Online PGA Golf Betting - Mickelson seeks PLAYERS repeat
by BetUS Staff
Phil Mickelson.
Mickelson is the defending champion at this event at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida – he’s the golfer that ended up 11 strokes ahead of Woods after the final round of the lucrative tournament. Mickelson roared out of the gates with a 5-under 67 back in 2007, and he shot back-to-back rounds of 69 on the weekend to secure the win.
That’s enough of a resume for the BetUS oddsmakers to peg Mickelson as the +1000 favorite to win THE PLAYERS Championship this week. Lefty is the No. 2-ranked player in the world (behind Woods), while No. 3 Adam Scott is just behind him on this week’s odds list at +1200. Scott won this tournament back in 2004, and he was sixth last year.
Padraig Harrington (+2000) round out the Top 5 of the odds list this week, but none of them had a strong showing at this event in 2007. Furyk tied with eight other golfers for 28th place (at 1-under for the tournament), while Singh was another two strokes behind in 44th, and Harrington ended up in 52nd.
Retief Goosen (+3000). Cink finished one stroke behind Garcia for third place in this tourney last year.
Anthony Kim won the Henrik Stenson is also listed at +3500 odds to get the win.
2006 tournament champion Stephen Ames is back at +6000 odds for this week, while 1998 champion Trevor Immelman is at +6000.
Other top odds to get the win this week include Luke Donald (+4500), Lee Westwood (+4500), Zach Johnson (+5000), Sean O’Hair (+5000), Robert Allenby and Boo Weekley are both at +6000.
Meanwhile, the European Tour will be in Milan this week for the Italian Open at the Castello di Tolcinasco Golf and Country Club. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano won this event last year, but he’s well down at +3000 odds to repeat as the champion. 2006 champion Francesco Molinari is higher up on the list; he’s only pegged at +1800 to win.
The tournament favorite, though, is Robert Karlsson, who is listed at +1400 odds. Other top contenders to win overseas this week include Charl Schwartzel (+1600), Anders Hansen (+1600), Nick Dougherty (+1800), Bradley Dredge (+2000), Alastair Forsyth (+2200), and Alexander Noren (+2200). 2001 champ Gregory Havret is back at +4500.
The European Tour will head from Italy to Ireland next week for the Memorial Tournament (in Dublin, Ohio) finishing out this month’s slate.
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