2010 Northern Trust Open Odds To Win – Phil Mickelson Favored
For the first time in the 2010 PGA Tour Season, many of the top golfers in the world compete in the same field this week as the 2010 Northern Trust Open begins Thursday from Riviera Country Club.
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The field for this event is stacked with three of the top eight players in the world leading the pack. Two-time defending champion, Phil Mickelson, is the pre-event favorite to win.
Mickelson is the pre-event favorite to win according to the online sports book SPORTSBETTING.com. Mickelson has odds of 11/2 to win. Other short odds are Steve Stricker (11/1), Robert Allenby (11/1), and Ernie Els (18/1).
Mickelson has not only won the last two outings, he also finished second in 2007 and fourth in 2006. Mickelson is coming off a 19th place finish last week in his first tournament of 2010 and he has finished in the top 20 in his last four events.
Stricker is third in the world rankings behind Mickelson and Tiger Woods. Stricker finished second in this event last year and 11th in 2008. Stricker has finished in the top 10 in both of his events this year and has finished in the top 10 in six of his last seven golf events.
Allenby is the 2001 champion of this event and he has finished no worse than 17th in the last three years for this event. Allenby has finished in the top 10 in his last four events, which includes two wins and one runner-up finish.
Els won this event in 1999 and placed third in 2007. Els is coming off a fifth place finish last weekend and he has placed in the top 20 in five of his last six events.
For complete odds on all of the golfers in the 2010 Northern Trust Open, see below.
Odds to Win the 2010 Northern Trust Open
Phil Mickelson 11/2
Steve Stricker 11/1
Robert Allenby 11/1
Ernie Els 18/1
Padraig Harrington 20/1
Jim Furyk 22/1
Tim Clark 25/1
Rory Sabbatini 30/1
Mike Weir 30/1
KJ Choi 30/1
Adam Scott 33/1
Nick Watney 35/1
Matt Kuchar 35/1
Charles Howell III 35/1
Ryan Moore 35/1
Hunter Mahan 35/1
John Rollins 40/1
Anthony Kim 40/1
Brandt Snedeker 45/1
Angel Cabrera 45/1
Stephen Ames 45/1
Michael Sim 50/1
Stewart Cink 50/1
Dustin Johnson 50/1
Davis Love III 60/1
Bubba Watson 60/1
Chad Campbell 60/1
Fred Couples 60/1
Kevin Sutherland 60/1
Rickie Fowler 60/1
Marc Leishman 65/1
Luke Donald 65/1
Ben Crane 75/1
Justin Rose 75/1
Vijay Singh 75/1
Bill Haas 75/1
Pat Perez 75/1
DJ Trahan 80/1
Ryuji Imada 80/1
Steve Marino 85/1
JB Holmes 90/1
Nick Ohern 90/1
Martin Laird 90/1
Ryo Ishikawa 90/1
John Senden 90/1
YE Yang 90/1
John Merrick 90/1
Kevin Na 90/1
Jason Dufner 100/1
Rod Pampling 100/1
Michael Allen 100/1
Justin Leonard 100/1
Vaughn Taylor 110/1
DA Points 110/1
Stuart Appleby 110/1
Ben Curtis 110/1
Jonathan Byrd 110/1
Andres Romero 110/1
Carl Pettersson 110/1
Kevin Stadler 110/1
Jeff Quinney 110/1
Mark Wilson 110/1
Fredrik Jacobson 110/1
Bo VanPelt 110/1
Troy Matteson 110/1
Mathew Goggin 125/1
Jeff Klauk 125/1
Jason Day 125/1
Webb Simpson 125/1
George Mcneill 125/1
Scott Verplank 125/1
Charley Hoffman 135/1
Nathan Green 135/1
Aaron Baddeley 135/1
Jerry Kelly 135/1
Bryce Molder 135/1
Jason Bohn 135/1
Shigeki Maruyama 135/1
Tim Petrovic 135/1
Corey Pavin 150/1
Jeff Overton 150/1
Charlie Wi 150/1
Briny Baird 150/1
Paul Goydos 150/1
Bob Estes 150/1
JJ Henry 150/1
Rich Beem 150/1
Kevin Streelman 150/1
Scott Piercy 150/1
Greg Chalmers 175/1
Brian Davis 180/1
Rocco Mediate 180/1
Richard S Johnson 180/1
James Nitties 180/1
Brett Quigley 180/1
Scott Mccarron 180/1
Ricky Barnes 200/1
Woody Austin 200/1
Bill Lunde 200/1
Chez Reavie 200/1
Greg Owen 200/1
John Mallinger 200/1
Mark Calcavecchia 200/1
Lee Janzen 200/1
Chris Couch 210/1
Tim Wilkinson 225/1
Nicholas Thompson 225/1
Ted Purdy 225/1
Steve Flesch 225/1
Chris Stroud 250/1
Matt Bettencourt 250/1
Daniel Chopra 250/1
Michael Letzig 250/1
Will Mackenzie 250/1
Jimmy Walker 250/1
Cameron Beckman 250/1
Alex Cejka 275/1
James Driscoll 275/1
Johnson Wagner 275/1
Parker Mclachlin 275/1
Michael Bradley 275/1
Steve Lowery 300/1
Roland Thatcher 350/1
Jesper Parnevik 350/1
David Duval 450/1
