(Reuters) - The PGA Tour said on Monday it will implement a more comprehensive gambling policy from 2018 to monitor global betting markets for any irregular activity. As part of the policy, the PGA Tour partnered with London-based Genius Sports, a leader in sports integrity services who will track real-time betting activity and identify potentially suspicious patterns occurring in global betting markets. "The bedrock of PGA Tour competition are the inherent values of golf and the honesty and integrity of our members," PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement. So, we felt it was important to move forward with an Integrity Programme to further protect our competition from betting-related issues." The Integrity Program will cover all facets of competition and operations on the six Tours overseen by the PGA Tour.

Source: The Star September 18, 2017 21:22 UTC