It has been a great year for the Star Tiger Woods, last week he won the St. Jude’s Classic making a powerful statement to all challengers to the US Open title, I AM READY AND HEALTHY to repeat the title; now the big question is CAN HE?

Tiger Woods won the tournament last year with an impressive performance while he was injured, his knee appears to be ok and he is ready to take another title, one he has won in the past but he doesn’t mind repeating. His game at the Classic last week was dead on, he hit incredible shots to beat Jim Furyk and take the tournament on Sunday and he didn’t look either tired or in pain which is as relief to all his fans across the World. Last time Tiger played at Bethpage Black Course in New York he won the tournament so he knows the conditions and the course I assume he has a little advantage.

Phil Mickelson might remember that day since he was fighting toe to toe with Woods for the title in 2002, he obviously lost and since then he has been really close but he has never been able to close the deal and win the tournament, although he will be one of the players to watch since in my opinion is the only one that can defeat Woods.

Some other players like Retief Goosen, Jim Furyk, Geoff Ogilvy and some other lucky ones have won this tournament already so they will be bringing a lot of heat to Woods but I don’t think it will be enough.

My prediction will be TIGER WOODS repeats the title and he confirms he is the greatest golf player at this moment but he will have to face Mickelson in what appears to be a blood bath between great champions.

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PGA 2009 US Open Betting Odds and Predictions

It is really no surprise that Tiger is favored, actually I think he is favored every year…  This week at the Houston Shell Open, Phil Mickelson +580 is the favorite and will be looking to tune up his play in preparation for next weeks Masters tourney and fending off El Tigre’.  Also there is another little twist of drama between Phil and Tiger as Phil is just decimal points away from unsurping Tiger’s #1 in the world ranking, with a win this week in Houston Phil can secure the #1 ranking for the first time ever and then defend it in the Masters.  So you see there is alot of bragging rights and betting odds at stake here.  Here are a few of the Odds to Win this years Masters along with links to all the props and options available.

Odds to Win the 2009 Masters:

 Tiger Woods +180 (risk $100 to win $180)

Phil Mickelson +550

Padraig Harrington +1300

Sergio Garcia +1800

Anthony Kim +2000

Geoff Ogilvy +1200

These are just a few of the odds available.  Gamblers Palace will also be offering player matchups for every round of the tournament as well as updated odds to win.  Don’t forget about tournament props such as; Will/Won’t make the Cut, player total strokes for the tourney, hole in one yes/no, player makes an eagle yes/no as well as many others to come.  Also GamblersPalace.com is offering an insane amount of bonus up to 140% for new and existing players who make a deposit.  So what are you waiting for?  Yeah, I don’t know either…

***UPDATED FRIDAY APRIL 10th

Tiger looked about average on Thursday while Chad Campbell nearly ran away with the lead before going bogey in the last 2 holes.  As a whole, Augusta is getting whipped like a red headed step child with the field cutting the average score down 2 strokes from 74.2 to 72.1 compared to one year ago.  Today’s featured 2nd round matchup:

Tiger Woods -240
Paddy Harrington +180

Pick:  The value is on Paddy at almost 2 to 1, but then again every time Tiger has shot a 70 in the first round he has gone on to win the tourney.  If you are going to bet it then you should throw some fun bucks on Paddy, there is no value in paying -240…

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The Masters: 2009 Tiger Woods Betting Odds

Odds to win the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship:

Tiger Woods +410 (risk $100 to win $410)

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***UPDATED ODDS TO WIN WGC MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP:

Tiger Woods +225 (risk $100 to win $225)

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Odds to win the Bobby Jones Bracket

Tiger Woods +135 (risk $100 to win $135)

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Round 1 Matchup Lines

Tiger Woods -445 (risk $445 to win $100)
Brenden Jones +295 (risk $100 to win $295)

Round 2 Matchup Lines

Tiger Woods -330 (risk $330 to win $100)
Tim Clark +250 (risk $100 to win $250)

My Pick:  Look!!! Woods barely won 3-2 in the first round against a scrub named Brenden Jones. Bare in mind Tim Clark is no slouch.  Take that plus money with a $30 fun bet just because the value makes it worth it.

