Golf’s latest “Big Three” are back in play this week: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy. The question is whether any of them will live up to expectations. Which Tiger will show up? Is Rory over his slump? How is Phil feeling?
Punters who bet on the PGA Tour with Paddypower seem to think that Rory has the inside edge this week. He’s the favorite at 9/1. McIlroy has has a decent start to the season on the European Tour with a t2 and a t9 to his credit. This is his first start in 2014 on a regular PGA TOUR event
Tiger is in an unusual spot: He is not the favorite. At 10/1, Tiger is the punters’ second choice. He’s not had a good year so far. In the only regular season TOUR event, he missed the 54 hole cut. What’s worse, it was at Torrey Pines, a course he has historically dominated with nine wins. Tiger’s performance in Dubai was not much better: t41. He’s had just two sup 70 scores in eleven rounds. Not very Tiger-like.
Adam Scott (18/1), Graeme McDowell (20/1), Charl Schwartzel (20/1) and Sergio Garcia (22/1) all are favored ahead of Phil Mickelson (25/1). Scott has had two 2014 starts and come out with two top ten finishes. In two 2014 starts on the European Tour, Schwartzel has a t17 and a t59. That hardly inspires confidence in me. As for Sergio, I would like to believe that his show of sportsmanship this past week has earned him a measure of good karma. I’d love to see him win.
As usual, though, I think the best values are in the 40/1 range. There is so much talent on TOUR these days that someone is as likely to win from the middle of the pack as from the front. Ricky Fowler (35/1), Luke Donald (40/1) and Lee Westwood (40/1) all fit that criteria.
This should be a good outing, and tell fans a lot about the state of their favorite players’ games.
The compete odds for the 2014 Honda Classic are below, courtesy of Paddypower.
Odds To Win The Honda Classic 2014 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Odds | ||
| Rory McIlroy | 9/1 | ||
| Tiger Woods | 10/1 | ||
| Adam Scott | 18/1 | ||
| Graeme McDowell | 20/1 | ||
| Charl Schwartzel | 20/1 | ||
| Sergio Garcia | 22/1 | ||
| Phil Mickelson | 25/1 | ||
| Zach Johnson | 25/1 | ||
| Keegan Bradley | 28/1 | ||
| Henrik Stenson | 28/1 | ||
| Hideki Matsuyama | 33/1 | ||
| Ricky Fowler | 35/1 | ||
| Luke Donald | 40/1 | ||
| Lee Westwood | 40/1 | ||
| Charles Howell | 50/1 | ||
| Louis Oosthuizen | 50/1 | ||
| Billy Horschel | 50/1 | ||
| Michael Thompson | 66/1 | ||
| Nick Watney | 66/1 | ||
| Patrick Reed | 66/1 | ||
| Chris Kirk | 66/1 | ||
| Ryan Palmer | 70/1 | ||
| Will Mackenzie | 80/1 | ||
| Luke Guthrie | 80/1 | ||
| Chris Stroud | 80/1 | ||
| Peter Uihlein | 80/1 | ||
| Peter Hanson | 80/1 | ||
| Brooks Koepka | 80/1 | ||
| Matt Jones | 80/1 | ||
| Martin Kaymer | 80/1 | ||
| Paul Casey | 80/1 | ||
| Matt Every | 80/1 | ||
| Thorbjorn Olesen | 80/1 | ||
| Cameron Tringale | 80/1 | ||
| Brian Harman | 90/1 | ||
| Daniel Summerhays | 100/1 | ||
| Jeff Overton | 100/1 | ||
| Seung-Yul Noh | 100/1 | ||
| Robert Garrigus | 100/1 | ||