Brad Faxon 450/1
Marc Turnesa 450/1
Jeff Templeton 650/1
Joshua Wooding 650/1
Northern Trust Open
By Matt Fargo
The PGA Tour continues with the California swing as it stops at Riviera Country Club for the Northern Trust Open. Formerly known as the Nissan Open, this event usually brings in a solid field and that is the case again this year. The strong field is a plus but going up against the Super Bowl isn’t ideal even though kickoff will be after the trophy is hoisted. The problem is that pregame coverage of the big game will still recruit fans although the FBR Open, the tournament formerly played on Super Bowl Sunday, never had a problem. The event in Phoenix drew over 60,000 fans last year on Sunday and that was with the Cardinals in the Super Bowl.
Los Angeles is hoping for even half of that, which would be a win, and a strong leaderboard going into Sunday will help. Phil Mickelson will be making his second start this season following a shaky and inconsistent debut last week at the Farmers. He finished 19th after a final round 73 that included bogeys on his first three holes. He heads to Riviera with a solid track record as he has won here the last two years while finishing second three years ago. The big story has been the controversy with his Ping i2 wedges that are curtailing the new grove rule and we will see if that is still a distraction.
The rest of the field isn’t bad either. Eight of the top ten in the current FedEx standings are in the field as well as four players in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings. We also have nine past champions and a very stellar 17 Majors winners in the field. Besides Mickelson, this includes fan favorites Jim Furyk, David Duval, Fred Couples, Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els. Making debuts this week are Harrington, Furyk, Adam Scott and Anthony Kim. Overall this is the deepest field we have seen so far this season and it comes at the best possible time.
Riviera Country Club has long been known within golfing circles as “Hogan’s Alley” after the legendary Ben Hogan won three times here in a span of 18 months (two L.A. Opens and the U.S. Open sandwiched between). The layout will be around 7,300 yards and driving distance will be a premium here because of all the rain that the area has received. Course management is still the most important factor however and knowledge of the track is almost mandatory. Of the 14 players in the field who have played here only once, just three made the cut.
Let’s take a look at the four favorites. Mickelson is the obvious favorite here (+650) because he had owned this even the last three years and could easily be the three-time defending champion. If there is ever a player besides Tiger Woods who can let go what happened the previous week, it is Mickelson. He says he is close but prior to last week he said he felt his best in a long time so I don’t know what to believe.
Steve Stricker (+1500) finished T11 two years ago and a runner-up by just one shot last year in his limited playing here so he has had success without a lot of experience in recent years which is rare. After winning three times last season and finishing in the top 10 on 11 occasions, second only to Tiger Woods' 14, 2010 has started strong with a T10 at the SBS and an outright third at the Sony.
Robert Allenby (+2000) could be someone to look out for as he is as hot as anyone despite his finish last week. This is where Allenby recorded his last PGA Tour victory and even though that was back in 2001, it brings in positive thoughts which are always good in this mental game. Add to that, he has three top tens here in the last five years and his flyer on 17 last week can be forgotten.
Furyk (+2000) makes his 2010 debut this week and he could be an under the radar player even though he is very well known. He finished T12 in 2006 and T3 in 2007 before missing the cut in 2008 and finishing T41 last year as a third round 75 did him in. His finish last year was outstanding with four top tens in his last four events including the last three stops during the FedEx Playoffs.