The final major of the year takes place this weekend at Yower Online as PGA Championship odds tee off Thursday from the steep banks and windswept links of Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin. A total purse of $7.5 million will be on the line with a winning share of $1.3 million as YE Yang will try to defend his PGA Championship golf betting title from last year. Whistling Straits last hosted the PGA in 2004 when Vijay Singh was the winner. Yower Golf odds have opened with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson as golf betting favorites at 12-1 and 10-1 respectively but that is based on their "name brand" status with the general public as neither has played well as of late.
Rory McIlroy was the next choice in PGA Championship odds at 15-1 while Padraig Harrington and local hero Steve Stricker were at 20-1 to round out the golf betting favorites. Woods is coming off one of the worst performances of his career last week as he was 18 over par in a total disaster at the Akron Firestone Country Club for his highest score ever in a 72 hole event. "Just not playing well," said Woods. "It's been a long year." There is plenty of talk that Woods will not join the Ryder Cup team as his performance this year doesn't merit consideration.
Somehow, despite his troubles and not winning a tournament this year, Woods still leads Mickelson by a tiny fraction on the Official World Golf Ranking. On the positive his best two golf betting finishes this year were 4th in the two previous majors held in the United States at the Masters and US Open. Mickelson has one win this year but it was the coveted Green Jacket of the Masters. He finished 4th in the US Open. The third place man on the Official World Golf Ranking will miss the PGA Championship. Lee Westwood is out indefinitely due to a leg injury.
Good Odds:
FIELD BET Pays +1200
Tiger Woods +1000
Phil Mickelson +800
Rory McIlroy +1200
