Charles Schwab Invitational

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Despite coming off the PGA Tour’s 2nd major the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge has a great field. It will host 121 golfers this week11 of the top 30 of the World Golf Rankings are in the field including some notable golfers in the field include Scottie Scheffler, Jordan Spieth, Sam Burns, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Rickie Fowler, Tommy Fleetwood, and Tony Finau. The host course is the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. It’s a Par 70 at 7,209 yards with four Par 3s, two Par 5s, and 12 Par 4s. The greens are made of bent grass. Colonial is more o f a 2nd shot course. There are strategically placed trees along very narrow fairways. Golfers need to be accurate with the driver to get a good look at hitting a green in regulation. Last year we saw a lot of the players in the star-studded field use big drives to eliminate the challenge of doglegs and fairway bunkers. The rough can be thick and penal, so finding the fairway will remain important. More than 45% of the approach shots at Colonial come from between 125-175 yards. For these guys that’s a gap wedge to an 8-iron. Temperatures will be in the mid-80s and warm Texas winds only to be blowing from 10-12 mph Thursday through Sunday. There’s a 40% chance of rain starting the round on Thursday, but that will taper off and should stay dry for the rest of the tournament. The Dallas region has been dry for some time. Last year, the course was very arid and played extremely firm and fast. In 2023, we expect the same conditions.

Headlines 🚨

On This Day in Sport History: 1935 First major league night baseball game in Cincinnati, Reds win 2-1.

Miami Heat lose 116-99 to the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals. Game 5 will be back in Boston on Friday.

Lakers hoping LeBron James decides to continue career after rumors he was considering retirement.

The Bucks have narrowed the group of top candidates for HC with ex-Toronto coach Nick Nurse, Golden State Warriors associate head coach Kenny Atkinson and Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin.

The Blue Jays crushed the Rays 20-1 behind Vlad Guerrero Jr’s 6 RBIs.

The NY Yankees Gerrit Cole recorded his 2,000th career strikeout in the second inning, becoming the third-fastest pitcher in games played to reach the mark.

Mike Trout ties Joe DiMaggio after hitting his 361st home run last night against the Boston Red Sox.

Oakland dropped to 10-40, which projects to a 32-130 record. That would be the most losses for any team in a season since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders went 20-134.

The New York Jets will host former Bills punter Matt Araiza for a workout.

Three days after he was hired at Michigan, Glenn Schembechler, son of longtime Wolverines coach Bo Schembechler, resigned.

Trends 📈📉 via Oddsshark

🏒 Hurricanes at Panthers

  • The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Carolina's last 7 games when playing Florida

  • The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Carolina's last 5 games

  • The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games

  • Florida is 10-1 ATS in its last 11 games

⚾️ Rangers at Pirates

  • Texas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games

  • Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games

  • The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing Texas

  • The total has gone OVER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games when playing at home against Texas

⚾️ Diamondbacks at Phillies

  • Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia

  • Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia

  • The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 6 games when playing Arizona

  • The total has gone OVER in 10 of Philadelphia's last 15 games when playing at home against Arizona

⚾️ White Sox at Guardians

  • The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games

  • The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Chi White Sox's last 8 games when playing on the road against Cleveland

  • The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cleveland's last 8 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox

  • Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games

⚾️ Astros at Brewers

  • Houston is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games

  • The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games on the road

  • Milwaukee is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Houston

  • The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Milwaukee's last 5 games when playing at home against Houston

⚾️ Giants at Twins

  • San Francisco is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games

  • The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco's last 5 games

  • The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games

  • Minnesota is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing San Francisco

🏀 Heat at Celtics

  • The total has gone OVER in 10 of Miami's last 11 games on the road

  • The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing at home against Miami

  • The total has gone OVER in 11 of Boston's last 15 games

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⚾️ MLB

56% of bets and 73% of money is on TEX -1.5 (+140)

43% of bets and 78% of money is on UNDER 8 CWS at CLE

56% of bets and 80% of money is on MIN -1.5 (+130)

41% of bets and 83% of money is on UNDER 7.5 SF at MIN

49% of bets and 76% of money is on HOU -1.5 (+145)

37% of bets and 60% of money is on OVER 11 STL at CIN

62% of bets and 88% of money is on NYM -1.5 (+165)

46% of bets and 87% of money is on MIA -1.5 (-115)

30% of bets and 49% of money is on OVER 11 MIA at COL

38% of bets and 71% of money is on BOS -1.5 (+130)

🏒 NHL

36% of bets and 58% of money is on CAR -105

21% of bets and 52% of money is on DAL -1.5 (+210)

🏀 NBA

19% of bets and 35% of money is on BOS -8

Future Odds 🔮 via Bovada Sportsbook

Injury Report 🏥 via ESPN

Picks 🔒

Spieth +1400: He has had a ton of success at Colonial over the years. In nine career appearances, he has one victory, three runners-up, and nine total finishes within the top 14.

 Sung ae Im +1800: he is super accurate off the tee and is a pretty good iron player even if he’s not quite at the elite level. Combine that with a good short game and some good results at Colonial, two top-15 finishes in the past three years, and he’s a good target toward the top of the board.

 Twins -150: This is a solid pitching matchup to wrap up the series but I'm giving the edge to Ryan and the Twins. Ryan is undefeated at home, winning each of his three starts. The Twins are almost guaranteed to get at least six innings from Ryan given his eight quality starts among his nine starts this season.