Weekly Golf Betting Preview – US PGA
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009With three weeks until the Masters tees off all eyes will be on Tiger Woods this week in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club.
Tiger will feel at home at the Bay Hill Club, having secured four wins on the trot from 2000 he chipped in again with his fifth victory in this tournament last year. Despite his dominance he’s not quite kicked into full gear since returning from injury but the bookies are running for cover only offering a measly 5/2 this week.
If you don’t fancy Tiger this week, his short price means there’s excellent value elsewhere, with last weeks Transitions Championship winner Retief Goosen the next best in the market at 20/1 with totesport. Goosen had gone off the boil in 2008 but had a top twenty finish in the bay Hill so could be worth a bet to follow up last weeks victory.
Vijay Singh won this tournament in 2007 and his slow start to 2009 means you can get a beefy looking 28/1 on him to get his first win of the season under his belt this week.
Another player with odds much longer than they would be when at the top of their game is Australian Adam Scott. We’ve been tipping him up for the past few weeks now and after a poor return, missing the cut last week, his odds have drifted right out to 55/1 with totesport. If Scott were to win at those odds there’d be plenty of punters kicking themselves and we think he’s certainly worth persisting with this week.
There’s so much quality in the field there’s cases for Jim Furyk (25/1), Kenny Perry (25/1 and a former winner here) and Padraig Harrington (33/1). However, there’s a trio of Englishmen at bigger prices who will be using this week as a springboard for their Masters challenge.
Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Oliver Wilson have all been in fine form in the States, specifically in the WGC events. All played well in the match-play and followed it up with top 20 finishes in the WGC CA Championship a fortnight ago. Rose is the shortest price of the trio with totesport at 40/1, whilst you can back Poulter or Wilson at 50/1 and 80/1 respectively.
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