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Tiger Woods Match Play Betting Odds

2008 U.S.A Ryder Cup Team:

Team Captain
Paul Azinger

Team Members
Phil Mickelson
Stewart Cink
Kenny Perry
Jim Furyk
Anthony Kim
Justin Leonard
Ben Curtis
Boo Weekley
Chad Campbell
J.B. Holmes
Hunter Mahan
Steve Stricker

Assistant Captains
Olin Browne
Raymond Floyd
Dave Stockton

2008 European Ryder Cup Team:

Team Captain
Nick Faldo

Team Members
Paul Casey
Sergio Garcia
Soren Hansen
Padraig Harrington
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Robert Karlsson
Graeme McDowell
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose
Henrik Stenson
Lee Westwood
Oliver Wilson

Assistant Captain
Jose Maria Olazabal

GamblersPalace.com is pleased to be offering a wide array of betting options for the event and here the links to check out the current live lines:

Odds to win the 2008 Ryder Cup:
U.S.A  -105 (risk $105 to win $100)
Europe -140 (risk $140 to win $100)
Match will finish in a Tie +900 (risk $100 to win $900)
My Pick:  Well duhhhh home course advantage and you always gotta bet on the U.S. of A.  Of course the pressure is on without Tiger, but I think the additions of Anthony Kim and Kenny Perry should be enough to get the job done.  Those guys have been on fire all year long.

GP will also be offering an assortment of prop betting including:

Europe’s Top Points Scorer
My Pick: I think Padriag Harrington and Sergio Garcia present the best chance for this and they are getting good value at more than 3 to 1 on your money. 

U.S.’s Top Points Scorer
My Pick:  I’m going with a wild card here and taking Kenny Perry at +800 its just too tempting.

Which Team will be Leading after Day 1
My Pick:  I think Team U.S.A is prime to take a first day lead, but day 2 could be a different story.

Which Team will be Leading after Day 2
My Pick:  Team Europe will be fully recovered from jet lag and recoup their deficit on day 2, but they still lose in the end.

Who will win the Final Day’s Singles
My Pick:  On paper team Europe is looking really good for this category, but I just can’t bet them.

Who will be the Top Overall Points Scorer
My Pick:  At +1000 on Anthony Kim I’m gonna take the long shot, but mostly because I’m a big fan, it would be wise to spread the money around on this prop as they payouts have alot of value.

The weather is looking good for the week and the players are already on the ground gearing up for what should be an outstanding match.  Get your bet down today.

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2008 Ryder Cup: Betting Odds and Pick

With Tiger Woods Officially out for the rest of the year all of sudden the field left for the Open has gotten a little sweeter from a betting prospective.  All of sudden some of the old favorites are back in the spotlight.  Such players as Ernie Els +900, Sergio Garcia +800, Phil Mickelson +1300 and Padraig Harrington +1200 round out the top 4 favorites on the tournament.  Usually with Tiger in the field you would see these odds alot higher, but now with the crowd favorite out bettors are presented with a tasty new set of odds that promises big payouts, sleepers such as Adam Scott +2300, Vijah Singh +2100, and Retief Goosen +2300 who are no slouches themselves have suddenly become safe bets at over 20 – 1 odds.  Another thing to consider are the up and comers the likes of Anthony Kim +4000 is at least worth a $10 bet that would pay out $400 and Paul Casey +3800 , these are not wasted bets.  One thing that truely shocks me is Kenny Perry +4800 this guy is #3 on the FedEx Cup points standings which means he has been placing and winning tournaments, how can the bookmakers be so reckless? Yes, the departure of Tiger Woods has truely been a blessing to the smart golf bettor.

MY PICK:  Its really hard to pick a winner this year with so many juicy payouts available, I would suggest spreading out the money on a 4 or 5 different players.  I know that Padraig won last year, but I don’t believe his play thus far this season is very reassuring, and Sergio was sooo close last year and has been playing solid at least by his standards.  So I think that at least some of your money needs to find its way to Sergio +800, but I would also throw down 5 $10 fun bets on Anthony Kim +4000 because hes on fire, Kenny Perry +4800 because hes due for something big to happen, Andres Romero +2700 because I like his guts over logic approach, Stuart Appleby +4400 because he seems to have fallen from grace and could really use a boost to his image, and finally Boo Weekly +6500 just for shiggles.

Also keep checking back to GamblersPalace.com as prop bets such as; who makes the cut, lowest score, hole in one, and many more will be available the week leading up to The Open which can present a nice opportunity for a big come up.

Updated Tuesday, July 15th

Kenny Perry has opted out of this years British Open despite the fact that he has won 3 tournaments this year and will instead honor his committment to play in the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee which personally I think is totally lame.  So everyone needs to disregard my pick above on Perry and instead replace it with a $10 bet on Justin Rose +2100. 

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2008 British Open: Betting Odds and Pick

The ultimate goal is to be among the Top 144 Points Leaders following the Wyndham Championship. Only those players who are regular full-time members of the PGA Tour will earn points. A non-member who joins the PGA Tour in mid-season will be eligible to earn points in the first event he plays after officially joining the Tour.

