Championship duos from the NBA and NFL will square off on Thursday evening at the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas for The Match VIII. Golden State's Steph Curry and Klay Thompson will go head-to-head against Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in a 12-hole scramble beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET. Curry previously participated in The Match III in 2020 when he teamed up with Peyton Manning in a loss to Charles Barkley and Phil Mickelson. The latest Match 8 odds have Curry and Thompson at -230 (risk $230 to win $100), while Mahomes and Kelce are +195.
Mahomes also lost in his debut at this event when he and Josh Allen fell to Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers in 2022. Which duo should you be backing with your Match VIII prop bets? Before locking in any Match 8 bets, be sure to see Match VIII picks and predictions from SportsLine's proven golf expert, Mike McClure.
McClure's model has returned almost $10,000 on $100 best bets since June of 2020 and has called the winner of nine major tournaments entering the weekend. McClure was also all over Brooks Koepka defeating Bryson DeChambeau as a +110 underdog in The Match V and nailed Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth for an easy win over Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in The Match VII. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.
Now, with The Match 8 set to tee off on Thursday evening, McClure has scoured the golf odds and locked in his top picks. Head to SportsLine now to see McClure's best bet for The Match VIII.
Top golf picks and best bets for The Match VIII
For Thursday's primetime matchup, McClure is backing Curry and Thompson to score the outright win for a -230 payout. Curry is the best golfer of the group by a wide margin, as his golf career began when he played high school golf at Charlotte Christian School. He was the No. 1 golfer by his senior year, and he currently holds a 0.3 handicap index.
Curry finished as high as tied for third in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament, so Thompson will have the freedom to go pin seeking throughout the evening. Meanwhile, Kelce does not submit his golf scores and estimates his handicap is around a 10, putting a lot of pressure on Mahomes in this contest. This is essentially shaping up to be a Curry vs. Mahomes battle, which does not bode well for the NFL duo. See which side to back at SportsLine.
How to make The Match 2023 picks
McClure has scoured The Match VIII odds board and also identified a pair of prop bets worth your attention, including one that is earning a plus-money payout. You can only get his top picks for The Match VIII right here.
So who wins The Match VIII? Visit SportsLine now to see who you can bank on to win The Match 8, and see where the betting value lies, all from the expert that's nailed nine golf majors, and find out.
