Our expert likes Russell Henley's chances this week. Getty Images Welcome to our weekly PGA Tour gambling-tips column, featuring picks from GOLF.com’s expert prognosticator Brady Kannon.
A seasoned golf bettor and commentator, Kannon is a regular guest on SportsGrid, a syndicated audio network devoted to sports and sport betting. You can follow on Twitter at @LasVegasGolfer , and you can read his picks below for the Memorial Tournament, which gets underway Thursday in Dublin, Ohio. Along with Kannon’s recommended plays, you’ll also see data from Chirp, a free-to-play mobile platform that features a range of games with enticing prizes, giving fans all kinds of ways to engage in the action without risking any money.
For the second time in the last month, the PGA Tour is using one of its most illustrious events to act as the precursor to a major championship. In May, it was the Wells Fargo Championship, a Signature Event, preceding the PGA Championship. Now, it is the Memorial Tournament , also of Signature Event status, coming the week before the U.
S. Open. This week on Tour is commonly referred to as a stop at “Jack’s Place.
” Jack Nicklaus is the owner and designer of Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a course he opened in 1974 with it first hosting the Memorial in 1976. Nicklaus has done many tweaks to the golf course over the years, with the latest changes being made in 2020 . As it stands now, the course has been stretched to nearly 7,600 yards.
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