posted August 1, 2007 at 16:33 in Golf Articles

The PGA Tour and the European Tour will converge once again this week at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio for the 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. So if you’re going to do some golf betting for the event, who is currently listed as the tourney fave?

That’d be Tiger Woods, of course. Woods is pegged as the +225 favorite, and he’s also the defending champion at this tournament. In fact, Woods has won this event five times in its eight-year history (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, and 2006). The other tourney champs? Craig Parry (2002), Darren Clarke (2003), and Stewart Cink (2004). Clarke is back at +12500 odds to win the event this week, while Cink is higher up at +3000 odds.

Jim Furyk is coming off a win in the Canadian Open, and he’s climbed up to No. 2 in the current edition of the World Golf Rankings. On the BetUS golf odds list Furyk is listed at +1000 to win this week’s World Golf Championships event. Ernie Els and Vijay Singh are next at +1400 odds, while Phil Mickelson is at +1600. British Open champion Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia round out the top tier of favorites at+2500 odds.

U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera is pegged at +3500 odds to win in Akron this week, while The Masters champion Zach Johnson is at +6000. The rest of the top contenders:

Odds To Win WGC- Bridgestone Invitational

Tiger Woods +225

Jim Furyk +1000

Ernie Els +1400

Vijay Singh +1400

Phil Mickelson +1600

Sergio Garcia +2500

Padraig Harrington +2500

Stewart Cink +3000

Luke Donald +3000

Justin Rose +3000

Angel Cabrera +3500

K. J. Choi +4000

Retief Goosen +4000

Adam Scott +4000

David Toms +4000

Paul Casey +5000

Hunter Mahan +5000

Geoff Ogilvy +5000

Niclas Fasth +6000

Zach Johnson +6000

Kenny Perry +6000

Rory Sabbatini +6000

Steve Stricker +6000

Tim Clark +7000

Ian Poulter +7000

Henrik Stenson +7000

Scott Verplank +7000

After competing in Akron the world’s top golfers will head to Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the season’s final major – the PGA Championship. Woods is the current favorite for that event as well, at +275 odds. He’s followed on the list by Mickelson (+1200), Furyk (+1600), Els (+1800), Singh (+2500), and Harrington (+2500).

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