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November 10, 2009--Las Vegas' GolfOdds.com, headed by Las Vegas Hilton Superbook Assistant Manager Jeff Sherman, has released the golf betting odds for the PGA Tour's Children's Miracle Network Classic (CMNC) in Florida, plus bonus odds for the JBWere Masters in Australia, where Tiger Woods is scheduled to play this weekend. Zach Johnson and Justin Leonard ar 15/1 to win the CMNC, while Woods is +150 to win. Las Vegas golfers Ricky Fowler (25/1), Scott Piercy (40/1), Dean Wilson (100/1), and Chris Riley (60/1) are also playing in Florida.
The Children’s Miracle Network Classic, the final event in the PGA TOUR Fall Series, kicks off this week at Walt Disney World Resort’s Palm and Magnolia Courses with a field that includes seven 2009 PGA TOUR winners and 11 major championship winners including David Toms (25/1), David Duval (200/1), Zach Johnson and defending champion Davis Love III (25/1). As the only event remaining on the 2009 PGA TOUR season, late-season drama will be on display at the Children’s Miracle Network Classic as players will be battling to finish the top 125 on the PGA TOUR official money list to earn their playing privileges for 2010. Players will also be vying to move into the top 30 on the final money list to ensure an automatic trip to the Masters and U.S. Open in 2010. You can click to GolfOdds.com for updated numbers and/or individual betting matchups. A couple potentially interesting matchups are Johnson -120) vs. Leonard (even), Love III (-110) vs. Toms (-110), and Tim Petrovic (-115) vs. Heath Slocum (-105). GolfOdds.com was created by Sherman, one of the world's pre-eminent oddsmakers. In addition to being the home of the golf odds, Las Vegas is also home to more than 50 world class golf courses designed by some of the biggest names in the world including Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio and many others. The featured Las Vegas golf course for this article is Boulder Creek Golf Club, 27 holes of desert golf located in Boulder City, a small non-gaming town located about 35 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. Click now to the official website of Boulder Creek where you can find the best Las Vegas golf deals and reserve your online Las Vegas golf tee times. Golf Las Vegas Now is your link to Las Vegas golf, and provides direct access to the official websites of most of the finest Las Vegas golf courses, where you are guaranteed to find the best Las Vegas golf deals, Las Vegas tee times and Las Vegas golf packages. Love, who returns to defend his 2008 Children’s Miracle Network Classic victory, headlines a field of participants that includes six 2009 TOUR winners: Michael Bradley (Puerto Rico Open, filed bet); Heath Slocum (The Barclays, 25/1); Brian Gay (Verizon Heritage and St. Jude Classic, 30/1); Zach Johnson (Sony Open in Hawaii and Valero Texas Open); John Rollins (Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, 60/1) and Bo Van Pelt (U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, 40/1). The JBWere Masters, formerly the Australian Masters, is scheduled to feature Woods alongside Geoff Ogilvy, Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Michael Campbell, Mat Goggin, Nathan Green, Richard Green, Marc Leishman, James Nitties, Craig Parry, John Senden, Adam Scott, Michael Sim and defending champion Rod Pampling. The 2009 JBWere Masters will again be co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia. The sanctioning partnership with the Australian Masters now enters its fourth year and with the international television platform afforded by the European Tour, the Masters will be broadcast into 380 million homes worldwide. "We are hugely appreciative of the support of the two Tours and look forward to continuing our partnership," siad David Rollo, Vice President Director of Golf, IMG Australia. Kingston Heath is one of the finest golf courses in the world and with over 100,000 fans in attendance over the four days, it should provide a great environment that all the players will enjoy." |