The Barclays Golf Odds and Predictions

Nice to see Tiger Woods back playing again this week, as high profile players such as Tiger, you just never know when he’s going to grace us with his presence in a tournament. Plus, people who enjoy wagering on golf, it’s always a nice treat to have the Tiger angle in a PGA tournament, as we get better value on quality golfers.

If you recalled last week in my Wyndham Golf Tournament write up, without Tiger in the field, there’s always somebody ready to step up and that’s why it’s smart to play longshot, as it makes for a nice pay day. Congratulations if you picked Ryan Moore to win the tournament last weekend, he paid out a whopping $6050 on a $100 bet.

Very nice field for the 2009 Barclays Golf tournament this weekend, as some of the top names are here this weekend, Lefty, Padraig, Vijay and many more of the top 25 are here for some of the $7 million dollar purse.

Ron Raymond’s Barclays Golf Prediction

• Gold Pick: Jim Furyk +5250
• Silver Pick: Retief Goosen +3050
• Bronze Pick: Tiger Woods +185

Furyk has been in 18 events this season, he’s made the cut for 16 of them and he’ been in the top ten in seven of the 18 tournaments. Jim Furyk is a great golfer and he’s due for his first win of the season. Play Furyk as my top play this weekend.

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The Barclays Golf Tournament Fast Facts

Location Varies – Jersey City, New Jersey in 2009
Tournament Established in 1967
2009 Course of Choice: Liberty National Golf Club in 2009
Par 71 in 2009 Yardage 7,458 in 2009
Purse $7,000,000

Tournament record score

Aggregate: 261 Bob Gilder (1982)
To-par -19: Johnny Miller (1974) and -19 Bob Gilder (1982)

Past Winners of The Barclays Golf Tournament

• 2008 Vijay Singh
• 2007 Steve Stricker
• 2006 Vijay Singh
• 2005 Pádraig Harrington
• 2004 Sergio García
• 2003 Jonathan Kaye
• 2002 Chris Smith
• 2001 Sergio García
• 2000 Dennis Paulson
• 1999 Duffy Waldorf
• 1998 J. P. Hayes
• 1997 Ernie Els
• 1996 Ernie Els

The Barclays Odds

Date of event: August 27 - 30, 2009

Odds to win The Barclays

• Tiger Woods +185
• Padraig Harrington +2050
• Phil Mickelson +2250
• Hunter Mahan +3050
• Retief Goosen +3050
• Steve Stricker +3550
• Ernie Els +3550
• Sergio Garcia +3550
• Vijay Singh +4050
• Anthony Kim +4550
• Stewart Cink +4550
• Zach Johnson +4550
• Geoff Ogilvy +5250
• Jim Furyk +5250
• Kenny Perry +5250
• Ian Poulter +5250
• Lucas Glover +5550
• Angel Cabrera +6050
• Camilo Villegas +6050
• YE Yang +6050
• Robert Allenby +6550
• Paul Casey +8050
• Ben Curtis +8050
• Justin Rose +8050
• Luke Donald +8050
• Mike Weir +8050
• David Toms +8050
• Ryan Moore +8050
• Brandt Snedeker +8050
• Justin Leonard +8050
• Dustin Johnson +8050
• John Rollins +8050
• Kevin Sutherland +8050
• Michael Letzig +8050
• Stephen Ames +8050
• Tim Clark +10250
• Boo Weekley +10250
• Chad Campbell +10250
• Fred Couples +10250
• Jeff Quinney +10250
• Jerry Kelly +10250
• Sean OHair +10250

Odds to win The Barclays

Here’s another way to make a buck, instead of picking the silver bullet golfer to win this event this weekend, just bet on or against Tiger Woods! If you can’t beat him, join him as they say. If you think another golfer will beat Tiger this weekend, bet on it.

• Tiger Woods +185
• Field -215

*How does this form of golf betting works? Wager $100 on Tiger to win $185 and wager $215 on the field to win $100.