Playing the Tips

Drinking scotch for Scotland - and a broken tooth. Succesfull week all around at the John Deere, including a couple cashes on the cards and a near winner in Max Homa. A robust debate on who the PGA Tour Player of the Year would be if voting were TODAY. No team win chances, but plenty of the bases covered with 11 total each way selections from 28-1 to 200-1. As always, tips, picks and best bets for...

SportsGuyTy finally gets to celebrate a winner, winner fried perch dinner on Wyndham Clark 125-1 at the U.S. Open! Best podcast sauce to beat the heat the upper Midwest is currently experiencing. The cards aligned for three possible team wins at  TPC Deer Run. And as always, tips, picks and best bets for the John Deere Classic. 

The boys are back for golf's third major championship in 2026. SportsGuyTy relieves the pain of missing Bud Cauley's first win by one week - but also collects a triple-digit each way on Jackson Suber at the Canadian Open. ShallowCal looks to recapture a little magic from back-to-back U.S. Open wins in 2023 and 2024, and there are multiple opportunities for a team win on the cards this ye...

Heartbreak all around on Sunday for SportsGuyTy and ShallowCal. Grading Aronimink and a still exciting PGA Championship, including reacting to Aaron Rai as a major champion. Short cards at TPC Craig Ranch this week - but two opportunities for a team win! SportsGuyTy hits the exacta at the Preakness, and a big Nelly Korda card out of 2026 Upper Deck Golf! As always, tips, picks and best bets for th...

Major championship season returns at Aronimink and SportsGuyTy is loaded up on the futures bets while ShallowCal takes a wait-and-see approach to the week. Rickie Fowler almost got home at the Truist but cashed a nice three places each way, and ShallowCal prepares to take another swing at Inverness Golf Club. As always tips, tricks and best bets for the 2026 PGA Championship at Aronimink.

ShallowCal goes near single-bullet at Quail Hollow, and SportsGuyTy isn't far behind with just four selections for the signature event. Is Cam Young's run just beginning - or is Scottie's ending? Ripping more 2026 Upper Deck Golf and it was a Tiger box! A few selections for the ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic as a bonus. And as always, tips, picks and best bets for the Truist Champio...

Returning from the heartbreak of Masters Sunday (and forgetting about an historically bad set of tips at Zurich). Lots of excitement to see the Blue Monster back on Tour and what the modern golfer will do it. Cards for the week span 33-1 all the way to 170-1, with a good bit of Bet365 3 places each way dotted on the cards this week. Celebrating Ole Miss men's golf first SEC title in 41 years...

150 episodes of Playing the Tips podcast! And what better way to celebrate than a winner during Masters week. Lots of futures bets on the cards this week, but a handful of each way selections were made at current odds on Monday. SportsGuyTy and ShallowCal relive the 2024 Tuesday practice round and provide tips for first-timers at Augusta (including avoiding the first concession stand you see). The...

Winner, winner fried perch dinner! SportsGuyTy celebrates the fourth outright winner of 2026 for the podcast on Gary Woodland 125-1 at the Houston Open. And, breaking news for Augusta: A source confirms a big name on Tour will be wearing Sun Day Red at the Masters. Big range this week on the cards from 17.5-1 to 750-1, and, no chance for a team win for the first time in a long time. As always, tip...

ShallowCal recaps an all-time final round card at THE PLAYERS - and a bit of the heartbreak that came with it. But there's only so much heartbreak when you're chasing a 150-1 FRL. The fellas debate green beer for St. Patrick's Day, and the bucket in golf and life. Multiple opportunities for a team win, and cards that stretch from 28-1 to 500-1. As always, tips, picks and best bets f...

Debating the merits of fake spring golf in Michigan. Dissecting Cam Davis 2000-1 (no. NO!). Looking for a team win on Min Woo Lee. A little Bud Cauley first round leader live add for ShallowCal? Ripping more 2026 Upper Deck golf - Hideki Young Guns (and gold)! As always, tips, picks and best bets for THE PLAYERS Championship. 

Looking to start another streak, the bets cover from the teens to the 600s this week at Bay Hill. SportsGuyTy and ShallowCal debate the merits of an Arnold Palmer, and rank all-time country club drinks. One chance at a team win in the 60s, and plenty love for Viktor Hovland floaties and all. SportsGuyTy joins ShallowCal in the Tiger Woods Clear Legends club. And as always, tips, picks and best bet...

