posted August 29, 2007 at 17:16 in Golf Articles
Golf Betting - PGA Playoffs Continue At TPC Boston
Tiger Woods will be back in action this week when the PGA Tour stages its second playoff tournament – the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.
And for those doing some golf betting, that means there’s another big favorite on the books. Woods is currently listed as the +150 fave to win his second consecutive Deutsche Bank Championship. However, the break taken by the world’s top player last week has given the FedExCup postseason a little more intrigue heading to September.
Steve Stricker won the first playoff tournament last week, The Barclays at Westchester Country Club in New York. And along with the $1.26 million first-place prize, Stricker also picked up 9,000 FedExCup points – and vaulted from No. 12 to No. 1 in the Cup standings. K.J. Choi finished second at Westchester, and he’s now in second in the points race (2,050 behind Stricker). Rory Sabbatini, who ended up in third place at The Barclays, is 250 points behind Choi, while the inactive Woods dropped to fourth place.
Mark Calcavecchia, Ernie Els, Geoff Ogilvy, Rich Beem, Phil Mickelson, Robert Garrigus, and Jerry Kelly made up the rest of The Barclays’ Top 10. Jim Furyk ended up in a 25th-place tie with Sergio Garcia and Zach Johnson, and they all earned only 350 FedExCup points at the event. Vijay Singh missed the cut and didn’t pick up any points.
So after one FedExCup playoff event here’s how the race for that trophy is looking:
01 Steve Stricker --- 104,950
02 K.J. Choi --- 102,900
03 Rory Sabbatini --- 100,650
04 Tiger Woods --- 100,000
05 Phil Mickelson --- 99,613
06 Vijay Singh --- 99,000
07 Jim Furyk --- 98,850
08 Zach Johnson --- 97,350
09 Adam Scott --- 97,150
10 Ernie Els --- 96,967
Singh and Scott (who finished in 14th place at The Barclays and picked up 900 points) are both past winners of the Deutsche Bank Championship – Singh in 2004, and Scott in 2003. The oddsmakers at BetUS sportsbook ave them in the second tier of contenders on the golf odds list for this week’s event, with Singh at +2000 odds and Scott back at +2500.
Other top golf odds to get the win at TPC Boston this week include Mickelson (+2000), Justin Rose (+2500), Choi (+2800), Furyk (+2800), and Ogilvy (+2800). Stricker might be the standings leader right now, but the oddsmakers have him farther back on the list at just +5000 to get the win. Els was listed high on the odds list, but he will miss this week’s event to spend time with his family. Here are the other contenders:
Odds To Win The Deutsche Bank Championship
Tiger Woods +150
Phil Mickelson +2000
Vijay Singh +2000
Justin Rose +2500
Adam Scott +2500
K.J. Choi +2800
Jim Furyk +2800
Geoff Ogilvy +2800
Sergio Garcia +3000
Padraig Harrington +3500
Rory Sabbatini +4000
Hunter Mahan +4500
Luke Donald +5000
Kenny Perry +5000
Steve Stricker +5000
Retief Goosen +6000
Arron Oberholser +6000
Ian Poulter +6000
Trevor Immelman +7000
Scott Verplank +7000
Stewart Cink +7500
Tim Clark +7500
Zach Johnson +7500
Brandt Snedeker +7500
Woods is also pegged as the big -750 favorite to pick up a Top-10 finish at the Deutsche Bank Championship this weekend. Mickelson and Singh are next on that list at +180, followed by Rose (+225), Scott (+225), Choi (+255), and Ogilvy (+255). Woods is then listed as the -335 fave to end up in the Top 4 at the event, with Mickelson (+400), Singh (+400), Rose (+500), and Scott (+500) behind him.
The FedExCup field is further reduced (to just the top 70 players in the standings) when the PGA Tour stages its next event, the BMW Championship at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Lemont, Illinois from September 6-9. The playoffs then conclude at The Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia from September 13 thru 16.
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