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Developing Stories 📰

The news of the week is great for golf. The combination of LIV and PGA tours will have the best players on the planet playing together again. The disruption caused by LIV took some of our favorite players off the board for the past year. Brooks, DJ, and Cam Smith are coming back and that is good for everyone involved. In the shadow of this week’s headlines is the RBC Canadian Open. Oakdale Golf and Country Club is the 37th different venue to host Canada’s national championship. The 27-hole facility in suburban Toronto has 11 of the top 50 in the OWGR ready to compete. One of those 11 is Rory McIlroy, the two-time defending champion. His two back-to-back victories came in 2019 and 2022. Beyond McIlroy, this field includes Matt Fitzpatrick, Sam Burns, Cameron Young, Tyrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry, Sahith Theegala, Justin Rose, and Corey Conners.  

Expect Oakdale Golf & Country Club to play as an easier version of the Stanley Thompson’s St. George’s Golf & Country Club, host of the 2022 RBC Canadian Open. Approach play from inside 150 yards looks like it will be vital this week, with a slight advantage overall to accurate fairway finders over pure drives. Look for Players with proven results on positional layouts and the top birdie-makers in easy scoring conditions, particularly those with spike approach and putting upside. The greens at Oakdale are a mix of Bentgrass and Poa, common in this region of the country and similar to what we would see on northern PGA TOUR stops like Detroit Golf Club and TPC River Highlands. The greens are small in stature and are marked by false fronts, persistent undulations, and severe slopes, allowing for a variety of daily pin placements to choose from. The rough appears to be brutal this week, listed as 4-to-6-inch Bentgrass. The fairways predominantly pinch narrower as you get further from the tee box. This is a design element that should give bombers second thoughts to take a driver-heavy approach, as a wider landing area is accessible for layups or shorter drives. Given the small greens, tight pin locations, and severely penal rough, I expect this to be a course that rewards conservative and accurate players off the tee, as you do not need to be long to generate ample birdie looks here.

To win:

Justin Rose +1800

Carson Young +9000

Headlines 🚨

On This Day in Sport History:  2009 Roger Federer wins his only French Open title defeating Robin Soderling 6-1,7-6,6-4.

Miami Heat rule Tyler Herro out for Game 3 of NBA Finals.

For the second time this season, the New York Yankees will place Aaron Judge on the DL with a toe injury.

Jacob deGrom will have Tommy John surgery to repair a tear in his right UCL, he will miss the rest of the season.

Luis Arraez raises average to .401 with two hits in Marlins’ win.

Clemson signs four-star wide receiver Bryant Wesco, No. 23 recruit and No.1 ILB Sammy Brown to their 2024 class.

Lionel Messi has reportedly made a final decision on his future and has told Barcelona he will head to MLS and sign for Inter Miami.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was called a hypocrite in players meeting hours after the tour announced it was forming a partnership with Saudi Investment Fund and the DP World Tour.

Trends 📈📉 via Oddsshark

⚾️ Athletics at Pirates

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

⚾️ Mariners vs Padres

• Seattle is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing San Diego

⚾️ Tigers at Phillies

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games

• The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games on the road

• Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit

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

⚾️ Royals at Marlins

• The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 8 games on the road

• The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Kansas City's last 9 games

• Miami is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games

• Miami is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

⚾️ White Sox at Yankees

• The total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chi White Sox's last 9 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games when playing NY Yankees

⚾️ Cardinals at Nationals

• Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road

• Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games

• The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games at home

⚾️ Astros at Blue Jays

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 7 games

⚾️ Red Sox vs Guardians

• The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cleveland's last 8 games at home

⚾️ Dodgers at Reds

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati

• The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 5 games when playing Cincinnati

⚾️ Mets at Braves

• Atlanta is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Mets

• Atlanta is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Mets

⚾️ Orioles at Brewers

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

⚾️ Cardinals at Reds

• The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 6 games when playing on the road against Texas

