US PGA Championship Golf Betting 2010

The US PGA Championship is the fourth and final of golf’s four majors, often dubbed “Glory’s last shot”.  The 2010 US PGA Championships will be the 92nd staging of the event and will be played from August 12-15 at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin; only the second time that the course has hosted the event.

As in 2004 when the US PGA Championship was first held at Whistling Straits, it will be the Straits Course which the players must negotiate in order to claim US PGA glory. Six years ago it was Vijay Singh who emerged victorious after a three hole play-off with Chris Di Marco and Justin Leonard; the trio were tied on 8 under par after 72 holes.

US PGA Championship Winner Betting 2010

Of course, the most popular US PGA Championship Golf Betting 2010 market will be the outright winners market. And for once Tiger Woods does not head that market..

Tiger has won four US PGA Championship titles throughout his career, the first in 1999 at the Medinha Country Club, the second a year later at Valhalla Golf Club, the third in 2006 again at Medinha and his most recent triumph in 2007 at Southern Hills Country Club. If he were to win a fifth US PGA title then he would equal Jack Nicklaus’s haul; the only other player to win more than two US PGA titles in the stroke-play era.

However, Woods’s grip on the game has diminished considerably since revelations about his private life became public knowledge and as a result there will be many punters who oppose him in the US PGA Championship golf betting 2010.

Graeme McDowell became the first European to win the US open in 40 years earlier this summer and will be buoyed by the confidence that that has given him. Phil Mickelson is hot on the heels of Woods in the pursuit of the world number one status and already has the US Masters title to his name this season; he features prominently in the US PGA Championship Golf Betting 2010. Lee Westwood has enjoyed a stellar season to date but was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injury, whilst Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els are also showing signs of returning to their best form. All are players who will be looking to sign off the year in style with the USPGA Championship title to their name.

Then throw the likes of Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter, amongst others, into the hat and you will begin to see just how competitive this major is, and thus just how tricky a prospect US PGA Championship golf betting 2010 will be.

US PGA Championship Course Betting

The Straits Course at Whistling Straits was designed to replicate the links courses along the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. It has numerous deep pot bunkers, grass-topped dunes and winds that protrude from Lake Michigan. As well as the 2010 US PGA Championship the course will also stage the 2015 event and the 2020 Ryder Cup.

At 7,514 yards Whistling Straits is the second longest course to host a major. There are four par 3s and four par 5s which help constitute the par 72 course.

It may be thought that the links style course would help the European, and particularly British, contingent competing for the US PGA title. However, before you dash off to back a host of British based players in your US PGA Championship golf betting 2010 you should first consider the fact that only one European player – Paul McGinley – finished in the top 10 in 2004 when the tournament was first held here.

US PGA Championship Past Winners

Year		Winner
2009		Yang Yong-eun
2008		Padraig Harrington
2007		Tiger Woods
2006		Tiger Woods
2005		Phil Mickelson
2004		Vijay Singh
2003		Shaun Micheel
2002		Rich Beem
2001		David Toms
2000		Tiger Woods