PGA Championship Odds 2013: Best Bets to Win Year’s Final Major

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Published: August 5, 2013

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In non-shocking news, Tiger Woods is the overwhelming favorite to win the 2013 PGA Championship. 

Bovada lists the 14-time major winner at 7-2. This is leaps and bounds lower than the 14-1 odds on Phil Mickelson, who is the second favorite. 

The odds hint at an epic showdown between the two rivals, but that is certainly no guarantee. Oakhill Country Club, the home for this year's PGA Championship, is going to offer up a difficult and complete test.

That begins in the tee box, with narrow landing areas providing an ominous look at the fairway like this view from the 10th hole:



This difficult course will make a tournament-destroying bad hole a very real possibility for every golfer, and that means this tournament is going to be wide open.

Still, some bets are clearly better than others. Here are my three favorites.  

Odds according to Bovada on Aug. 5. 

 

 

Tiger Woods, 7-2



I almost always shy away from betting golfers with low odds. Golf tournaments are insanely hard to predict. So, when laying down a wager, I typically look for plays that offer a little more bang for their buck. 

However, winning with small odds is still better than losing with long odds, and I have a strong feeling Woods will end a major drought that has now surpassed five years. 

For starters, we have his recent play. Woods won the WGC Bridgestone this past week with complete ease. At 15-under par, he beat second-place Henrik Stenson by seven strokes. 



Still, it is not all good news for Woods heading into Oakhill. 



The last time the PGA Championship was played here was in 2003. In that tournament, Woods finished at 12-over and in 39th place. He hit just 46.43 percent of his fairways for that tournament. I expect him to be ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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