After the Wyndham Championship, points for all eligible players are reset. With this scale, the first place regular season points leader will get 100,000 points, second place will receive 99,000, and then a sliding scale through 144th place receiving 84,700 points. The top 144 players will advance to the playoffs. The points on the reset scale will carry over into the playoffs. This is the equivalent of “seeding” as players who have performed better during the regular season will more likely advance past the first tournament in the playoffs. 

The 1st leg of the 4 tourney playoff will be held on Aug 23rd – 26th at The Barclays at Westchester CC in Rye, NY.  This event will be worth 50,000 points and defending champ Vijay Singh will need every bit of those points to stay at the top of the standings.¼br> The 2nd leg will be on Aug 31st – Sept 3rd at TPC Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship. Whose title belongs to…big surprise!!! Tiger Woods should he win again, the 50,000 points he will earn will put him at almost an insurmountable lead for the FedEx Cup.
The 3rd leg is the BMW Championship at Cog Hill GC&C from Sept 6th – 9th, again this event will be worth 50,000 points and could be the ultimate decider when determining who really has a chance to compete heading into the final leg.¼br> The Final tournament to decide a winner will be the Tour Championship at East Lake, Georgia from Sept 13th – 16th.

This being the inaugural year of the FedEx Cup it really hasn’t taken hold yet and the fans as well as the players are still confused as to exactly how it all works but look for some odds on winning the FedEx Cup leading up to The Barclays next week. 

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FedEx Cup Playoffs

Tiger Woods, the defending champion at the PGA Championship, often plays at least one practice round at a major championship site the week before the event. Phil Mickelson and Luke Donald also have been seen at the course in recent days.  Southern Hills will host its seventh major championship and fourth PGA Championship next week. The course held the PGA Championship in 1970, 1982 and 1994, and the U.S. Open in 1958, 1977 and 2001.  Woods tied for 12th at the 2001 U.S. Open at Southern Hills, ending his “Tiger Slam” run of four consecutive majors. He finished at 3 over, seven shots behind Retief Goosen, who won in a playoff.  In a June conference call previewing the PGA Championship, Woods criticized Southern Hills for having the greens on Nos. 9 and 18 at different speeds than the other 16 holes during the event. The greens have since been rebuilt.

Along with Odds to win and Tournament Matchups, GP is pleased to offer Odds on the top golfer from the U.S., Europe, Australia-Asia, and Rest of the World.  We will also be offering various props on who will and will not make the cut as well as hole in one, over under cut score, and many more.

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89th PGA Championship Weather

The return of the PGA Championship to Southern Hills Country Club marks a record fourth time that the year’s final major will be decided in Tulsa, Okla. While the scores may not indicate it, do not be surprised if the 89th PGA is the most complete major championship examination of 2007.   Southern Hills might be a mere 7,131 yards, but the par-70 layout is chalk full of nasty challenges.  Its series of rolling tree-lined par-4s are a considerable challenge as they bend and turn while the ground on which they run twists in odd directions. The greens have such pitch that they favor only the most well-struck approach shots, even if they have to be kept relatively soft lest they perish in the August heat. Deciphering the breaks on those putting surfaces makes Southern Hills the equal of Augusta and Oakmont.

Tiger is of course the heavy favorite as he has yet to win a major this year and has gone only 2 seasons his entire career without winning at least one major during the year.  Also you have to consider how he just destroyed the field on the last day of the Bridgestone Invitational last week winning by 8 strokes and as he was the only golfer in negative numbers.  I mean the way they he just domininated like he did on the last day of the tourney was something special, Firestone is no kiddie course and he went out and played it with the ease of a 3 legged man in an ass kicking contest.  I think that Tiger could go out and do what it takes to win this week but I will be rooting for an underdog without a doubt.

In the 3 previous majors this year we have had all 1st time major winners which on the Sunday creates alot of buzz and is in fact good for golf!  I’m tired of Tiger winning majors.  I would look at some players that have been playing well recently and are due.  Some names that come to mind are Sergio Garcia and KJ Choi.  Although Garcia had a complete meltdown at the British Open he was playing well enough on a tough course to tie for 1st and for the simple fact that this guys needs to vindicate himself for the Open catastrophe and step up and win one of these.  KJ Choi is one to watch simply because he has been playing really well and consistant, he just won a tourney a couple weeks ago and has been placing in the top 10 all year.  He is waaaaay over due and it would probably be the highlight of his long career to finally get a major trophy for the display case.  

In any event I would make it intresting and bet on some big underdogs to win.  Tiger will no doubt be on the leaderboard on Sunday but hes not invincible and another out of nowhere come from behind win by an underdog is exactly what golf needs to ride the ever increasing wave of popularity that it has enjoyed with the arrival of Tiger Woods to the sport.

