Weekly Golf Betting Preview – US PGA
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009The PGA Tour moves north to Ontario this week for the Canadian Open.
Anthony Kim and Mike Weir head the betting at 16/1 with totesport. Kim has turned into somewhat of an enigma this season proving very hit and miss on the course since bursting onto the scene last year. Kim’s erratic form meant he missed the cut at Turnberry last week but does have two top ten finishes to his name this season and finished 8th here last year.
Weir on the other hand will be on the receiving end of plenty of home support and certainly looks the better placed of the two to do well here. We tipped up Weir this time last year when he finished fifth. He also missed the cut last week but a couple of extra days in home surroundings will have been good preparation and expect a bold showing from the left-handed Canadian here.
There’s a pretty decent line-up at Glen Abbey this week, as the likes of Retief Goosen, Camillo Villegas and Luke Donald all make the trip here from Scotland.
Goosen is an 18/1 shot with totesport and on paper has an excellent chance. Three top tens in concession including a fifth place finish in last weeks Open suggest the Goose has returned to form but in truth his putting has prevented him winning all three tournaments. Goosen led by two shots going into the final round of the BMW International before eventually finishing third. The South African dropped five shots on the greens during six holes of his final round on Loch Lomond when in contention and last week double bogeyed fifteen on Sunday afternoon which essentially ruled him out of getting a third major under his belt.
Luke Donald played brilliantly over last week to catapult him into a fifth place finish at Turnberry and could go well here. The Englishman looks to have banished his injury woes of last season and although he’s not played this week’s course competitively he has the golfing brain to give a bold show here this week. Donald is 20/1 with totesport.
Further down the betting we like the look of Kevin Na, whose been having a good season and has course form having finished eighth here last here. Na finished seventh on the PGA Tour last week without the big names but he’s a good bet to maintain his momentum in Canada at 25/1 with totesport.
Finally, a bit for a long shot at 80/1 but Ryan Palmer had a decent finish here last year, tied 22nd and comes here on the back of two very solid top twenty five finishes. Palmer has won on tour before and might be worth an each-way squeak on a course he clearly enjoys.
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