2009 Travelers Championship Betting Odds
After an exciting weekend in New York where Lucas Glover came away with the biggest win of his career at the 2009 US Open, the PGA Tour stays out east and heads to Cromwell, Connecticut for the 2009 Travelers Championship at TPC at River Highlands. Where making par was a pretty good thing last week at Bethpage Black, the guys in action this week should have a much easier time shooting low scores, as Stewart Cink won this event last year with an impressive total of 262 for an 18-under finish. While you might expect a lot of the golfers to take some time off after all the preparation and mental focus that goes into playing in the US Open, the field this weekend at the Travelers Championship is pretty well stacked. In fact I have broken down the field into the favorites, guys in the middle of the pack, and the long shots that I think have a shot to win this weekend.
Favorites: Hunter Mahan +1200, Sergio Garcia +1500, Vijay Singh +1500, Stewart Cink +2000, Zach Johnson +2000, Kenny Perry +2000, and David Toms +2000
A lot of guys to like in this group, but none like Mahan, who finish tied for second last year, won this thing in 2007, and was runner up in 2006. Mahan also comes in off a strong weekend at the US Open. Cink will look to defend his title, and he might have a pretty good chance considering he has finished in the top 10 five times at this event. Perry, Toms, and Singh have all played well here before, and any one of these guys could come away with the win this weekend. Also don’t count out Garcia or Johnson this weekend, as they have a very good shot at winning this thing as well.
Middle of the Pack: Anthony Kim +2500, Brian Gay +3000, Justin Leonard +3000, Lucas Glover +3000, Woody Austin +3000, Steve Marino +3000, Kevin Na +4000, Justin Rose +4000, Dustin Johnson +4000, Bubba Watson +4000, and Ben Curtis +4000
Its hard to look past Glover with the odds he has to win this thing after playing so well at the US Open, but I think it will be a big challenge to win again this weekend. The guys I like out of this group are Watson, Marino, and Kim. I think all three of these golfers have the game to play well here this weekend, and if one of these guys can get off to a hot start on Thursday and Friday, it just might be enough to get them the win this weekend.
Long Shots: Scott Verplank +5000, Ryan Moore +5000, Kevin Sutherland +5000, J.J. Henry +6000, Boo Weekley +6000, Chad Campbell +8000, Stuart Appleby +8000, Ryuji Imada +8000, Pat Perez +8000, Chris DiMarco +8000, Nick O’Hern +8000, Ricky Barnes +15000
This is where it really get hard to figure out just which of these golfers is going to come out and play well this weekend. Henry won this event back in 2006, so it shows you that the winner can come from the back of the field. I think along with Henry the guys out of this group to watch this weekend are DiMarco, Campbell,and O’Hern, as all three have played well here at some point of over the last few years. The most interesting guy in this group is Ricky Barnes, who stunned everyone with his play at the US Open, and while he didn’t come away with the win, another strong performance this weekend would really back up his strong play at the US Open.