Tournament: PGA Championship
Date: August 8-11, 2013
Course: Oak Hill CC-East Course, Pittsford, New York
TV: TNT 1-7pm Thurs-Fri, Sat-Sun 11-2pm,CBS 2-7pm Sat-Sun
by Tim, PGA Golf Handicapper, Predictem.com
The PGA Championship waltzes across the New York Turnpike exiting at Rochester, New York and settling in just southeast of Downtown in a little Burg called Pittsford. Now Pittsford is like Pittsburgh and Oxford slammed together; on this side-steel workers, Iron City beer, and the Deer Hunter (Bobby DeNiro); on the other side-Shoes, Dictionaries, and guys with one-eye-brows. Married together, these 2 names produce drunken Intellectuals like Deepak Chopra, Carl Sagan, or a Spelling Bee Judge (pick one) which has nothing to do with golf. Mickelson is a fan favorite in New York orthat is the popular belief by writing Hacks: Mickelsons a fan favorite to drunken New Yorkers who think theyre Intellectuals; referred to as Public Safety Workers (reference source >> Bethpage Black). Okay, lets see who is going to floating to the top of this PGA creamery (pssst: It aint gonna be Tiger)
Rory McIlroy is STILL playing all Nike stuff and cant compete! Furykummm, no waythough Oak Hills Pro Shop is looking for an Assistant Pro? Just sayin. Tom Watson is in the field but Ole Mr. Watson shakes more than a 25 cent vibrating bed-hes out. Tiger No Likey the High Rough but I predict he will have at least one hurtful chop out of the lettuce for Paul Azinger to over-analyze. Luke Donald might be a contender after discovering all Standard Bearers around Donald will be fitted with throw-back Buffalo Bills helmets in honor of the Bills expected losing season (Remember? He smoked that girl at Merion in the noodle. HA!). Henrik Stensons is going to be Top 5, Zach Johnson (if he keeps it out of the long rough) will be there at the wire, and SergioSergio! Sergio will play one round great to get in contention, shoot his way out of contention, then quietly shoot 73 to finish around 18th. Dustin Johnson and Colsaerts? Not here; the rough is too deep and Colsaerts isnt playing well. Again, the Argentinean High-Noon Beast Angel Cabrera will somehow make it happen. Russell Henley, Stallings, and Hideki Matsuyama all have an awesome shot at picking up the 1stPlace check.
The real fun will be watching the PGA of America qualifiers. These automatic qualifiers are Club Pros who get an invite into the tournament for all their hard work; driving around courses in golf carts, screwing up peoples swings, getting 75% off of god-awful golf shirts, and receiving unlimited refills of Mountain Dew in the Club Restaurant! These Cats are going to shoot in the thousands this weekend—-except 1; Bob Sowards. Sowards is a friggin player. Take it from-I know-Sowards has a real shot at a Top 10 in Pittsburgh-iford! Look for Sowards to make the cut and make a big move. Hes older and might fade, but Sowards can P-L-A-Y!! Stenson, Johnson, Henley, and Cabrera, with Stenson by a nose at the wire!!
Short Favorite:Henrik Stenson(25Odds to 1 to Win)
Stenson has been playing well and will be there to pick up the check when Tiger stays in the Love Grass. Stenson is a monster!
Middle of the Road:Zach Johnson(40Odds to 1 to Win)
Zach doesnt hit it far but he hits it straight; a must with 3 -4 thick, gnarly rough. Hes been playing very wellhas a win in his last five and a Top 10 at the British.
Longshot:Bob Sowards(1000Odds to 1 to Win)
Im tellin ya; Sowards can P-L-A-Y. If he gets the putter working and stays out of the junk, he can be there
Head to Head Matches*Picks to win based on final score after all four rounds.Check out your favorite online betting site for single round matches and a variety of prop bets.
Tiger Woodsvs.Phil Mickelson(our pick to win:Phil Mickelson)
Great bargain here as Mickelson is almost a 3:1 Dog by proposition. Tiger DOES NOT play well in high rough. Mickelson does play well in high rough. Although Mickelson is a Dumsky, he should walk away with this matchup!
Luke Donaldvs.Dustin Johnson(our pick to win:X)
Mirror, mirror on the wall. Whos the coolest player of them all? Oh! Its you Dustin!! Get outta hereDustin is a Poser (although he did win the RBC??) and I think hes cooked. Donald by more than a few here. Thats it for this week! Good Luck (although I dont believe in random processes!).
