| 2008 PGA Championship Prediction |
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| Written by Scott Burgess | |||||||
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008
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 The fourth golf major of the year tees off, Thursday August 7-10, with the 90th PGA Championship, where nine of the top ten players will be competing. Will this year’s winner be a previous major winner or a new up and comer? Oddsmakers at SBGglobal.com have Phil Mickelson as +900 favorite to raise the Wanamaker Trophy. Get your PGA Championship Prediction in now at SBGglobal.com, where players play!Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship back in 2005 when it was held at Baltusrol Golf Club, in New Jersey. Phil has three majors to his name and he’s searching for his fourth. The 2008 season has been good to Phil with two wins and six top 10 finishes. He won the 2008 Northern Trust Open and the 2008 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Phil currently ranks third in scoring average on the PGA Tour. His last PGA Tourney was the Bridgestone Invitational where he started the day tied for the lead with Vijay Singh and Lee Westwood and lead by one stroke midway through the back nine. However, he finished with unfortunate bogeys on holes 15, 17 and 18 and two strokes behind tournament winner Vijay Singh. Phil is famous for his final round collapse in major tourneys, but regardless, SBGglobal.com has Phil Mickleson as +900 favorite to win the 90th PGA Championship. Padraig Harrington is fresh off back to back British Open wins and is looking to add a PGA Championship trophy to his mantel piece. He’s having his best season since the start of his golf career; he has four top 10 finishes and one third place finish. He currently ranks fourth in scoring average on the PGA Tour. SBGglobal.com has Padraig Harrington at +1700 to win his second major this year. Sergio Garcia is still searching for his first major win since his playoff loss to Padraig Harrington at last year’s British Open. On a good note Sergio won THE PLAYERS Championship, which featured one of the toughest fields on the PGA Tour. Unfortunately he has only one other top 10 finish which came at the 2008 Stanford St. Jude Championship. Sergio currently ranks 11th in scoring average on the PGA Tour. He has drastically improved his driving and his putting which is why SBGglobal.com has Sergio Garcia at +2000 to win his first major. Ernie Els is a three time major winner, winning the U.S. Open twice and the British Open once. He has one win this year which was at the 2008 Honda Classic and two top 10 finishes. He tied for sixth at THE PLAYERS Championship and seventh at the British Open. SBGglobal.com has Ernie Els at +2500 to win his fourth major. Other Notables: Vijay Singh +2000 Jim Furyk +2250 Lee Westwood +2500 Anthony Kim +2700 Adam Scott +2750 Retief Goosen +3000 Stewart Cink +3500 Kenny Perry +3500 Point-Spreads.com PGA Championship Prediction – Padraig Harrington +1700 The Bottom Line: Padraig is playing some hot golf right now and with his second British Open win he’ll feel perfectly comfortable at the PGA Championship. Get your PGA Championship Prediction in now at SBGglobal.com and receive a 30% sign-up bonus on your initial deposit and a 30% re-up bonus.                        |
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