http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Sportsbooks - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@sportsbooks.com http://www.sportsbooks.com/ Players making their first deposit with Sportsbooks.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/958810.html The Canadian Tour announced eight dates for the 2012 season on Tuesday. The Canadian part of the schedule will kick off with the 30th playing of the Times Colonist Island Savings Open. That will be followed by the ATB Financial Classic and the Syncrude Boreal Open. Those three events will all be contested in June. As the calendar turns to July, there are three more events, including the Canadian Open. The Canadian Tour Championship will b http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/937348.html It was a balanced year on the Canadian Tour with 11 players winning tournaments, and just one player winning twice. And not only did the tour have a solid season in and of itself, but a couple of its' alums were also making big news as the year wound to a close. We'll first take a look at two of the alums. Jim Rutledge, 52, fired a nine-under 62 in the second round at the Champions Tour Q School. He took the lead with that stellar rou http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/930489.html Byron Smith birdied the 18th hole Sunday to pick up the win at the Desert Dunes Classic, the final event on the 2011 Canadian Tour schedule. Smith, the third-round leader, finished with a six-under 66 on Sunday to win the championship at 16-under 272. The margin of victory at Desert Dunes Golf Club was two, but this was very tight down the stretch. Kent Eger eagled the par-five 16th to match Smith in the lead at 15-under par. Both p http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/930285.html Byron Smith shot a five-under 67 Saturday to take a one-shot lead after three rounds of the Canadian Tour's season-closing Desert Dunes Classic. Smith had an eagle, four birdies and a late bogey at Desert Dunes Golf Club to finish 54 holes at 10-under 206, one shot clear of Kent Eger. Eger would have entered Sunday tied for the lead had he not bogeyed the last. Still, Eger finished with his third straight three-under 69 and is fir http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/930128.html Kent Eger posted his second consecutive three-under 69 on Friday to take the lead during the suspended second round of the Desert Dunes Classic. Eger finished 36 holes at six-under 138 and is one stroke clear at Desert Dunes Golf Club. Matt Richardson (71), Byron Smith (68), Matt Daniel (72) and first-round leader Stuart Anderson (75) share second place at minus-five. The second round was suspended due to darkn http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/929900.html Stuart Anderson fired an eight-under 64 Thursday to grab a three-stroke lead after the opening round of the Desert Dunes Classic. Anderson claimed his fourth tour title earlier this year at the Canadian Tour Championship. He missed Adam Hadwin's course record at Desert Dunes Golf Club by a single stroke. The 33-year-old Anderson started in the third group out off the 10th tee. He carded his first birdie on the 11th, then drained back- http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/909148.html Stuart Anderson defeated local favorite Richard Scott on the second playoff hole Sunday to win the Canadian Tour Championship. Anderson's win on Sunday was his second at this championship. He titled at this event in 2006 and this victory was his fourth all-time on the Canadian Tour. "I draw back on those experiences," said Anderson. "I love this game. I really hope I can do it the rest of my life." Anderson fired a final-round, six-under 6 http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/908872.html Local favorite Richard Scott shot a four-under 67 on Saturday to join second-round leader Erick Justesen atop the leaderboard after the third round of the Canadian Tour Championship. Scott, who lives in nearby Kingsville, Ontario, and Justesen, who posted a three-under 68 on Saturday, finished 54 holes at 17-under 196 and are one shot clear at Ambassador Golf Club. Garrett Sapp fired a seven-under 64 in round three and jumped into third at 16- http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/908650.html Erick Justesen tied a tournament record with a nine-under 62 to take a one-shot lead halfway through the Canadian Tour Championship. Justesen tied Byron Smith's 2007 mark and set a course record with an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey, finishing 36 holes at 14-under 128 at The Ambassador Golf Club. He's seeking his first Canadian Tour win at this flagship event. First-round co-leader Richard Scott is the only player http://www.sportsbooks.com/news/sports_betting/908222.html Richard Scott and Roger Sloan both fired rounds of eight-under 63 on Thursday to share the opening-round lead of the Canadian Tour Championship. Wil Collins posted a seven-under 64 and is alone in third place at Ambassador Golf Club. This is the flagship event on the Canadian Tour and it's fitting Scott is among the co-leaders. He's from nearby Kingsville, Ontario and big galleries were following him on Thursday. "You try not to think abou