A Look At Golf’s Majors After Covid-19

How The Golf Season Is Scheduled Following The Outbreak Of COVID-19

The outbreak of the coronavirus has wiped the sporting calendar. The health and wellbeing of players, fans and all those involved in golf have been put at the forefront, which means that organisers have needed to re-arrange much of the season, with new dates put on majors this season.

The season is expected to resume in the middle of June, with the Charles Schwab Challenge. Gamblers will already be counting down the days until the season resumes, and this first competition back could be an indicator for the players to look out for in the majors this season. While gamblers wait until for the season to resume, they have been looking for the best new betting sites that offer value on all their picks.

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PGA Championship

The first major of the season was due to take place in the middle of May, but it will now be taking place between the 6th and 9th August. The odds for the outright winner haven’t changed since the delay, which means Rory McIlroy is still the favourite. He is followed in the betting by Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm. Koepka won the event last year by two shots from Johnson.

The Masters

This major was meant to be the curtain-raiser for the season, with a winner already having being crowned. However, gamblers will have to wait another few months to see whether Tiger Woods can repeat his heroics from Augusta in 2019, as this year’s event will take place between the 12th and 15th November.

Many of the leading sportsbooks don’t have confidence that Woods will be retaining his title as he is currently the third favourite behind McIlroy and Rahm. However, while the men’s event was rescheduled, the women’s event wasn’t so fortunate. The Augusta National Women’s Amateur event was cancelled altogether, with players invited this year expected to be invited back for the 2021 event should they remain an amateur. 

US Open

The US Open was meant to be going ahead over the weekend of 18th June, but it has been pushed back almost three months and will now take place between the 17th and 20th September. Gary Woodland was the shock winner in 2019, and he is a huge outsider to repeat his achievement again this year as he is priced at 50/1 by many of the leading sportsbooks. The delay has made this one of the most competitive betting markets with no players priced at single digits. McIlroy is the narrow favourite, but Koepka, Johnson and Rahm are close on his tail.

The Open

The one major of the season that hasn’t managed to survive through the uncertainty is The Open. It was meant to be taking place over the weekend of the 16th July, but the decision was made in April that the most prestigious event of the major season will not be going ahead for the first time since the Second World War. Instead, Royal St George’s will maintain hosting rights for the following season.