http://www.bettingexpress.com/ BettingExpress - Pro and College sport headlines and stories on the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, MLB, football, baseball, basketball, World Series, Super Bowl. en-us jackblack@bettingexpress.com http://www.bettingexpress.com/ Players making their first deposit with BettingExpress.com will automatically receive a Tournament Ticket to the $500 Welcome Freeroll. http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/945081.html The Nationwide Tour unveiled its 2012 schedule on Thursday and it will begin with three events outside the United States. The first two events of the year flip-flop spots on the calendar with the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship kicking off the season on Feb. 16. Two weeks later, the tour heads to Panama for the Panama Claro Championship, which was the first stop last year. The following week the tour will move to Chile for http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/944187.html J.J. Killeen was named Nationwide Tour Player of the Year in a vote of his peers the tour announced Wednesday. "I'm elated to have been named 2011 Nationwide Tour Player of the Year by my peers," said Killeen. "This has been an incredible year for me, and fortunately my family has been on tour many times and been able to enjoy much of my success first hand. I'm anxious to get out on the PGA Tour. Seeing what guys like Keegan http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/936010.html If this year on the PGA Tour showed anything, it's that the Nationwide Tour should be looked at seriously for golfers of the future. After a record number of rookies won on the big tour and Keegan Bradley won the PGA Championship, one can look at this year's Nationwide Tour finish and possibly see among it a future major champion. And not in the next five years -- more like 2012. It was written after last year that the Nationw http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/929081.html Every year, the PGA Tour welcomes new members from the Nationwide Tour, and 2011 was evidence enough that several of those players are likely to make an immediate impact. So, who will it be in 2012? First, let's re-visit 2011 on the PGA Tour, which might as well have been called the "Year of the Rookie." There were 35 neophytes in 2011, six of whom earned victories. That includes two-time winner Keegan Bradley, who picked up one of those victor http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/928653.html The Nationwide Tour announced on Monday that the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship will move to the TPC Craig Ranch in 2012. The TPC Craig Ranch hosted this event in 2008 when Matt Bettencourt beat Jeff Klauk by a stroke. "The 2008 Championship was a big success and with our two fantastic partners again in the Salesmanship Club of America and TPC Craig Ranch, we are confident the 2012 championship will be another great event," said Nationwid http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/928514.html Ken Duke posted a four-under 68 on Sunday to come from behind and win the Nationwide Tour Championship at the Ralston Creek Course at the Daniel Island Club. Duke finished at 10-under 278 and collected his second Nationwide Tour victory and first since 2006. Scott Brown's two-under 70 gave him second at minus- eight. The victory was sweet for Duke, but the first-place check of $180,000 meant more. That vaulted him inside the top 25 on the http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/928304.html Jason Kokrak posted a three-over 75 in windy difficult conditions Saturday, but it was enough to stay atop the leaderboard after the third round of the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship. Kokrak, a second-round co-leader, finished 54 holes at seven-under 209 and is one stroke clear at Ralston Creek Course at the Daniel Island Club. "It was a tough round with that wind," Kokrak said. "I think the only other time I had a tougher day was http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/928056.html Two players that entered the week inside the top 25 on the money list, jumped to the top of the leaderboard Friday at the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship. Daniel Chopra fired a course-record, 10-under 62, while Jason Kokrak carded a five-under 67 for the second straight day. They shared the 36-hole lead at 10- under-par 134. Robert Castro posted his second straight 68 to end two rounds alone in second at minus-eight. Greg Owen (66 http://www.bettingexpress.com/news/sports_betting/927850.html This is it. Sixty players, 25 guaranteed spots on the PGA Tour next year and one tournament to prove yourself. So far, Mark Anderson is making the most of his opportunity. Anderson's five-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole gave him a six-under 66 Thursday at Daniel Island and put him one shot ahead after the first round of the Nationwide Tour Championship. Anderson had seven birdies and a bogey -- all in the last 11 holes at Ral