31-07-2007 Golf Betting Analysis - US PGA Championship 2007

The Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, venue for the 2007 US PGA Championships also hosted the US Open in 2001, which was won by, Retief Goosen, who on that basis may attract some money at PinnacleSports.com. Goosen bagged the Qatar Masters earlier in the year maintaining a record of at least one win a year since 1995. However, the South African’s record at the US PGA is poor with a tied-sixth in 2005 standing out as the only top 20 finish in nine attempts. He has failed to make the cut on four other occasions, while it’s been two years since he won on the PGA tour.

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Other than three-times winner Tiger Woods, the only other multiple winner of the event participating in 2007 is Vijay Singh who triumphed in 1998 and 2004, two of the Fijian’s three major victories. Singh followed the 2004 victory at Whistling Straits with six consecutive top-ten major finishers, and with two tour wins in 2007 (the Mercedes Benz Championship and Arnold Palmer Invitational), he remains a consistent performer. At 44 years old, some might say time is against him but Singh has won 19 times since turning 40.

Phil Mickelson with over 30 PGA tour wins and victory at this championship in 2005 will deservedly demand respect. Leftie managed top 20 finishes in the USPGA either side of that win (T6 in 2004 and T16 in 2006) and is one of the most consistent performers in the three US based majors, as opposed to his more erratic performances across the pond at the British Open. For the followers of trends, Mickelson recorded a win at the Players Championship in May, following the pattern of 2005 when he won at Pebble Beach before going on to record victory at the US PGA.

Any market for the golf majors must naturally include the most popular golfer on the planet behind Tiger Woods - Ernie Els. The Big Easy’s popularity among the betting fraternity and players at PinnacleSports.com is however, losing the intensity that the likeable South African engenders in golf fans. His last major was in 2002, and his game has suffered since a knee injury in late 2005. It is widely accepted that success at US majors requires consistent time on the US tour, but Els is a global player who some have suggested is tiring of the time away from family.

The experience of Zach Johnson in winning the first major of the season, the US Masters at Augusta, is a warning for any golf bettor who never looks more than half a dozen names down the odds compiler’s list for major events at PinnacleSports.com. Johnson missed the cut in his three previous majors and was tied 56 on the World Golf Rankings prior to the event, becoming the first winner in the history of the Masters from outside of the top 50. Johnson had won only once on the US tour prior to the Masters but followed up with success at the AT&T Classic in May suggesting this might be his breakthrough season.

The important relationship between the US tour and three majors based that side of the Atlantic are evident in the damning statistic that no European has ever won the US PGA (during either the stroke play or match play era). This immediately casts a huge shadow over the chances of the leading Europeans, which is further emphasized by the run of 28 majors without a European winner which Padraig Harrington ended at Carnoustie; the last European major win on US soil, was Jose Maria Olazabal at the Masters in 1999.

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