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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: Want the U.S. Open to Play Tougher? Just Wait — And Bet These Guys

The main theme during the lead-in to this week’s U.S. Open was that Winged Foot is going to be hard. No, brutally hard. Like, hold-on-for-dear-life-and-pray-for-pars kind of hard.

8 hours ago

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Sobel's 2020 U.S. Open Betting Guide: The Price is Right on Jon Rahm

The U.S. Open was always a major for the plotters and plodders, the guys who won’t overpower a golf course or overwhelm the fans, but those who can

Sep 16, 2020 UTC

Golf

Sobel: Length Will Be Key To Success At Winged Foot

Earlier this week, I led off my U.S. Open betting guide with a theory. I wrote about how this tournament used to be the domain of the little guy,

Sep 16, 2020 UTC

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Sobel's U.S. Open Power Rankings: Rahm Leads the Way

In order to succeed at Winged Foot GC during this week’s U.S. Open, players will need to clobber the ball off the tee, as length will matter on

Sep 15, 2020 UTC

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Who are the World's Best Golfers in Tough Conditions?

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That’s what they say, at least. But when trying to figure out which professional golfers play the best in tough

Sep 14, 2020 UTC

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How Has Dustin Johnson Performed as the Chalk at Majors?

Dustin Johnson enters this week’s U.S. Open on a serious heater. After squandering the 54-hole lead at last month’s PGA Championship, eventually finishing in a share of

Sep 14, 2020 UTC

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2020 Safeway Open: Sobel’s Top 4 Plays For Round 4

Remember when PGA TOUR golf was pretty much the only professional sport to bet? Ah, those were simpler times. Just a few months ago, when we didn’t have the

Sep 13, 2020 UTC

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Sobel's Safeway Open Betting Preview: Dahmen Among West Coast Contenders

Can’t stop, won’t stop. Of all the PGA TOUR official slogans over the years — from “These Guys are Good” to “Live Under Par” — perhaps the preceding

Sep 9, 2020 UTC

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2020 TOUR Championship: Sobel's Top Three Plays For Round 4

Another week, another Dustin Johnson lead with 18 holes left to play. If you’re keeping score, that’s four consecutive starts in which DJ has held the 54-hole lead

Sep 7, 2020 UTC

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TOUR Championship: 'Nappy Factor' Makes McIlroy an Intriguing Outright Play

After one round of the Tour Championship, you’re feeling pretty good if you bought into the “nappy factor.” Earlier this week, I wrote about the potential of fading Rory

Sep 5, 2020 UTC

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Sobel's TOUR Championship Preview: Rooting for Chaos

This week’s format is one for the bettors. Ask your casual golf fan, one who doesn’t understand spreads in other sports, to explain the staggered scoring start to

Aug 31, 2020 UTC

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Analyzing the Best Bets for the BMW Championship Final Round

This will sound like I’m writing generally, but we live in a world in which people want specific answers. People fact-check things and they Google ‘em. An educated guess

Aug 30, 2020 UTC

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Sobel: Scott, Fitzpatrick Among Potential Live Outright Adds for BMW Championship

Since 2003, there’s been a women’s major championship, a U.S. Amateur and an annual college tournament held at Olympia Fields, but the world’s best men’s

Aug 28, 2020 UTC

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Sobel: Jon Rahm Stands Out Among the Field at the BMW Championship

Whenever the debate over golf’s G.O.A.T. is broached in conversation, I delicately straddle the fence: Jack Nicklaus was the most acclaimed, Tiger Woods was the most

Aug 26, 2020 UTC

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Sobel: Best Sunday Matchup Bets for The Northern Trust

If you think Dustin Johnson is pretty much a lock to win The Northern Trust on Sunday, you’re not alone. Oddsmakers have installed the five-stroke leader as a -560

Aug 23, 2020 UTC

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