| Geoff Ogilvy | 100/1 | ||
| Fredrik Jacobson | 100/1 | ||
| Thomas Bjorn | 100/1 | ||
| Padraig Harrington | 100/1 | ||
| Jason Kokrak | 100/1 | ||
| Camilo Villegas | 100/1 | ||
| Roberto Castro | 125/1 | ||
| Jerry Kelly | 125/1 | ||
| Boo Weekley | 125/1 | ||
| Brendon De Jonge | 125/1 | ||
| Brendan Steele | 125/1 | ||
| Matteo Manassero | 125/1 | ||
| Brendon Todd | 125/1 | ||
| YE Yang | 125/1 | ||
| Rory Sabbatini | 125/1 | ||
| Jamie Donaldson | 125/1 | ||
| Retief Goosen | 150/1 | ||
| Tim Clark | 150/1 | ||
| Morgan Hoffman | 150/1 | ||
| Russell Knox | 150/1 | ||
| Ricky Barnes | 150/1 | ||
| William Mcgirt | 150/1 | ||
| Charlie Beljan | 150/1 | ||
| DA Points | 150/1 | ||
| Russel Henley | 150/1 | ||
| Bo Van Pelt | 150/1 | ||
| Greg Chalmers | 150/1 | ||
| Justin Hicks | 150/1 | ||
| JB Holmes | 150/1 | ||
| George McNeill | 150/1 | ||
| Angel Cabrera | 150/1 | ||
| John Senden | 150/1 | ||
| David Lynn | 150/1 | ||
| Stephen Gallacher | 150/1 | ||
| Ryo Ishikawa | 150/1 | ||
| Brian Stuard | 150/1 | ||
| Jason Bohn | 150/1 | ||
| Ben Crane | 175/1 | ||
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 175/1 | ||
| Robert Allenby | 200/1 | ||
| Charlie Wie | 200/1 | ||
| John Peterson | 200/1 | ||
| Sean O’Hair | 200/1 | ||
| Spencer Levin | 200/1 | ||
| Vijay Singh | 200/1 | ||
| John Merrick | 200/1 | ||
| John Rollins | 200/1 | ||
| Stewart Cink | 200/1 | ||
| Brian Gay | 200/1 | ||
| Stuart Appleby | 200/1 | ||
| Hudson Swafford | 200/1 | ||
| Carl Pettersson | 250/1 | ||
| Tim Wilkinson | 250/1 | ||
| Trevor Immelman | 250/1 | ||
| Lucas Glover | 250/1 | ||
| Billy Hurley III | 250/1 | ||
| Steven Bowditch | 250/1 | ||
| James Driscoll | 250/1 | ||
| Davis Love | 250/1 | ||
| Ken Duke | 250/1 | ||
| Kyle Stanley | 250/1 | ||
| David Lingmerth | 250/1 | ||
| Mark Wilson | 250/1 | ||
| Jason Allred | 250/1 | ||
| Scott Brown | 250/1 | ||
| Erik Compton | 250/1 | ||
| Andres Romero | 250/1 | ||
| Jhonattan Vegas | 250/1 | ||
| Brian Davis | 250/1 | ||
| Chesson Hadley | 300/1 | ||
| Nicholas Thompson | 300/1 | ||
| Martin Flores | 300/1 | ||
| Stott Langley | 300/1 | ||
| David Hearn | 300/1 | ||
| Johnson Wagner | 300/1 | ||
| Darren Clark | 300/1 | ||
| Ted Potter | 300/1 | ||
| Brice Garnett | 300/1 | ||
| Jim Renner | 300/1 | ||
| Josh Teater | 300/1 | ||
| Tommy Gainey | 300/1 | ||
| JJ Henry | 300/1 | ||
| Tim Herron | 300/1 | ||
| Troy Merritt | 300/1 | ||
| Jamie Lovemark | 300/1 | ||
| Chad Collins | 300/1 | ||
| James Hahn | 300/1 | ||
| Derek Fathauer | 400/1 | ||
| Kenny Perry | 400/1 | ||
| Mark Calcavecchia | 400/1 | ||
| Ben Curtis | 400/1 | ||
| Jose Coceres | 500/1 | ||
| Jeff Maggert | 500/1 | ||
| Harrison Frazar | 500/1 | ||
| Dudley Hart | 500/1 | ||
| Briny Baird | 500/1 | ||
| Derek Ernst | 500/1 | ||
| Woody Austin | 500/1 | ||
| Stephen Ames | 500/1 | ||
| Jason Millard | 500/1 | ||
| DH Lee | 500/1 | ||
| Mark Silvers | 500/1 | ||
| Mike Weir | 500/1 | ||
| Alan Morin | 1000/1 | ||
| Jesper Parnevik | 1000/1 | ||
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