• The total has gone UNDER in 9 of St. Louis's last 11 games

• Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

• Texas is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

⚾️ Giants at Rockies

• San Francisco is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado

• San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Colorado

Public Money 🤑 via VSiN at 9AMCT

🏀 NBA

44% of bets and 71% of money is on DEN -140

36% of bets and 55% of money is on UNDER 214.5 DEN at MIA

⚾️ MLB

61% of bets and 81% of money is on UNDER 7.5 DET at PHI

39% of bets and 75% of money is on WSH +1.5 (

31% of bets and 54% of money is on WSH +110

41% of bets and 68% of money is on TOR -1.5 (

50% of bets and 78% of money is on CLE -1.5 (

48% of bets and 80% of money is on UNDER 8 BOS at CLE

51% of bets and 87% of money is on OVER 11 CIN at LAD

25% of bets and 42% of money is on CIN +140

33% of bets and 64% of money is on OVER 9.5 NYM at ATL

54% of bets and 75% of money is on UNDER 8 BAL at MIL

49% of bets and 89% of money is on UNDER 9 STL at TEX

53% of bets and 84% of money is on UNDER 11 SF at COL

42% of bets and 66% of money is on OVER 9.5 CHI at LAA

Future Odds 🔮 via Bovada Sportsbook

Injury Report 🏥 via ESPN

MIA (C) Cody Zeller | Probable - Sprained right foot

MIA (PG) Tyler Herro | Out - Hand

ATL (SP) Max Fried | 60 Day IL - Forearm, Snitker is unsure when Max will be cleared for mound work

BAL (3B) Gunnar Henderson | Day-to-Day - Back

CHI (CF) Cody Bellinger | 10 Day IL - Knee, will need rehab assignment once healthy

CWS (RF) Billy Hamilton | 10 Day IL - Hamstring, has been sent to Triple-A to begin rehab assignment

CLE (SS) Amed Rosario | Day-to-Day - Knee

COL(1B) CJ Cron | 10 Day IL - Back, at least a week away from starting baseball activities

COL (RF) Kris Bryant | 10 Day IL - Heel, began playing catch yesterday

HOU (2B) Jose Altuve | Day-to-Day - Oblique

HOU (SP) Luis Garcia | 60 Day IL - Underwent Tommy John surgery on Friday

MIN (CF) Byron Buxton | 10 Day IL - Ribs, placed on 10 day IL yesterday

MIN (3B) Royce Lewis | Day-to-Day - Head

NYY (RF) Aaron Judge | 10 Day IL - Toe sprain

NYY (SP) Nestor Cortez | 15 Day IL - Shoulder, Nestor told reporters he will need two weeks of rest

PHI (1B) Alec Bohm | 10 Day IL - Hamstring, told reporters he would be ready to start once eligible

PHI (RP) Jose Alvarado | 15 Day IL - Elbow, made his final rehab appearance yesterday

SD (CF) Trent Grisham | Day-to-Day - Back

SD (SS) Xander Bogaerts | Day-to-Day - Wrist

TEX (SP) Jacob DeGrom | 60 Day IL - UCL, will undergo Tommy John surgery

TOR (3B) Matt Chapman | Day-to-Day - Toe

Picks 🔒

Nuggets -135 | It’s Denver’s turn to bounce back, and they’re pretty comfortable at South Beach, going 4-0 against the spread in their last four visits. They’re also a staggering 26-10 ATS in their last 36 head-to-head meetings with the Heat.

Rangers -140 | Texas is 18-5 this season when entering a game favored by -147 or more on the moneyline. The Rangers have won nine straight games when scoring four or more runs. The St. Louis Cardinals are facing persistent difficulties in generating runs, which makes supporting them challenging, particularly when they play away games.

Panthers -120 | Florida is back at home for Game 3. The Panthers offense has been slow these last two games and have given up too many power play opportunities. If the Panthers can figure out how to slow down the Vegas man advantage, while scoring their own, they will win.