2013 PGA Barlcays Golf Betting Preview, Odds and Tips

Play Off race starts for FedExCup glory

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With all of the Majors done and dusted for the season, attention now quickly turns to the lucrative offering that is the FedExCup playoffs. This is the culmination of season long work for the players, with the top 125 of earners over the course of the year making it to the Barclays. This being the four event play off the numbers will gradually be trimmed down to the final thirty who make it to the Tour Championship. Twenty five players will drop after the Barclays, leading the top 100 moving on to the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Latest PGA Barclays Golf Betting Prices at online bookmaker Paddy Power
Tiger Woods 5/1, Adam Scott 16/1, Henrik Stenson 20/1, Rory McIlroy 20/1, Phil Mickelson 20/1, Dustin Johnson 25/1, Jason Day 33/1, Jason Dufner 33/1, Justin Rose 33/1, Matt Kuchar 33/1, Brandt Snedeker 33/1, Lee Westwood 40/1

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So tremendous golf betting around this week, where the best in the world are going to be duking it out. Take Woods’ short odds out of the picture and there is value all around, especially in the Place and Top 10 markets. But if you are looking for an each way bet, then online betting site Paddy Power are running a promotion where they are paying out to six places. The place part will be offered a quarter odds for the top six places. New customers registering an account with online betting site Paddy Power can get up to a free £50 bet as a welcome bonus, the bookie matching the value of your first stake with a free bet.

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Such a competitive field here, punters will have similarly difficulties picking out a winner as much as they do in a Major. Tiger Woods does head up the offerings for this week’s action though and he is looking for his third FedExCup title. With five PGA Tour titles under his belt across 2013, he is still going to be many people’s backing to go all the way and get the job done. He will be making something of a happy return to Liberty National as well because he was runner up here back in 2009. Scoring so heavily this season that he just can’t be counted out to take the FedExCup in which he heads to playoffs leading. Pretty short odds on Woods to take the win at the Barclays, and the course should play easier than it has done in recent times after changes. Just has to be better value for Place Market bet at 11/10 with Paddy Power.

PGA Barclays Golf Betting Tips:
Nothing easy about making a call for an outright winner this week thanks to the quality of the field. The pressure really is on to perform and to keep racking up the points. Would look for players trending well at the moment and that would naturally lead you to Henrik Stenson who has been in majestic form. In his last four starts, Stenson has fired off top five finishes in each, two second places. He just has the game to perform again and really has his eye him, quite how he hasn’t won is a miracle. Driving accuracy is right up there and work with the irons in sticking it on the greens is pretty much second to none at the moment. Importantly, his scrambling stats should also mean that he goes well at the Barclays. You would wonder why he hasn’t be able to win, and there is fantastic 7/4 value in a Top 10 finish at Paddy Power for him.

It is probably worth thinking who had shown up well in the Majors this year, just to get an indication of where you may want to go with your golf betting here. You can never overlook Adam Scott when it comes to the big occasions like this. After winning the Masters this year, he also took a share of third at The Open. Pile on top of that a share of fifth at the PGA Championship recently and he has to be value as well. Just his all round game is brilliant and usually such a solid bet and contender when it comes to the business side of things. His fellow Australian countryman Jason Day also went well at the PGA Championship, where he took his sixth top ten of the season. Has missed the cut in his last 21 outings now and landed a top fifteen finish at the 2009 Barclays. Both do show up as value for your 2013 Barclays golf betting.

So many big names around here. Matt Kuchar has been one of the best on Tour all season, landing seven top tens which includes a couple of wins as well. Many people are thinking that his consistency is going to lead him to take the FedExCup title at the end of the play offs. Also shaping up well should be Webb Simpson who has been getting better and better as the season has worn on. Carded a brilliant 63 at Sedgefield last week, where he just missed out on a top ten finish. At the 2009 Barclays he took a share of eighth after leading at the halfway stage. Won’t be phased by the track here. The confidence with which Jason Dufner, the US PGA Championship winner is playing with at the moment, will mean that he has a lot of backing heading into this one. His win at Oak Hill followed straight on from a share of fourth at Firestone and he is just swinging beautifully at the moment. As long as his bubble didn’t burst in winning that first Major, great Top Ten value in him at 5/2 with Paddy Power.

Another couple of names which have been showing up well in Barclays golf betting are those of Dustin Johnson and Jim Furyk. Johnson has been going well lately, taking a share of eighth at Oak Hill just a couple of weeks ago. But the stronger option could be Furyk who took a runner up spot at the PGA Championship to Dufner and that came on the back of top tens at the Canadian Open and WGC Bridgestone. With a top fifteen at the Liberty National back in 2009, makes a good fit and value at 4/1 for a Top Ten Finish.