2009 Barclays Odds To Win
The FedEx Cup playoffs begin this week on the PGA Tour as The 2009 Barclays will take place from Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J. on Thursday, Aug. 27.
The FedEx Cup playoffs will feature all of the best golfers from the PGA Tour, including top-ranked golfer, Tiger Woods.
Woods enters the tournament as a 7/4 favorite to win according to the online sports book SPORTS BETTING.com. Other short odds to win are Padraig Harrington (22/1), Phil Mickelson (30/1), Steve Stricker (33/1), Hunter Mahan (35/1), and Sergio Garcia (35/1).
Woods is coming off his runner-up finish at the PGA Championship, which was the first time he lost a major championship after leading through three rounds. Prior to the loss to Y.E. Yang two week ago, Woods won back-to-back events. Aside from missing the cut in the British Open, Woods hasn’t finished outside the top 10 in any four-round tournaments this year.
Harrington struggled early in the 2009 season, but has been playing strong in his last two outings, finishing 10th at the PGA Championship and second at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Harrington finished second at this event last year and won The Barclays in 2005.
Mickelson has struggled since returning to the tour after taking time off to be with his wife, who was battling breast cancer. Mickelson has finished no better than 58th in his last two tournaments. Prior to his departure, Mickelson won two events and had six top-10 finishes.
Stricker is the 2007 champion of The Barclays and has eight top 10’s in 2009 with two victories. Excluding major championships, Stricker has finished 27th or better in his last eight events.
Mahan is coming off six top-15 finishes in his last seven events. Mahan is winless this season, but has six top 10’s in 2009. Garcia is a two-time Barclays winner, taking the title in 2004 and 2001. Garcia is coming off a fourth place finish at the Wyndham Championship last week and he finished second at the 2008 Barclays.
For complete odds on all of the golfers in the 2009 Barclays, see below.
Odds to Win the 2009 Barclays
Tiger Woods 7/4
Padraig Harrington 22/1
Phil Mickelson 30/1
Steve Stricker 33/1
Hunter Mahan 35/1
Sergio Garcia 35/1
Ernie Els 40/1
Retief Goosen 40/1
Geoff Ogilvy 45/1
Zach Johnson 45/1
Vijay Singh 45/1
Kenny Perry 50/1
Lucas Glover 50/1
Jim Furyk 50/1
Brandt Snedeker 50/1
Camilo Villegas 55/1
Ian Poulter 55/1
Stewart Cink 60/1
Robert Allenby 60/1
David Toms 66/1
Anthony Kim 66/1
YE Yang 66/1
Angel Cabrera 70/1
Luke Donald 70/1
Justin Rose 70/1
Mike Weir 80/1
Paul Casey 80/1
Dustin Johnson 80/1
Ryan Moore 80/1
Sean O'hair 80/1
Pat Perez 80/1
Chad Campbell 80/1
Jonathan Byrd 80/1
Kevin Sutherland 80/1
Justin Leonard 80/1
Davis Love III 80/1
Nick Watney 80/1
Tim Clark 80/1
Stephen Ames 80/1
Woody Austin 90/1
Steve Marino 90/1
John Rollins 90/1
Boo Weekley 90/1
Ben Curtis 90/1
Jason Day 110/1
KJ Choi 110/1
Ben Crane 110/1
Jerry Kelly 110/1
Rory Sabbatini 110/1
Charles Howell III 110/1
Jeff Overton 110/1
Michael Allen 110/1
Fred Couples 125/1
Michael Letzig 125/1
Jason Bohn 125/1
Scott Verplank 125/1
Rod Pampling 125/1
Mark Wilson 125/1
Kevin Na 135/1
John Senden 150/1
Brian Gay 150/1
Mathew Goggin 150/1
Jeff Klauk 150/1
Nick Ohern 150/1
Fredrik Jacobson 150/1
Bubba Watson 150/1
Charlie Wi 150/1
Bill Haas 150/1
Bo VanPelt 150/1
Robert Garrigus 150/1
Marc Leishman 150/1
Jeff Quinney 150/1
Bryce Molder 150/1
John Merrick 150/1
John Mallinger 150/1
Adam Scott 150/1
George Mcneill 175/1
JJ Henry 175/1
Scott Mccarron 175/1
Kevin Streelman 175/1
Aaron Baddeley 175/1
Tim Herron 175/1
Briny Baird 175/1
DJ Trahan 175/1
Charley Hoffman 175/1
James Nitties 175/1
Heath Slocum 175/1
Steve Flesch 175/1
Ryuji Imada 175/1
Joe Ogilvie 175/1
Matt Kuchar 175/1
Paul Goydos 175/1
JB Holmes 175/1
Alex Cejka 175/1
Bob Estes 175/1
Tim Petrovic 175/1
Chris Riley 175/1
Kevin Stadler 175/1
Jason Dufner 175/1
Daniel Chopra 185/1
Vaughn Taylor 185/1
Webb Simpson 185/1
Matt Bettencourt 185/1
Mark Calcavecchia 185/1
Greg Owen 185/1
Richard S Johnson 185/1
Todd Hamilton 185/1
Greg Chalmers 185/1
Brian Davis 185/1
Harrison Frazar 185/1
Brett Quigley 185/1
Chris Dimarco 190/1
Lee Janzen 190/1
Jeff Maggert 190/1
Roland Thatcher 190/1
Ted Purdy 190/1
Troy Matteson 190/1
Nathan Green 190/1
Cameron Beckman 190/1
Bill Lunde 260/1
Chris Stroud 260/1
David Mathis 270/1
DA Points 270/1
James Driscoll 270/1
Scott Piercy 275/1
Barclays Betting Preview
By Bodog
Who says they never remember who came in second?
