Golf wagering returns with TaylorMade Driving Relief

The PGA Tour isn’t scheduled to return until June 11 with the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Golf Course in Fort Worth, Texas, but there is golf to wager on this week with Sunday’s TaylorMade Driving Relief event from Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach, Florida. It’s a televised fundraiser to benefit COVID-19 relief initiatives that will feature Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson taking on Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a team best-ball skins game.

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UnitedHealth Group pledged $3 million in charity skins. Farmers Insurance pledged an additional $1 million for a birdies and eagles pool. The event begins at 2 p.m. ET.

McIlroy and Johnson will play for the American Nurses Foundation while Fowler and Wolff will play for the CDC Foundation. McIlroy is the No. 1-ranked player in the world, while Johnson previously was. They are -225 favorites with Fowler/Wolff at +170. Fowler has won five PGA Tour events in his career, although he might be best known now as the best player to never win a major.