| US Open 2007: Woody Austin long shot at Oakmont after St Jude Championship Win |
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| Written by Zico Kelly | |||||||
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007
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 Journeyman Woody Austin shot a final-round eight-under-par 62 and breezed to a five-shot victory in real style at the St Jude Championship. After securing his entry into the US Open 2007, BetUS.com listed Austin at +15,000 (Bet $100 to win $15,000) golf betting odds to win the major at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania from June 14th – 17th, 2007.Winning for the first time since the Buick Championship in 2004, the 43-year-old hardly put a foot wrong as he easily overcame third-round leader Adam Scott – who could only manage a 75 to finish in seventh. Austin was a 200/1 long shot with several bookmakers going into the St. Jude Championship tournament. After starting the tournament with a two-over 72 in his opening, Austin finished at 13-under 267. It was his third career victory and marked the lowest final round by a tournament champion this year. "I never thought I would have that (kind of lead) because my three or four wins were all playoffs, so for me to actually be able to finish a tournament off, knowing I won instead of never knowing, I didn't know if I would ever get there," Austin said. Tiger Woods missed the event in preparation for next week's US Open at Oakmont. Woods is the favorite at +250 to win his first major tournament in 2007.
England's Brian Davis posted his best finish on the PGA Tour with second place in Memphis. Davis, who has missed six cuts this season, shot four birdies in a great round of 66 to end on eight under, five strokes behind Austin.Davis's performance was all the more remarkable considering the week he has had, with his wife and two young children rushed to hospital on Tuesday after carbon monoxide gas leak in their Orlando house. BetUS.com has posted golf betting odds to win the US Open 2007: Tiger Woods: +250 Phil Mickelson: +900 Jim Furyk: +1600 Ernie Els: +2000 Vijay Singh: +1600 Retief Goosen: +2500 Geoff Ogilvy: +3500 Sergio Garcia: +3000 Adam Scott: +2000 Luke Donald: +3000 Padraig Harrington: +3000 Trevor Immelman: +5500 Henrik Stenson: +4500 Stewart Cink: +5000 Paul Casey: +7000 Colin Montgomerie: +12500 Justin Rose: +4000 David Toms: +5000 Mike Weir: +10000 Michael Campbell: +20000 Davis Love: +12500 David Howell: +15000 Ian Poulter: +12500 Lee Westwood: +12500 Robert Allenby: +7000 Stuart Appleby: +10000 Thomas Björn: +12500 Tim Clark: +10000 Chad Campbell: +15000 Zach Johnson: +4000 KJ Choi: +6000 Sean O'hair: +6000 Rory Sabbatini: +5500 Scott Verplank: +7000 Stephen Ames: +10000 Jerry Kelly: +10000 Steve Striker: +8000 Aaron Baddeley: +10000 Aaron Obergholser: +10000 Angel Cabrera: +12500 Jose Maria Olazabal: +15000 Anthony Kim: +12500 Rod Pampling: +8000 Brett Wetterich: +20000 Chris DiMarco: +12500 Lucas Glover: +12500 Robert Karlsson: +17500 J.J Henry: +15000 John Rollins: +15000 Camilo Villegas: +17500 Ken Duke: +17500 Nathan Green: +17500 Nick O'Hern: +12500 Ryuji Imada: +15000 Woody Austin: +15000 Bubba Watson: +20000 Nick Watney: +25000 Nick Dougherty: +20000 Stephen Marino: +25000 Graeme McDowell: +20000 Ryan Palmer: +40000 Justin Leonard: +20000 Steve Elkington: +20000 Carl Petterson: +17500 Harrinson Frazar: +25000 Boo Weekley: +20000 Niclas Fasth: +20000 Ryan Moore: +12500 Pat Perez: +25000 Brett Quigley: +22500 Tom Pernice Jr: +20000 Joe Durant: +20000 Shaun Micheel: +20000 Fred Funk: +25000 Ben Curtis: +25000 Olin Browne: +25000 Soren Kjledsen: +40000 D.J Brigman: +45000 Brant Snedeker: +25000 Darron Stiles: +30000 Jeev Milka Singh: +35000 Johan Edfors: +30000 Dean Wilson: +20000 Craig Kanada: +40000 Jason Dufner: +50000 Todd Fischer: +50000 Peter Hanson: +30000 George McNeill: +50000 Andrew Buckle: +35000 Kevin Sutherland: +25000 Lee Janzen: +30000 Bob Estes: +30000 Kirk Triplett: +40000 Mathew Goggin: +40000 Christian Cevaer: +75000 Rich Beem: +40000 Warren Pineo: +75000                        |
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