posted April 11, 2007 at 16:23 EST in Golf Articles
Golf Betting - Verizon Heritage
by BetUS Staff
Tiger Woods will take a break from golf this weekend, and instead spend his time savoring the victory he picked up on Sunday in the 2007 Masters at Augusta National.
Whoops, that’s what happens when you write your golf story too far in advance. It’s actually Zach Johnson who is savoring a Masters victory this week, and he won’t be taking time off – he’ll be in the field for the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. However, he’s not pegged as the favorite this weekend.
In fact, Johnson is farther down the list at +4000 odds to be victorious at Hilton Head on Sunday. Of course, he was pretty far down the odds list to win The Masters as well, and that turned out fine for him. Johnson ended up two strokes ahead of Woods, Retief Goosen, and Rory Sabbatini after shooting 3-under on the final day of the tournament.
The field for the Verizon Heritage won’t be quite as tough, although many of the world’s top golfers will be in attendance. Jim Furyk is currently listed as the tournament favorite at +1000 odds, followed closely by Ernie Els at +1200. Third on the current odds list is Davis Love III, who has won this event a record five times (2003, 1998, 1992, 1991, and 1987). Two-time winner Stewart Cink (2004, 2000) is sitting at +2500.
Aaron Baddeley won this tournament last year, beating Furyk by a single stroke to grab his first-ever PGA win; he’s at +3000 odds to repeat as champion. Other past winners in the field this week are Justin Leonard and Jose Coceres. Leonard, the 2002 champion, is way back at +7000 odds, while Coceres, the 2001 champ, is pegged at +5000 odds.
Contenders’ odds have also been given to Geoff Ogilvy (+2000), Justin Rose (+2200), and Trevor Immelman (+2800). Here are the rest of the top odds for the tournament.
- Jim Furyk +1000
- Ernie Els +1200
- Davis Love III +2000
- Geoff Ogilvy +2000
- Justin Rose +2200
- Stewart Cink +2500
- Trevor Immelman +2800
- Stephen Ames +3000
- Aaron Baddeley +3000
- Tim Clark +3000
- Vaughn Taylor +3000
- Lucas Glover +3500
- Zach Johnson +4000
- Jerry Kelly +4000
- Scott Verplank +4500
- Bart Bryant +5000
- Chad Campbell +5000
- Jose Coceres +5000
- Chris DiMarco +5000
- Anthony Kim +5000
- Nick O'Hern +5000
- Rod Pampling +5000
- Tom Pernice +5000
- Brett Wetterich +5000
Overseas, the golfers of the European Tour and the Asian Tour will be playing in the Volvo China Open at the Shanghai Silport Golf Club this week. This event has only been a part of the European Tour’s sanctioned schedule since 2004, and its past three winners were Jeev Milkha Singh, Paul Casey and Stephen Dodd. However, Simon Dyson won this tournament back in 2000, and he’s listed as the +1200 favorite this year.
Thomas Bjorn, Thongchai Jaidee, and Wen-Chong Liang are all tied for second on the current list at +1800 odds, while 2004 champ Dodd is farther back on the chart at +4000 odds. Here are the rest of the top odds to get a win at Shanghai Silport this weekend.
- Simon Dyson +1200
- Thomas Björn +1800
- Thongchai Jaidee +1800
- Wen-Chong Liang +1800
- Raphael Jacquelin +3000
- Graeme McDowell +3000
- Richard Sterne +3000
- Robert-Jan Derksen +4000
- Stephen Dodd +4000
- Ricardo Gonzalez +4000
- Prayad Marksaeng +4000
- Chapchai Nirat +4000
- Chawalit Plaphol +4000
- Graeme Storm +4000
- Thaworn Wiratchant +4000
- Christian Cévaër +5000
- Anton Haig +5000
- Peter Hanson +5000
- Shiv Kapur +5000
- Soren Kjeldsen +5000
- Maarten Lafeber +5000
- Peter Lawrie +5000
- Prom Meesawat +5000
- Chinarat Phadungsil +5000
- Marc Warren +5000
- Gregory Havret +5500
The golfers of the PGA Tour move on from South Carolina to Louisiana for next week’s event, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisiana Avondale. The European Tour’s next tourney will be the BMW Asian Open at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC.
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