Odds For The 2009 PGA Championship

I’m a little surprise to see Phil Mickelson in second at 16/1 in the latest odds for the 2009 PGA Championship. With all of the action on Phil, betters must be assuming that he’ll somehow feed off all the good will generated among fans by his very sad family cancer issues these days. But he hasn’t played in weeks, and that doesn’t bode well.

Tiger is naturally the favorite, and the top ten features all of the usual suspects:

Tiger Woods 7/4
Phil Mickelson 16/1
Jim Furyk 25/1
Lee Westwood 25/1
Sergio Garcia 25/1
Kenny Perry 28/1
Padraig Harrington 28/1
Anthony Kim 33/1
Paul Casey 33/1
Geoff Ogilvy 33/1

I can’t for the life of me, though, figure out the continuing fascination with Sergio Garcia. I don’t see him ever winning a major, except by accident.

A note for the non betting crowd: Odds are read by looking at the second number first. So, a bet of 1 on Sergio pays 25.

Read the rest of the post to see the complete odds for the PGA Championship, provided courtesy of Bodoglife.Com, the world’s largest online sports betting destination.

Tiger Woods 7/4
Phil Mickelson 16/1
Jim Furyk 25/1
Lee Westwood 25/1
Sergio Garcia 25/1
Kenny Perry 28/1
Padraig Harrington 28/1
Anthony Kim 33/1
Paul Casey 33/1
Geoff Ogilvy 33/1
Ross Fisher 33/1
Steve Stricker 33/1
Retief Goosen 33/1
Ernie Els 33/1
Henrik Stenson 33/1
Zach Johnson 40/1
Hunter Mahan 40/1
Rory McIlron 40/1
David Toms 40/1
Vijay Singh 40/1
Camilo Villegas 40/1
Sean O’Hair 40/1
Luke Donald 40/1
Ian Poulter 50/1
Mike Weir 50/1
Stewart Cink 50/1
Adam Scott 50/1
Justin Leonard 50/1
Angel Cabrera 50/1
Lucas Glover 66/1
Robert Allenby 66/1
Nick Watney 66/1
Martin Kaymer 66/1
Brian Gay 66/1
Tim Clark 66/1
Ben Curtis 66/1
Graeme McDowell 66/1
Trevor Immelman 80/1
Robert Karlsson 80/1
Justin Rose 80/1
Boo Weekley 80/1
Davis Love III 80/1
KJ Choi 80/1
Stephen Ames 100/1
Miguel Angel Jimenez 100/1
Rory Sabbatini 100/1
Woody Austin 100/1
Andres Romero 100/1
Aaron Baddeley 100/1
Alvaro Quiros 100/1
Stuart Appleby 100/1
The Field (any other golfer) 10/1