WGC Bridgestone Invitational Golf Predictions and Betting Odds

Tournament Golf Dates: August 6 - 9, 2009

Seventy Five of the top PGA Golfers in the world will get an invite to the WGC-Bridgestone invitational and have a shot of the huge purse which is roughly around 8 million dollars. Tiger Woods is the current favorite to win at +165 odds, which means if you wager $100 on Woods to win, you would net $165 in profits. Tiger Woods is very comfortable with this event, as he’s won 6 of the last 10 WGG-Bridgestone Invitational events and he holds the tournament record by shooting a -21 and 259 to win the event in 2000.

Will Phil Mickelson be back this weekend?

Yes golf fans, lefty is back this weekend! Phil Mickelson is back after some time off to be with some ailing family members and the Las Vegas Sportsbook and online betting shops have made lefty a +1525 underdog to win the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational this week.

Retief Goosen is back after losing the 2009 Canadian Open in a playoff with Nathan Green and he’s a +3050 underdog price this weekend at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

The 2009 Open Champion Stewart Cink is on hand this weekend and he’s a +4050 price to win this event. If you’re looking for a live underdog, you might want to consider Canadian Golfer Mike Weir, as his due factor is close to kicking in and now would be a great time for the 2003 MASTERS Champion to get back in the ring of champions and get back to winning some tournaments again.

Ron Raymond’s WGC-Bridgestone Golf Prediction

I’ve been on a nice run the last month or so, as my recommended golf picks have won or have lost on the final day on Sundays or playoff formats. Here’s how I like to bet on golf and I use a betting system that involves three picks which I rate from Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Here’s how I refer to my betting terms and units. Let’s say for this example only, my normal bet is $20, if I say I’m going to bet 5 units on Tiger Woods, this means I’m going to bet $100 units on Tiger Woods to win the event.

• Gold Pick: Kenny Perry +4550
• Silver Pick: Tiger Woods +165
• Bronze Pick: Retief Goosen +3050

*Note: Kenny Perry hasn’t played since the British Open, he’s taken some time off and sometimes a good mental break from the game will rejuvenate a golfer and give him a better frame of mind for the upcoming event. Perry has played in 18 events this season, he’s made the cut in every event and he’s finished in the top ten 7 times this year. Great value on a rested Kenny Perry.

In order to qualify for this Golf Tournament, players must meet the following criteria.

• Playing members of the last named United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
• Playing members of the last named United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
• Players ranked among the top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings
• Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.
• The winner of one selected tournament from each of the following tours: PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Tournament Facts:

• Location: Akron, Ohio
• Established 1976
• Golf Course: Firestone Country Club
• Par 70
• Yardage 7,400
• Format Stroke play
• Purse $8,000,000
• Tournament record score
• Aggregate: 259 Tiger Woods (2000)
• To-par: -21 Tiger Woods (2000)

Golf Odds to win the WGC Bridgestone Invitational

• Tiger Woods +185
• Phil Mickelson +1525
• Retief Goosen +3050
• Anthony Kim +3550
• Hunter Mahan +3550
• Steve Stricker +3550
• Stewart Cink +4050
• Geoff Ogilvy +4550
• Rory McIlroy +5250
• Martin Kaymer +5250
• Luke Donald +5250
• Ian Poulter +6050
• Camilo Villegas +6050
• Zach Johnson +6050
• Angel Cabrera +7050
• Ben Curtis +7550
• Mike Weir +8050
• Nick Watney +8050
• Brian Gay +8050
• Soren Hansen +8050
• Scott Verplank +8050
• Graeme McDowell +8050
• Rory Sabbatini +8050
• Jerry Kelly +8550
• Woody Austin +8550
• Matthew Goggin +8550
• Miguel Angel Jimenez +10250
• Pat Perez +10250
• Darren Clarke +10250
• Jim Furyk +3050
• Paul Casey +3550
• Lee Westwood +3550
• Sergio Garcia +3550
• Vijay Singh +4050
• Kenny Perry +4550
• Ernie Els +5250
• Padraig Harrington +5250
• Ross Fisher +5250
• Henrik Stenson +5250
• Sean OHair +5250
• Adam Scott +6550
• Justin Leonard +7050
• David Toms +7550
• Davis Love +8050
• Lucas Glover +8050
• Justin Rose +8050
• Ye Yang +8050
• Soren Kjeldsen +8550
• Tim Clark +8550
• Robert Allenby +10250
• Boo Weekley +10250
• Stuart Appleby +10250
• Oliver Wilson +10250
• Dustin Johnson +10250
• KJ Choi +10250
• Chad Campbell +10250

