2008 PGA TOUR Wyndham Championship Odds & Preview


August 12, 2008 | Posted By Larry Cook

The PGA Tour regular season finally comes to an end this week, as players get ready for the 2008 Wyndham Championship at Segefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. Coming off the final major championship of the season, where fans saw Padraig Harrington capture his 2nd straight major at the PGA Championship. While many of the top golfers will take the week off, as the top 144 players after play concludes this weekend get to move on and partake in the FedEx Cup playoff series. So you can count on many of the guys trying to secure a spot to come out and play the best golf they can this weekend. To get a good idea of what the field will look like this season, professional handicapper Jason Lowry is going to breakdown the field by the favorites, guys in the middle of the pack, and the longs shots with a great chance of winning this weekend.

Favorites: Vijay Singh +1000 and Paul Casey +1500
With so few big names playing this weekend, we are stuck with only two guys with good enough odds to be considered favorites this weekend. Singh really didn’t play well in the last two majors as he failed to make the cut in both of them. On the other hand Casey has really played well in the majors this season, including a 7th place finish at the British Open. Singh did throw a win in at the Bridestone between the British and the PGA Championship, and Casey placed 8th there as well. So its easy to say both these guys have a great shot at winning this weekend.

Middle of the Pack: Tim Clark +2500, Ken Duke +2500, David Toms +2500, Carl Pettersson +2500, Brandt Snedeker +2500, and Zach Johnson +3000
There are plenty of golfers in this group that can really come in and play well this weekend. We have already mentioned that Snedeker won this event last year, as he shot 22 under over the weekend. You have to like guys like Duke, Toms, and Petteresson this weekend, and if we had to pick one it would be Pettersson as he came in 5th here a year ago.

Long Shots: Billy Mayfair +4000, Briny Baird +4000, Davis Love III +4000, Lucas Glover +5000, Mark Wilson +6000, Tim Herron +6000, Tom Lehman +8000, and David Duval +15000
This group has a good mix of vets and it will be interesting to see if any of them can come through this weekend. Mayfair has played well here before including coming in just a couple shots back of Snedeker last year to tie for 2nd. The guy we think you really want to watch out of this group is Love III, as he won this event back in 2006.

If you are looking to get a bet in on any of these guys to win this weekend, be sure to head over to Sportsbook.com and get an account started today. We have added the complete list of odds below.

Ben Crane +5000
Bill Haas +6000
Billy Mayfair +4000
Bo Van Pelt +6000
Brandt Snedeker +2500
Brian Davis +4000
Brian Gay +5000
Briny Baird +4000
Bubba Watson +4000
Carl Pettersson +2500
Charley Hoffman +6000
Chris DiMarco +4000
Chris Riley +15000
Corey Pavin +6000
David Duval +15000
David Toms +2500
Davis Love III +4000
Dean Wilson +5000
Eric Axley +5000
Jason Day +10000
Jason Gore +6000
Jeev Milkha Singh +4000
Jeff Overton +8000
Jerry Kelly +6000
Joe Ogilvie +5000
John Daly +25000
John Rollins +4000
John Senden +8000
Ken Duke +2500
Kevin Na +4000
Kevin Sutherland +5000
Lucas Glover +5000
Mark Calcavecchia +8000
Mark Wilson +6000
Mathew Goggin +8000
Nick Watney +8000
Paul Casey +1500
Peter Lonard +6000
Ryan Moore +6000
Ryan Palmer +4000
Ryuji Imada +8000
Steve Marino +5000
Tim Clark +2500
Tim Herron +6000
Tom Lehman +8000
Tom Pernice Jr +6000
Vaughn Taylor +6000
Vijay Singh +1000
Zach Johnson +3000
zx Field (Any Other Golfer) +200

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