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Las Vegas, Nevada (August 20, 2012)--Bethpage Black is regarded as one of the stiffest challenges in all of golf. And this year, the 2012 The Barclays, the first event in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, is being played at the course. The co-favorites for the week, as released by the Las Vegas PGA Tour golf betting experts, are Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, who each opened 7/1. Jeff Sherman said that he did check out who did well at the 2009 U.S. Open for a glimpse at who might do well this year. --By Brian Hurlburt, odds by Jeff Sherman. For more PGA Tour betting odds, follow @LVGolfInsider.
"Bethpage Black is long and challenging," says Jeff Sherman, the Founder of Las Vegas' GolfOdds.com. "I took into account how golfers performed at the 2009 US Open as a small sample but useful tool." The 2009 U.S. Open was played at Bethpage and won by Lucas Glover. Phil Mickelson was second followed by David Duval. Woods finished T6 while a young Rory Mc finished 10th.
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In all, five golfers recorded tournament totals of under par at the '09 Open, which was a bit of surprise to many experts. The question this week is will the course take over the story or will a golfer--or group of golfers--survive or thrive at the "Black".
Rob Bolton, author of the PGATour.com Power Rankings believes the players familiar with the course will have an advantage, and notes that the course will play in a similar manner to the U.S. Open in 2009. "As you'd expect, golfers familiar with the routing should enjoy an advantage," writes Bolton. "Still, the course will require a consistent blend of control throughout the bag. Total driving is critical given the overall length. Look for plenty of drivers off the tee, too, as in addition to the trio of par 5s, five of the par 4s can extend in excess of 475 yards. Finding the short grass is equally as important since the small putting surfaces are more likely to reject approaches from lies off the fairway."
Bolton listed Rory Mc as the favorite followed by Bubba Watson (25/1 in Vegas), Keegan Bradley (30/1), Woods, and Justin Rose (25/1) as his Top Five in the Power Rankings. Sergio Garcia, who won this past week's event, was 10th in the Power Rankings and 25/1 in Vegas.
THE BARCLAYS -- ODDS COURTESY OF GOLFODDS.com
BETHPAGE STATE PARK - FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK
AUGUST 23-26, 2012
ODDS TO WIN:
TIGER WOODS 7/1
RORY McILROY 7/1
LUKE DONALD 20/1
JUSTIN ROSE 25/1
ADAM SCOTT 25/1
LEE WESTWOOD 25/1
SERGIO GARCIA 25/1
DUSTIN JOHNSON 25/1
BUBBA WATSON 25/1
STEVE STRICKER 25/1
PHIL MICKELSON 30/1
KEEGAN BRADLEY 30/1
WEBB SIMPSON 30/1
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN 30/1
MATT KUCHAR 30/1
GRAEME McDOWELL 40/1
HUNTER MAHAN 40/1
BO VAN PELT 40/1
RICKIE FOWLER 50/1
TIM CLARK 50/1
IAN POULTER 50/1
JIM FURYK 50/1
PADRAIG HARRINGTON 50/1
CHARL SCHWARTZEL 50/1
BILL HAAS 50/1
ZACH JOHNSON 50/1
JASON DAY 60/1
NICK WATNEY 60/1
GEOFF OGILVY 60/1
CARL PETTERSSON 60/1
MARTIN LAIRD 60/1
ERNIE ELS 80/1
BRANDT SNEDEKER 80/1
BUD CAULEY 80/1
SEUNG-YUL NOH 80/1
DAVID TOMS 80/1
VIJAY SINGH 80/1
ROBERT GARRIGUS 80/1
SCOTT PIERCY 80/1
JOHN SENDEN 100/1
FREDRIK JACOBSON 100/1
HENRIK STENSON 100/1
KYLE STANLEY 100/1
RYAN MOORE 100/1
BEN CURTIS 100/1
AARON BADDELEY 100/1
K.J. CHOI 100/1
RYAN PALMER 100/1
KEVIN NA 125/1
FIELD (all others) 5/1
TOURNAMENT MATCHUPS:
RORY McILROY -105
TIGER WOODS -115
JUSTIN ROSE -115
ADAM SCOTT -105
LUKE DONALD -125
STEVE STRICKER +105
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