PGA Championship 2013 Favorites: Odds and Predictions for This Year’s Tournament

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Published: August 6, 2013

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The 2013 PGA Championship tees off on Thursday at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., sporting some of the top names in golf.

Tiger Woods is coming off his fifth victory of the year at the Bridgestone Invitational, but he hasn't won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open. Will Tiger finally notch his 15th career major championship, or will the pressure get to the 37-year-old?

Masters winner Adam Scott, U.S. Open champ Justin Rose and British Open victor Phil Mickelson will also be competing for the PGA Championship. 

Let's take a look at the current favorites. Should they be labeled favorites, or are they being given too much credit?

Read on.

*Odds via Bovada

 

Tiger Woods (7-2)





Tiger Woods is the favorite at the 2013 PGA Championship, just he has been the favorite for every major this year.

It's not hard to figure out why Woods gets so much love in the oddsbooks, given he has won 14 career majors and posted a combined 16 top-10 finishes and eight victories on the PGA Tour in the last two years.

But the question still persists after the 2008 U.S. Open: Does Tiger have what it takes to win a major anymore?

At this point, you have to believe Tiger's struggles to win majors in recent years at least partially have to do with his mental game. He's racked up wins outside of majors, but he has consistently fallen short down the stretch at majors.

That being said, this may be as good a time as any to bet on Tiger. He posted a ridiculous 15-under-par 265 at the Bridgestone Invitational, seven strokes ahead of second-place finishers Keegan Bradley and Henrik Stenson. That included a 61 in the second round, tied for his best score ever.

It is worth noting that Woods ranks first in scoring average before the cut this year but 73rd in the third round and 135th in the final round, via P...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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