Tiger’s Golf Odds Drop Dramatically For Deutsche Bank Championship

All it took was an inkling, just a tiny inkling of him regaining his swing, for Tiger Woods’ golf odds to drop 50% from last week’s PGA Tournament to this week’s PGA Tournament.

50%, my friends.  50%.  Last week El Tigre was at +1000 to win The Barclays, a co-choice with Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy.  This week, he’s +500, a solid choice all by his lonesome, to beat Lefty and Rory in the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Of course, this week’s field is much smaller than last week’s field.  That has to account for something, right?  I’m not so sure.  I’m still thinking about it.  Maybe, I won’t make Tiger my worst bet to win the Deutsche Bank this week like I had intended to do.

You’re going to have to keep reading to find out.

PGA Tour:  Deutsche Bank Championship

Where:  TPC Boston, Norton, MA

When:  September 3rd thru September 6th, 2010

Par/Yardage:  Par 71, Yards 7214

TV:  Golf, NBC

Radio:  SIRIUS-XM 

To Win

Best Bet A:  Matt Kuchar +2000

Some golf betting fans are no doubt going to look at Kuchar’s victory at The Barclays last week and say that Matt wasted his one bullet of the year and won’t win another tournament in 2010.  I take a different approach.  Kuchar finally got over the hump and now that he has, expect him to keep winning.  The man has been playing as well as anybody in the world since May 30th, racking up seven Top 10 finishes in his last nine tournaments started.  That’s amazing.  At awesome +2000 golf odds to win the Deutsche Bank, Kuchar is the best bet in the sportsbook to win this week’s FedEx Playoff Event.

Best Bet B:  Dustin Johnson +1800

I was cold on DJ last week at The Barclays.  My thinking was that DJ’s implosion at the PGA Championship was going to adversely affect him for the rest of the year.  Man, I was wrong!  DJ came out and shot a -8 to tie for 9th at The Barclays.  He also led The Barclays field in distance off the tee and greens hit.  The man is simply playing out of this world right now and sports gamblers shouldn’t look past him at terrific close to 20 to 1 odds.

Worst Golf Wager:  Tiger Woods +500

I can’t do it.  I know that El Tigre played well last week but well isn’t the same as great and a 12th place finish is much different than a 1st place finish.  Once again, some sports gamblers are going to be all over Tiger at +500 odds.  To some sports gamblers, +500 signals that he’s an overlay.  Not to me.  To me, +500 signals that he’s an underlay, again, like he has been for most of 2010.  The competition has caught up to Tiger and until the golf odds start to reflect it in the sportsbook, I’m simply not betting on him to win a tournament.  Sorry.  Can’t do it.

Best Underdog Bet:  Jason Day +4500

How good has this kid become?  Day, born in 1986, the year I started high school, finished 10th at the PGA Championship and 5th at The Barclays last week.  He finished 19th at the 2009 Deutsche Bank Championship and no doubt should improve off of that.  Could he possibly improve enough to win?  I think so.  At +4500, I’m willing to find out.