Golf Betting - Els looks for second Florida win
Ernie Els
paid off for those doing any golf betting
last weekend – he
got the victory at The Honda Classic
in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Now Els
will be looking for some more success
down in Florida when he tees off this
week in the PODS Championship.
Els shot
a 3-under 67 in both the first and
fourth rounds of The Honda Classic,
and that was enough to keep him one stroke
ahead of Luke Donald and two strokes
up on Nathan Green. Donald sparkled with
a 64 in the tournament’s opening
round, but he shot a 74 in the second
round and a 71 in the final round to
finish just behind the leader.
Robert Allenby, Matt Jones, and Mark
Calcavecchia all finished the tournament
at 3-under, three strokes behind Els,
while Mathew Goggin, John Mallinger,
Alex Cejka, Michael Letzig, and Brian
Davis ended up at 2-under for the event.
Justin Rose shot a strong 67 in the final
round, but that was just enough to put
him at even par for the week.
Els didn’t
play the PODS Championship last year.
The 2007 event at Innisbrook Resort
in Palm Harbor, Florida was won by
Mark Calcavecchia, who finished one
stroke ahead of both John Senden and
Heath Slocum at 10-under. Lucas Glover
and Brian Gay were two strokes back of
Calcavecchia, while K.J. Choi finished
up three behind at 7-under.
That was
a disappointing result for Choi, who
shot a final-round 72 to fall out of
contention. Choi has won this event
twice in the past – in 2006
when it was called the Chrysler Championship,
and in 2002 when it was the Tampa Bay
Classic. Choi skipped The Honda Classic
last week, and he’s not part of
the PODS Championship field either.
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That just
leaves Calcavecchia, Carl Pettersson,
Retief Goosen, and John Huston as past
winners of this event who will be on
the course in Palm Harbor this week.
Pettersson won in 2005, Goosen in 2003,
and Huston back in 2000. Vijay Singh,
who won in 2004 and finished tied for
19th spot in the 2007 event, won’t
be playing this week.
Also not
playing the PGA’s stop
this week are either Tiger Woods or Phil
Mickelson. So with those guys all out
of the picture, who have the oddsmakers
pegged as the favorite?
That would be Els, at +650 odds. Rose
is next on the list at +1800, with Steve
Stricker at +2000, and Stewart Cink at
+2200. Allenby is pegged at +2500 odds
to get the win this week, with Stuart
Appleby just behind him at +2800. Stephen
Ames rounds out the top tier of contenders
at +3300 odds. Calcavecchia is pegged
at +4000 odds for this week, with Pettersson
at +6000, and Goosen a bigger longshot
at +6500.
Meanwhile,
the European Tour will be continuing
its Asian swing with the Maybank Malaysian
Open at the Kota Permai Golf Club this
week. Peter Hedblom won this event
last season, while Charlie Wi picked
up the win 2006; Wi, though, will be
part of the field for the PGA’s
PODS Championship this week and won’t
be able to pick up another Malaysian
win.
Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee won
this tournament in both 2004 and 2005,
and he’s entered this week along
with Jeev Milka Singh, Darren Clarke,
and David Howell. And who do the BetUS.com
Golf oddsmakers have as the favorites
to get the victory in Malaysia?
Jyoti Randhawa is listed as the +1400
favorite, with Nick Dougherty at +1800
and Jaidee just back of the leaders at
+2200. Mark Brown is also pegged at +2200
odds to get the Malaysian Open victory,
with Johan Edfors, Charl Schwartzel,
and Simon Dyson at +2500 odds. Jeev Milka
Singh is pegged at +2800 odds, with Clarke
listed at +3000.
The PGA
Tour will remain in Florida next week
for the Arnold Palmer Invitational
at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando,
while the European Tour will stage the
Ballantines Championship at Pinx Golf
Club in South Korea. The two tours will
then converge once again from March 20
to 23 for the WGC-CA Championship at
Miami’s Doral Golf Resort.
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