Jason Sobel

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Jason is a Senior Golf Writer for The Action Network. He has covered golf full-time since 2004, previously for ESPN and Golf Channel, winning more than a dozen accolades from the Golf Writers Association of America and four Sports Emmys.
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Sobel: Matsuyama, Noren Among My Favorite Plays for the CJ Cup

I’ll get to picks for this week’s CJ Cup at Nine Bridges soon, but first, a seemingly random request: Let’s talk about Ernie Els. The Big Easy

Jason Sobel
Oct 17, 2018 / 4:11 AM UTC

Sobel’s CIMB Classic Preview: The 90-1 Longshot Who Said ‘Watch Out for Me in Malaysia’

Let’s begin this week’s column with an inherent frustration with betting on sports. There are times — and for some of us, they happen wayyy too often — when you

Jason Sobel
Oct 10, 2018 / 4:00 AM UTC

Sobel’s Safeway Open Preview: Peter Uihlein Ready to Break Out?

For years, every once in a while, a sponsor’s exemption into a professional golf tournament would be offered to a scratch-handicap athlete from another sport. A Johnny Bench here,

Jason Sobel
Oct 3, 2018 / 2:54 AM UTC

Sobel: The Problem with the PGA Tour’s Year-Round Schedule

Three days, 23 hours and 9 minutes. That’s the amount of time between the Ryder Cup being clinched on Sunday to the first tee time of the 2018-19 season

Jason Sobel
Oct 3, 2018 / 2:25 AM UTC

Sobel: 100 Things on My Mind After Europe’s Ryder Cup Blowout of U.S.

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — As Ben Crenshaw once famously said, “I’m a big believer in fate.” I’m also a big believer that fate appeared to be on the side

Jason Sobel
Sep 30, 2018 / 10:28 PM UTC

Sobel: Predicting All 12 Ryder Cup Singles Matches

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Back in 1999, with his U.S. team trailing Europe by a score of 10-6 on Saturday night, captain Ben Crenshaw wagged his finger, looked toward the

Jason Sobel
Sep 29, 2018 / 8:25 PM UTC

2018 Ryder Cup: Day 2 Predictions for All 4 Morning Matches

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — In hopes of regaining some semblance of momentum, let alone the overall lead, U.S. captain Jim Furyk will enlist the same pairings for Saturday morning’

Jason Sobel
Sep 28, 2018 / 6:00 PM UTC

Sobel: Why Second-Guessing Jim Furyk’s Ryder Cup Decisions Is a Fool’s Errand

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — If the PGA of America is looking for a captain for the 2020 United States Ryder Cup team, the powers that be might want to check social

Jason Sobel
Sep 28, 2018 / 4:12 PM UTC

Sobel: Breaking Down the 2018 Ryder Cup Friday Afternoon Foursomes Session

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – What a morning for the American side. It wasn’t quite the 4-0 start that the U.S. team posted two years ago at Hazeltine, but a 3-1

Jason Sobel
Sep 28, 2018 / 12:08 PM UTC

Sobel: A Simple Way to Bet the Ryder Cup Foursomes Session

There’s going to be a tight window to place your matchup bets for the Friday afternoon Ryder Cup foursomes session after the fourballs are over — and really, the

Jason Sobel
Sep 28, 2018 / 8:32 AM UTC

2018 Ryder Cup: Day 1 Predictions for All 4 Morning Matches

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — This year’s Ryder Cup will (finally!) get started on Friday morning at 8 a.m. local time (2 a.m. ET). As a reminder, the session

Jason Sobel
Sep 28, 2018 / 1:45 AM UTC

Sobel: My Favorite Wagers For Day 1 of the Ryder Cup

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – After two long years, after all that consternation over picks and the lengthy scouting missions and all the preparation, they’re finally ready to get started. The players?

Jason Sobel
Sep 28, 2018 / 1:40 AM UTC

Sobel: An Oral Preview of Le Golf National, This Week’s Ryder Cup Venue

For more than a decade-and-a-half, Le Golf National has served as host venue for the European Tour’s Open de France. This week, it receives much higher billing. Now the

Jason Sobel
Sep 27, 2018 / 4:25 AM UTC

Sobel: Using Captains’ ‘Tells’ For a Ryder Cup Betting Advantage

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — We’ve officially reached the point in Ryder Cup week where the captains and players are tight-lipped about any potential strategies, while the rest of us continue

Jason Sobel
Sep 26, 2018 / 11:48 PM UTC

Sobel’s Ryder Cup Bets: Where to Find Value with Poulter, Fleetwood, More

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Each day during Ryder Cup week, I’ll pick three bets that I like. Today’s bets are focused on the European team, which is an underdog despite

Jason Sobel
Sep 26, 2018 / 1:47 PM UTC