Past Winners of this Golf Tournament

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

• 2008 Vijay Singh Fiji 270 (-10)
• 2007 Tiger Woods United States 272 (-8)
• 2006 Tiger Woods United States 270 (-10)

WGC-NEC Invitational

• 2005 Tiger Woods United States 274 (-6)
• 2004 Stewart Cink United States 269 (-11)
• 2003 Darren Clarke Northern Ireland 268 (-12)
• 2002 Craig Parry Australia 268 (-16)
• 2001 Tiger Woods United States 268 (-12)
• 2000 Tiger Woods United States 259 (-21)
• 1999 Tiger Woods United States 270 (-10)

World Series of Golf winners

• 1998 David Duval United States
• 1997 Greg Norman (2) Australia
• 1996 Phil Mickelson United States
• 1995 Greg Norman Australia
• 1994 José María Olazábal (2) Spain
• 1993 Fulton Allem South Africa
• 1992 Craig Stadler (2) United States
• 1991 Tom Purtzer United States
• 1990 José María Olazábal Spain
• 1989 David Frost South Africa
• 1988 Mike Reid United States
• 1987 Curtis Strange United States
• 1986 Dan Pohl United States
• 1985 Roger Maltbie United States
• 1984 Denis Watson Zimbabwe
• 1983 Nick Price Zimbabwe
• 1982 Craig Stadler United States
• 1981 Bill Rogers United States
• 1980 Tom Watson United States
• 1979 Lon Hinkle United States
• 1978 Gil Morgan United States
• 1977 Lanny Wadkins United States
• 1976 Jack Nicklaus United States

2009 Buick Open Golf Predictions & Odds

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The Buick Open will be the first of three Tiger Woods will be playing, as he’s confirmed his entry into the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio next week.

As you can imagine, Tiger Woods is the favorite to win the 2009 Buick Open, the oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com has placed Woods as a heavy favorite at 6/4 odds. This means, for every $4 dollars wagered, you will earn $6. From a betting perspective, this is not an interesting proposition, as you are better off finding a golfer with better value who will have a better shot at winning on Sunday!

Granted, Tiger Woods is hungry and will no doubt want to regain his confidence after not making the cut at the British Open, but he’s not golfing well or to Tiger Woods standards. He’s a great golfer when he’s on his game, but right now the sights are off and perhaps that knee is giving him some problems, because he’s not running away from the field like he used too.

I’ve got 3 great golfers to recommend for the 2009 Buick Open and I’m going to release these golf picks via my Twitter account. Basically, sign up with Twitter, join my “followers” page and I will be sending you my golf pick on Wednesday. If you want to make some money betting on Golf, get on board my Twitter account and get ready to make some cash.

RON RAYMOND’S BUICK OPEN GOLF PICKS

Here’s my system. I give out 3 golf picks each week, they are ranked using the Gold, Silver and Bronze ratings and last week my Bronze rating was Retief Goosen and he lost in the playoff to Nathan Green. If you’ve been following my golf picks this season, you’ve made a lot of money, as I’m always there on Sunday and I’m making you money. Get on board my followers page at Twitter.

Here are the odds and facts about the Buick Open.

Tournament Fast Facts:

• Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan
• Established in 1958
• Course: Warwick Hills G&CC
• Par 72
• Yardage 7,127
• Purse $5,000,000

Tournament record score

Aggregate 262 Robert Wrenn (1987)
To-par -26 Robert Wrenn (1987)

Current champion

Kenny Perry

Past 10 Buick Open Winners

• 2008 Kenny Perry
• 2007 Brian Bateman
• 2006 Tiger Woods
• 2005 Vijay Singh
• 2004 Vijay Singh
• 2003 Jim Furyk
• 2002 Tiger Woods
• 2001 Kenny Perry
• 2000 Rocco Mediate
• 1999 Tom Pernice, Jr.