Winner, winner fried perch dinner! For the third week in a row, the podcast tips the outright winner on the PGA Tour - this time it was SportsGuyTy on Collin Morikawa 66-1. The fellas try and stay hot at the Riv, a place where the podcast got its start five years and produced a three-way team win on Max Homa. Three more opportunities for a team win this week ranging from 33-1 to 200-1, and plenty...

Winner, winner fried perch dinner! ShallowCal goes back-to-back with a 50-1 outright on Chris Gotterup in Phoenix a week after 66-1 Justin Rose at Torrey Pines. SportsGuyTy suffers hearbreak on Michael Thorbjornsen and his 66-1 ticket in Phoenix, but the podcast also picks up another each way hit to stay hot in 2026. Recapping Super Bowl props winers and losers, and talking Patrick Reed on the PGA...

Winner, winner fried perch dinner! ShallowCal hits the first outright of the year on Justin Rose at Torrey Pines and there's plenty of celebrating to be done. Super Bowl week means game and prop bets. Team win on Brooksie 50-1? As always, tips, picks and best bets for the WMPO.

Torrey Pines has been good to SportsGuyTy and he's seeking his fifth outright winner here since 2020 - it might just be enough to makeup for the heartbreak over Tom Hoge at the AMEX. Team win chances at both 33-1 as well as a familiar name at 200-1. And does Patrick Reed find his way back to the PGA Tour in 2027? As always, tips, picks and best bets for the Farmers Insurance Open. 

ShallowCal and SportsGuyTy start off 2026 with a pair of T6 cashes at the Sony Open and now look to parlay that into a team win at the American Express with two opportunities on the card. Lots of talk about another card passed out Tiger Woods' 50th birthday party, as well as the move of Michael La Sasso to LIV golf and Patrick Reed potentially playing four tours. As always, tips, picks and be...

Winner, winner fried perch dinner! ShallowCal finally gets to celebrate Sami Valimaki from the 2025 RSM Classic. Lots of talk on Brooks Koepka, including where he might play in 2026 and where we're most excited to see him play. It was never Mito Week - paying tribute to a podcast favorite. Breaking down the PGA Tour Fall schedule, including new events in Austin and Asheville. And of course, t...

Winner, winner fried perch dinner! The team is back together for the first time since SportGuyTy hit Michael Brennan 125-1 at the Bank of Utah Championship, and the fellas celebrate accordingly. ShallowCal is now an Ole Miss fan with a potential Oxford trip on tap for golf and playoff football in December. The field is bad in Bermuda, and the cards are short. One opportunity for a team win on the...

Oh so close in the sip but it wasn't meant to be for Garrick Higgo. But both SportsGuyTy and ShallowCal were profitable at Sanderson Farms and looking to keep the good times rolling in Asia-Pacific at the Baycurrent Classic. ShallowCal sticks at 66-1 for all four selections and SportsGuyTy dips into the triple digits for two picks. Big weekend of sports card collecting in the SportsGuyTy hous...

Hotty Toddy, gosh almighty! What a time for the PGA Tour to head to the Magnolia state after a thrilling Ole Miss win over no. 4 LSU. Fall golf returns with a solid field and some intrigue, and SportsGuyTy and ShallowCal are thinking similar thoughts with rtqwo opportunities for a team win. Little Ryder Cup discourse rehashing what was simultaneously almost a complete drubbing and the greatest com...

Winner, winner fried perch dinner in Europe for ShallowCal! The return of Playing the Tips for FedEx Cup Fall has the fellas all fired, and Napa has been good to the show over the year. SportsGuyTy reminisces on hitting 1-2-3 here in 2021, and ShallowCal preps for his own trip to wine country in a few weeks - including reservations at Birdsong and The French Laundry. Lots of longshots on the card...

The penultimate leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs takes us back to Caves Valley for the first time since 2021. SportsGuyTy and ShallowCal have three opportunities for a team win with a condensed field and odds board. Lots of love for big hitters again in Baltimore, including a young Ryder Cup hopeful with a lot to play for and a juice number early in the week. As always, tips, picks ad best bets for B...

Recapping the epic SportsGuyTy vs. ShallowCal match at Spyder Cup 2025. Drinking tariff beer. Talking smoked pork butt because Memphis. And hoping for a team win on Vik. As always, tips, picks and best bets for the FedEx St. jude Championship at TPC Southwind. 

SportsGuyTy and ShallowCal return from a two-week hiatus as the PGA Tour makes its way back stateside for the 3M Open. Plenty of Ryder Cup debate about the six captain's selections to open the show followed by debating Scottie Scheffler's place in history today. One opportunity for a team win this week and plenty of chances on down the odds board. As always, tips, picks and best bets for...