Golf is as much about failure as success. We remember Greg Norman more for his many dramatic second-place finishes (including three times at The Masters) than for winning the British Open twice. And we’re still buzzing after Tiger Woods finished a Normanesque second to Y.E. Yang at the 2009 PGA Championship. Yang chipped in from 60 feet for an eagle on the par-4 No. 14, and he drained a 12-foot birdie putt on No. 18 to seal a three-stroke victory over Woods, the 2-1 favorite at Hazeltine and the clubhouse leader after three rounds. Woods had gone 14-0 at major tournaments when taking the lead into the final round.
It’s not the first time Woods has finished second to a virtual unknown – including at Hazeltine, where Rich Beem beat Tiger by a stroke to take the 2002 PGA Championship. Even Woods can’t win ‘em all. But he’s still winning more than half the time: four of his last seven PGA Tour events and 13 of his last 24 since the 2007 British Open. That’s enough to keep Woods well on top of the odds list for The Barclays (formerly the Buick Classic) this week at picturesque Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey. Woods is priced at 13-8, followed by Padraig Harrington at 20-1, and Phil Mickelson at 25-1.
Harrington is the lone member of this threesome ever to win The Barclays, thanks to a dramatic 65-foot eagle putt on No. 18 to beat Jim Furyk by a stroke back in 2005 (Woods wasn’t part of that field; he’s only played this event five times in his career, most recently in 2003). After a very poor start to the 2009 season, Harrington has been working on his swing mechanics and found himself neck-and-neck with Woods at Hazeltine before hitting the wall in the final round. Harrington finished in 10th place to make it back-to-back Top-10 results – his only two of the year.
Mickelson was unable to crack the Top 50 in either of his last two PGA events since taking time off to attend to his family. But Mickelson has an important advantage this week: He’s a member at Liberty National, which is hosting this event for the first time after 42 years at the Westchester Country Club. Liberty National (established 2006) is playing at a par-70 for The Barclays at a total of 7,400 yards. Mickelson will be one of the few lucky people in the world to have played there enough to know what to expect from the course.
Here’s how the top three favorites stack up in this situation.
Tiger Woods
Barclays victories: none
2009 victories: 5 (Arnold Palmer Invitational, Memorial, AT&T National, Buick Open, WGC-Bridgestone Invitational)
2009 PGA Tour Money Ranking: No. 1 ($7.688 million)
2009 average score: 69.2
Padraig Harrington
Barclays victories: 2005
2009 victories: none
2009 European Tour Money Ranking: No. 17 (€0.840 million)
2009 average score: 70.9
Phil Mickelson
Barclays victories: none
2009 victories: 2 (Northern Trust Open, WGC-CA Championship)
2009 PGA Tour Money Ranking: No. 5 ($3.869 million)
2009 average score: 71.1
Whatever growing pains the FedExCup may be going through, it’s given Woods the added incentive to make just his second career PGA stop in New Jersey. The inaugural 2007 champion is first in the standings this year and widened his lead over the field with his second-place result at Hazeltine.
1. Tiger Woods: 3,431
2. Steve Stricker: 2,155
3. Zach Johnson: 2,019
4. Kenny Perry: 1,993
5. Lucas Glover: 1,742
The Barclays is the start of the FedExCup playoffs; the Top 125 golfers in the Cup standings (minus Tom Watson, who had yet to commit to the event at press time) have qualified, which makes this week’s field tougher than at most non-majors. The Top 100 will advance to next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship, then it’s the Top 70 at the BMW Championship and finally the Top 30 at the Tour Championship – where the points will be reset to prevent a repeat of last year’s anticlimactic win by Vijay Singh.
Singh is the defending and four-time champion at The Barclays, but he hasn’t won anything on the PGA Tour since his 2008 victory at Westchester. You’ll find Singh at 40-1 this week, behind two-time winners Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els at 33-1. On the props market, Garcia is available at –115 in a head-to-head matchup with Hunter Mahan (–115). Els squares off at the same price with Retief Goosen, and Tiger Woods is a chalky –400 to outperform Harrington (+300) at Liberty National.