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PGA Championship Preview

Well, well big surprise…. Sergio has yet again, let the win slip through his hands.  And he had all the help he could ask for from his competition.  A nobody from Argentina by the name of Andres Romero, gave everybody a scare when he virtuall y came out of nowhere to take the lead at -9 with only 2 holes left, and what does he do? He goes off and implodes from the pressue and double bogeys 17 and bogeys 18 to finish -6 and ultimately take 3rd.  So by this time it is a race between Sergio and Padraig Herrington who are both see-sawing between 1st and 2nd.  Then Paddy-9 steps up to what some say is the toughest hole in England, the 18th at Carnoustie, his tee shot goes wide right and looks as if it will bounce over a bridge but at the last second……gulp in the drink.  Now Paddy is shooting his 3rd shot and low and behold into the drink again.  He finally finished the hole with a double bogey dropping down to -7 while Sergio had just finished the 17th at -8.  So yet again  it looks like Sergio has lucked out and all he needs to do is hole out with a par to win by one stroke.  Your would think that would be an easy feat given that he had pared 18 each of the previous 3 days.  However, this was a different Sergio Garcia then we had been watching lead everyday of the tournament thus far, this was the Sergio we are accustomed to seeing, Sergio “choke artist” Garcia.  So long story short Sergio did not make par, he missed an 8 foot putt that would have secured his vistory and instead bogeyed and was forced into a 4 hole playoff with Paddy.  They played the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th holes, now I know what your thinking, they just got done playing these same holes, they know the layout, and how to play each hole, this should be no problem……Then Sergio tees off and pulls it left into the deep rough.  Needless to say he bogeyed the hole while Paddy birdied it.  It was all over from then on, Paddy could not be swayed and Sergio could not make up the strokes. 

This leads to the next question,  what happened Sergio?……. In the past I had taken the position that whenever Sergio was leading going into the club house on Saturday and then pissed it down his leg on Sunday was due to a hangover of the combonation of liquor, female groupies, and arrogance.  Now I feel that it is much more than that, this guy was leading at every stage of the Open Championship and it all came down to one putt on the last hole to win it.  It never should have come to that, the truth is is that Sergio played like crap on Sunday and put himself in the do or die position, he shot +3 on the last day when everyone else around him was improving their scores and their positions in the money.  What stopped him from completing what is otherwise a superb tournament performance on a very difficult course?………What? I’m asking YOU…….What happened to Sergio?

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Sergio Meltdown Yet Again!!!

The 2007 British Open will be held at Carnoustie GC on July 19th – 22nd.

The last time the Open Championship was played at Carnoustie was 1999, when Scotland’s Paul Lawrie became the unlikely champion, overcoming a 10-shot deficit on the final day and then defeating Justin Leonard and Jean Van de Velde in a playoff. That year, Woods finished in a tie for seventh.

This year Tiger is YET AGAIN the favorite at +225(risk $100 to win $225), Tiger will be shooting for his 3rd title in a row at the Open at Carnoustie where he has the chance to become the first player since Peter Thomson (1954-56) to win three Open Championships in succession.

Some other notables to watch this week include but not limited to: Phil Mickelson +1000(risk $100 to win $1000), this line provides excellent value especially when you consider that Phil tied for 1st in the Scottish Open last week only to suffer a bitter loss in a playoff at the end. Zach Johnson is another player who offers resonable value at +700(risk $100 to win $700) I really think Johnson is an up and comer and after his win at the Masters this year he probably built quite a trophy case and the Claret Jug would fit real nice along side his Masters jacket.  My dark horse pick is Adam Scott +2800(risk $100 to win $2800) I know, I know, I always pick Adam Scott as my dark horse, but thats because he is due to win a major, in fact he is waaaaaaaaay over due and at +2800 I see no reason not to throw $50 on him.  This years U.S. Open winner Angel Cabrera, is currently listed at +3200(risk $100 to win $3200).  This line obviously shows huge disrespect to a recent major winner add to the fact that Cabrera has been around hes no stranger to the majors and hes definatly no stranger to the U.K. golf courses.  This is another line that should be considered for value, $20 – $30 on Cabrera could win nearly $1k, I hope Cabrera has bet on himself and goes out there and just whips these guys around to show the bookmakers the errors in their ways.

Gamblers Palace is also pleased to offer golf props for the tournament, currently you can bet on who will be the top player from: U.S., Australia, U.K., Europe, and The Rest of the World. As well as who will/won’t make the cut, and a hole in one, yes +155 no -195.

The course itself will probably be the winner this week as I expect scores to be much higher at Carnasty than compared to the resonably managable Old Course at St. Andrews.

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2007 British Open Odds/Predictions