Here’s a full set of odds for this week’s tournament:
USPGA Championship – Outright Winner
Tiger Woods 7/2
Phil Mickelson 12/1
Adam Scott 18/1
Brandt Snedeker 25/1
Henrik Stenson 25/1
Justin Rose 25/1
Lee Westwood 28/1
Rory McIlroy 28/1
Charl Schwartzel 33/1
Dustin Johnson 33/1
Hunter Mahan 33/1
Keegan Bradley 33/1
Luke Donald 33/1
Matt Kuchar 33/1
Graeme McDowell 40/1
Jason Day 40/1
Jason Dufner 40/1
Sergio Garcia 40/1
Bill Haas 50/1
Bubba Watson 50/1
Ian Poulter 50/1
Rickie Fowler 50/1
Steve Stricker 50/1
Zach Johnson 50/1
Ernie Els 66/1
Jim Furyk 66/1
Martin Kaymer 66/1
Webb Simpson 66/1
Angel Cabrera 80/1
Hideki Matsuyama 80/1
Jordan Spieth 80/1
Billy Horschel 100/1
Francesco Molinari 100/1
Matteo Manassero 100/1
Nick Watney 100/1
Nicolas Colsaerts 100/1
Paul Casey 100/1
Ryan Moore 100/1
Chris Kirk 125/1
Harris English 125/1
Martin Laird 125/1
Padraig Harrington 125/1
Peter Hanson 125/1
Ryan Palmer 125/1
Tim Clark 125/1
Bo Van Pelt 150/1
Branden Grace 150/1
Charles Howell III 150/1
Carl Pettersson 150/1
Fredrik Jacobson 150/1
Geoff Ogilvy 150/1
George Coetzee 150/1
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 150/1
Graham Delaet 150/1
Jamie Donaldson 150/1
John Senden 150/1
Jonas Blixt 150/1
K.J. Choi 150/1
Kevin Chappell 150/1
Kevin Streelman 150/1
Kyle Stanley 150/1
Miguel Angel Jimenez150/1
Richard Sterne 150/1
Robert Garrigus 150/1
Russell Henley 150/1
Stewart Cink 150/1
Thomas Bjorn 150/1
Thorbjorn Olesen 150/1
Alexander Noren 200/1
Bernd Wiesberger 200/1
Boo Weekley 200/1
Brendon De Jonge 200/1
Brooks Koepka 200/1
Charley Hoffman 200/1
Chris Stroud 200/1
Chris Wood 200/1
David Lingmerth 200/1
David Lynn 200/1
David Toms 200/1
Davis Love III 200/1
John Merrick 200/1
Josh Teater 200/1
Ken Duke 200/1
Marc Leishman 200/1
Marcel Siem 200/1
Paul Lawrie 200/1
Peter Uihlein 200/1
Roberto Castro 200/1
Scott Piercy 200/1
Scott Stallings 200/1
Shane Lowry 200/1
Stephen Gallacher 200/1
Yong-Eun Yang 200/1
Ben Curtis 250/1
Brian Gay 250/1
D-A Points 250/1
Jason Kokrak 250/1
Jimmy Walker 250/1
John Huh 250/1
Joost Luiten 250/1
Luke Guthrie 250/1
Michael – H Thompson250/1
Mikko Ilonen 250/1
Rafael Cabrera -Bello250/1
Richie Ramsay 250/1
Sang Moon Bae 250/1
Thongchai Jaidee 250/1
Vijay Singh 250/1
Brett Rumford 300/1
Danny Willett 300/1
Darren Clarke 300/1
Kevin Stadler 300/1
Kiradech Aphibarnrat300/1
Lucas Glover 300/1
Marc Warren 300/1
Marcus Fraser 300/1
Matt Every 300/1
Pablo Larrazabal 300/1
Ryo Ishikawa 300/1
Scott Jamieson 300/1
Woody Austin 300/1
Brendan Jones 500/1
Charlie Beljan 500/1
Derek Ernst 500/1
Hiroyuki Fujita 500/1
Jaco Van Zyl 500/1
Paul McGinley 500/1
Scott Brown 500/1
Shaun Micheel 500/1
Tom Watson 500/1
Tommy Gainey 500/1
Bob Gaus 1000/1
Bob Sowards 1000/1
Caine Fitzgerald 1000/1
Chip Sullivan 1000/1
Daniel Balin 1000/1
David McNabb 1000/1
David Muttitt 1000/1
J.C Anderson 1000/1
Jeff Martin 1000/1
Jeff Sorenson 1000/1
Kirk Hanefield 1000/1
Kohki Idoki 1000/1
Lee Rhind 1000/1
Mark Brooks 1000/1
Mark Brown 1000/1
Mark Sheftic 1000/1
Mike Small 1000/1
Rich Beem 1000/1
Rob Labritz 1000/1
Rod Perry 1000/1
Ryan Polzin 1000/1
Sonny Skinner 1000/1
Stuart Smith 1000/1
