Volvo China Open, shoot­ing 79 in Round 1. He fol­lowed that up with a second-round 77, fin­ish­ing at 12-over 156, miss­ing the cut. But pretty impres­sive for a 13-year-old play­ing a Euro­pean Tour event on a 7,500-yard course. Guan got into the tour­na­ment by fin­ish­ing fourth in a qual­i­fy­ing event. In 2011, he won the Boys 11–12 divi­sion at the Call­away Junior World Golf Cham­pi­onships in San Diego by 11 strokes. Guan, at 13... 

Wie’s Hawaii Homecoming Doesn’t Help Her Struggles

Michelle Wie is strug­gling. Her golf game in 2012 has been a mess. And now she’s missed her third straight cut. This one prob­a­bly hurts more, how­ever, since it hap­pened at the LPGA Lotte Cham­pi­onship in Wie’s home state of Hawaii. On a golf course with which she’s very familiar. Wie shot 78–76 over two rounds at Ko Olina Golf Club at the Lotte, miss­ing the cut by seven strokes. Her 154 total was 18 shots worse than the lead­ers, and only 12 golfers who com­pleted the first two rounds posted worse scores. Wie was paired in the first two rounds with Lexi Thomp­son and... 

This Week: Texas Open and China Open

The golf world vis­its the second-largest U.S. state and the third-largest coun­try (both by area) this week with the PGA Tour Valero Texas Open and the Euro­pean Tour Volvo China Open. The Texas Open is played on the Oaks Course at TPC San Anto­nio. In 2011, that golf course was seventh-toughest on the PGA Tour in rela­tion to par, but every course ahead of it was either a par-70 or par-71. Oaks is a par-72. And in stroke aver­age, TPC San Anto­nio was the tough­est track on the PGA Tour in 2011. Kevin Na’s infa­mous 16 on one hole didn’t help in that deparment. The defend­ing... 

Oosthuizen Recovers With a Victory

One week ago, Bubba Wat­son defeated Louis Oost­huizen in a play­off to win the 2012 Mas­ters. In the week since, the Bubb­ster made the rounds of talk shows in New York City, a well-deserved vic­tory lap, and one in which his wit and sense of fun prob­a­bly drew a few more fans to golf. And Oost­huizen? He merely hopped a plane and spent 30 hours trav­el­ing to play in the May­bank Malaysian Open. Was the effort worth it? You bet. Oost­huizen won in Malaysia today, despite the travel fatique, despite weather inter­rup­tions to the tour­na­ment, despite hav­ing to play 26 holes... 

Harrington Winner Again in Par-3 Contest

Jinx? Padraig Har­ring­ton ain’t afraid of no stinkin’ jinx. (Besides, there’s no such thing as a jinx.) Har­ring­ton was the co-winner of the Mas­ters Par-3 Con­test on Wednes­day, shar­ing the top spot with Jonathan Byrd. The “tour­na­ment” — more like a fun day, really — was cut short by weather with plenty of golfers fail­ing to com­plete their nine holes. This is the third time Har­ring­ton has won the Par-3 Con­test. As we hear over and over every year, no golfer has won the Par-3 Con­test and The Mas­ters in the same year. But, really, there’s no good rea­son...