The PGA Tour’s The Match: Champions for Charity
- Sunday, May 24th at 2:00 PM
- Broadcast: TNT, TBS, truTV, & HLN
- Medalist Golf Club, Jupiter, Florida
This Sunday, the team of Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady will compete against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning in the PGA Tour’s The Match: Champions for Charity, a televised 18-hole contest.
Proceeds from the event will be donated to charities that are geared towards helping those that have been negatively affected by the spread of COVID-19, according to ESPN.
The Coronavirus shutdown has caused for the stoppage of all major sports, which has also created an obstacle for websites that offer legal online betting. Although Sunday’s The Match is not exactly professional athletics, it has inspired a multitude of betting lines on a variety of in-match occurrences.
Pro sports such as the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, and the National Hockey League are currently making plans to resume their seasons, but there are still several weeks before that will happen.
Leave it to the creative oddsmakers over at BetOnline to provide entertaining options for betting on golf to fill the gap in the sports calendar. They’ve come up with standard, in-game betting lines as well as many golf prop bets to choose from. Some of the odds will call for bettors to do their homework, but others will not require any golf betting tips.
The Match: Champions for Charity Winner
- Tiger Woods/Peyton Manning -210
- Phil Mickelson/Tom Brady +170
Team Tiger is heavily favored to win, and that is no surprise to those that bet on the Masters in 2019, where Woods captured his 15th major title. Peyton Manning is no slouch at golf either, and he’s had plenty of time to practice during his retirement.
The following lines are available for events on hole 1. Below these you will notice that there is an even chance as to whether hole 18 will be played, so oddsmakers frontloaded the betting lines for early match occurrences.
Who will win Hole No. 1?
- Tie -140
- Tiger Woods/Peyton Manning +250
- Phil Mickelson/Tom Brady +335
Will Tom Brady hit the fairway in regulation on Hole No. 1?
- No -120
- Yes -120
Who will have the longest drive on Hole No. 1?
- Peyton Manning -120
- Tom Brady -120
Will Peyton Manning hit the fairway in regulation on Hole No. 1?
- Yes -140
- No +100
Will Hole No. 18 be played?
- No -120
- Yes -120
Much like when betting on the NFL, wagering on The Match features many opportunities for proposition bets that cover just about anything that can occur during the broadcast. Below are several prime examples of these types of betting lines.
The first team to go 1 up?
- Tiger Woods/Peyton Manning -145
- Phil Mickelson/Tom Brady +115
The first team to go 2 Up?
- Tiger Woods/Peyton Manning -185
- Phil Mickelson/Tom Brady +155
Predict Result After 9 Holes / Match Result
- Woods – Manning / Woods – Manning +135
- Mickelson – Brady / Mickelson – Brady +250
- Tie / Woods – Manning +550
- Mickelson – Brady / Woods – Manning +600
- Tie / Mickelson – Brady +850
- Woods – Manning / Mickelson – Brady +1000
Will a Playoff be needed to decide the winner?
- No -375
- Yes +275
Will there be a Hole In One?
- No -10000
- Yes +2000
Our team of experts is surprised that the following betting line on Tom Brady’s hat of choice does not include odds for whether he will don a “Keep America Great” ballcap. Many may remember when Brady placed a “Make America Great Again” hat in his Patriots locker, aptly displayed so that photographers could easily discover it during interviews.
Speaking of President Donald J. Trump, he is no stranger to golf courses and owns a few himself. The Medalist Golf Club is only a forty-minute drive to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, and considering his relationship with Brady, there is a possibility that he may attend. The odds suggest that he almost definitely will not make an appearance, but a massive payout can be earned if you bet on him to show up and he does.
Which logo will be on the front of Tom Brady’s hat?
- TB12 -400
- Buccaneers +250
What headgear will Phil wear?
- Baseball Style Cap -120
- Head Visor -120
Will Donald Trump attend?
- No -3300
- Yes +900
Tiger only brings out the red shirt on the final day of a given tournament when he needs an extra boost. The odds suggest that he will indeed wear the red shirt, so bettors take note. Below we have also provided the remainder of the betting lines available for Sunday’s match.
Will Tiger Woods wear a red shirt?
- Yes -600
- No +350
The first player to have a football highlight shown
- Peyton Manning -130
- Tom Brady -110
Total commercials Peyton Manning is in during the broadcast
- Under 1½ Total Commercials -180
- Over 1½ Total Commercials +140
Total number of times Tiger twirls his club
- Over 2½ twirls club -150
- Under 2½ twirls club +110
Will “audible” be said by any player?
- No -200
- Yes +150
Will “deflate” be said by any player?
- No -200
- Yes +150
Will “Gronk” be said by any player?
- Yes -205
- No +155
Will “Omaha” be said by any player?
- No -350
- Yes +225
Will a Lombardi Trophy be seen during the broadcast?
- Yes -300
- No +200
Will any player spike a football?
- No -700
- Yes +400
Will any player spike a golf ball?
- No -350
- Yes +225