AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – It’s that time of year again – when each of the 50 state highway patrol agencies go head-to-head for a chance to be in the Best Looking Cruiser calendar.

This year, there’s some tough competition.

We start with the Georgia State Patrol in front of the Atlanta Motor Speedway, with the new and old styles of trooper vehicles.

South Carolina State Patrol’s entry now – where they’re posted in front of the Ravenel Bridge in Charleston.

The top 13 states with the most votes will make the 2025 wall calendar, with the top-voted cruiser featured on the cover.

Vote here for your favorite highway patrol agency through the 29th.

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The 2024 men’s major season is officially in the books. For the first time since 1982, all four majors were won by Americans. Scottie Scheffler won the Masters, Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open, and Xander Schauffele captured both the PGA Championship and the British Open.

There’s still plenty of golf left to be played this season, including the Olympics and the Tour Championship, but it’s never too early to take a look at next year’s first major. Before we know it, the 2025 Masters will be here.

As you probably expect, Scheffler is set as the favorite to win a third green jacket. Let’s take a look at the list of top 20 golfers on the odds list.

Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook

Scheffler is set as the +450 favorite to win the Masters for the second straight year and for the third time in his career. If you translate those odds to implied probability, the market says he has an 18.18% chance of winning at Augusta.

If you want to place an early bet on the Masters, Schauffele at +1400 has to jump off the page. The narrative that followed him around the past five years that he didn’t have what it takes to win a major has been wiped clean. Not only did he get his first major title in 2024, but he won his second in impressive fashion at Royal Troon.

Schauffele will tee up at next year’s Masters with weight off his shoulders. His history at the Masters makes him a great candidate to put on the green jacket. He has posted four top-10 finishes over the past six years, including T2 in 2019 and T3 in 2021.

If he continues to rack up wins between now and April, Schauffele’s odds are going to be much shorter than +1400. It may be a good strategy to bet him at that price now while we still can.

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – It’s about that time for cyclists to take over the streets of downtown Augusta for the USA Masters and Junior Road National Championship.

It starts this Sunday, July 28.

You can expect road closures on that day from 4:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Roads that will be impacted are:

• the Broad Street side of the Augusta Common from 9th to 7th Street
• Reynolds Street from 7th to James Brown Boulevard
• James Brown from Reynolds to Broad Street
• 7th Street from Broad to Reynolds

If you plan to watch, you’ll need to park outside of the course and use walking access points to the Augusta Common.

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