2009 Buick Open Golf Odds

Courtesy of Sportsbook.com

• Tiger Woods 6/4
• Jim Furyk 12/1
• Justin Leonard 20/1
• Woody Austin 25/1
• Brian Gay 25/1
• Brandt Snedeker 25/1
• Scott Verplank 25/1
• Nick Watney 33/1
• Daniel Chopra 40/1
• K.J. Choi 50/1
• Michael Letzig 50/1
• Kevin Na 50/1
• Andres Romero 50/1
• Rory Sabbatini 50/1
• Mark Calcavecchia 66/1
• Chad Campbell 66/1
• Scott McCarron 66/1
• Ryan Moore 66/1
• Jonathan Byrd 80/1
• Bob Estes 80/1
• Paul Goydos 80/1
• Nathan Green 80/1
• Fredrik Jacobson 80/1
• Rod Pampling 80/1
• John Rollins 80/1
• Stuart Appleby 100/1
• Ben Crane 100/1
• Jason Day 100/1
• J.J. Henry 100/1
• Martin Laird 100/1
• Y.E. Yang 100/1
• John Merrick 100/1
• Tim Petrovic 100/1
• Jeff Quinney 100/1
• John Senden 100/1
• Webb Simpson 100/1
• Brendon De Jonge 125/1
• Ken Duke 125/1
• David Duval 125/1
• Steve Flesch 125/1
• Jason Gore 125/1
• Ryuji Imada 125/1
• Lee Janzen 125/1
• Matt Jones 125/1
• Danny Lee 125/1
• Spencer Levin 125/1
• Rocco Mediate 125/1
• Nick O'Hern 125/1
• D.A. Points 125/1
• Brett Quigley 125/1
• Heath Slocum 125/1
• Charlie WI 125/1
• Matt Bettencourt 150/1
• Jason Bohn 150/1
• Greg Chalmers 150/1
• John Daly 150/1
• Chris DiMarco 150/1
• Joe Durant 150/1
• Robert Garrigus 150/1
• Tim Herron 150/1
• Jeff Klauk 150/1
• Marc Leishman 150/1
• Billy Mayfair 150/1
• James Nitties 150/1
• Joe Ogilvie 150/1
• Greg Owen 150/1
• Ryan Palmer 150/1
• Corey Pavin 150/1
• Tom Pernice 150/1
• Ted Purdy 150/1
• Patrick Sheehan 150/1
• Darron Stiles 150/1
• Vaughn Taylor 150/1
• Dean Wilson 150/1
• Ricky Barnes 200/1
• Brian Bateman 200/1
• Kris Blanks 200/1
• Glen Day 200/1
• James Driscoll 200/1
• Carlos Franco 200/1
• Jonathan Kaye 200/1
• Peter Lonard 200/1
• Jeff Maggert 200/1
• David Mathis 200/1
• Troy Matteson 200/1
• Shaun Micheel 200/1
• Dicky Pride 200/1
• Tag Ridings 200/1
• Kevin Stadler 200/1
• Scott Sterling 200/1
• Chris Stroud 200/1
• Nicholas Thompson 200/1
• Peter Tomasulo 200/1
• Omar Uresti 200/1
• Johnson Wagner 200/1
• Jimmy Walker 200/1
• Charles Warren 200/1
• Aaron Watkins 200/1
• Jay Williamson 200/1
• Casey Wittenberg 200/1
• David Berganio 250/1
• Wil Collins 250/1
• Jay Delsing 250/1
• Tommy Gainey 250/1
• Mathias Gronberg 250/1
• Bill Haas 250/1
• Todd Hamilton 250/1
• Kent Jones 250/1
• Colt Knost 250/1
• Brad Adamonis 250/1
• Frank Lickliter 250/1
• Jamie Lovemark 250/1
• Steve Lowery 250/1
• Bill Lunde 250/1
• David Peoples 250/1
• Scott Piercy 250/1
• Chez Reavie 250/1
• Roland Thatcher 250/1
• Brendon Todd 250/1
• Marc Turnesa 250/1
• Matt Weibring 250/1
• Tyler Aldridge 300/1
• Steve Allan 300/1
• Billy Andrade 300/1
• Arjun Atwal 300/1
• Eric Axley 300/1
• Matthew Borchert 300/1
• Guy Boros 300/1
• Michael Bradley 300/1
• Ryan Brehm 300/1
• Mark Brooks 300/1
• Jose Coceres 300/1
• Derek Fathauer 300/1
• Brad Faxon 300/1
• David Gossett 300/1
• Scott Gutschewski 300/1
• J.P. Hayes 300/1
• Scott Hebert 300/1
• Bob Heintz 300/1
• Troy Kelly 300/1
• Greg Kraft 300/1
• Stephen Leaney 300/1
• James Oh 300/1
• Leif Olson 300/1
• Aron Price 300/1
• Rick Price 300/1
• Paul Stankowski 300/1
• Brian Vranesh 300/1
• Paul Azinger 500/1