Golf

3/17/2026 |  2026 Valspar Championship odds, picks: Surprising predictions from model that's called 16 majors (CBS Sports) The PGA Florida Swing concludes this week with the 2026 Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club - Copperhead Course - beginning on Thursday. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlory are among the golfers taking the week off, but it's still a strong field with big names like Xander Schauffele, Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooks Koepka all teeing it up. The latest 2026 Valspar Championship odds from FanDuel Sportsbook list Schauffele as the favorite at +1100, followed by Fitzpatrick at +1300, Hovland (+1700) and Akshay Bhatia and Justin Thomas, both at +1900. Koepka, meanwhile, is +2500.

3/12/2026 |  Why The Players Championship Doesn’t Need ‘Major’ Status (DEADSPIN) It’s an important tournament and the champion will have a notable result when The Players Championship wraps up on the weekend.
But it’s not a major championship, as CEO Brian Rolapp confirmed at his press conference on Wednesday morning.

3/12/2026 |  PGA Tour on Prediction Markets: It’s ‘Complicated’ (Front Office Sports) The PGA Tour is comfortable waiting for the dust to settle on prediction markets before getting formally involved with the companies that have thrown the sports betting industry into a tailspin.
“Sports betting was going to happen either way.

3/11/2026 |  PGA Tour CEO lays out plans for significant changes, including promotion and relegation for players (Yahoo Sports) Brian Rolapp, the NFL executive turned PGA Tour CEO, delivered a state-of-the-game address Wednesday morning that felt more like a two-minute drill than a casual 18-hole walk. While the details remain yet to be finalized, it’s clear the PGA Tour of two years from now will almost surely look very different from today.

3/11/2026 |  Power rankings for the Players Championship: Scottie Scheffler not No. 1 (Yardbarker) The Players Championship always features the best non-major field on the PGA Tour schedule, so it's hard to narrow down a list of the top-10 contenders. Well, we're going to try it anyway.
Here are our power rankings for the Players Championship, with a surprising name at the top.