2009 AT&T National Betting Odds
This is Tony George with your 2009 AT&T betting preview for Gambling911.com. Be sure to check out all the AT&T National betting odds at betED.com
The tour heads to Bethesda, MD and Congressional Country Club for the AT&T National which is hosted by none other than Tiger Woods. Tiger missed his own tournament last season because of the knee surgery that sidelined him for nearly 10 months. He is back and is the big favorite this week in what is a healthy but not overly impressive field. Only four of the OWGR Top Ten players are in action with Paul Casey (3), Vijay Singh (9) and Jim Furyk (10) joining Tiger.
Congressional, a 7,255-yard Devereut Emmet designed layout, has hosted three Majors with the last being the 1997 U.S. Open. It is also the site for the 2011 U.S. Open but there is one big change that has taken place since the last Major took place here. At the time, Congressional became the first U.S. Open course to finish with a par three and it will likely be the last as the USGA brought in Rees Jones to redesign the layout and the finishing hole is now a 466-yard par four, formerly the 17th hole.
AT&T National Betting Odds courtesy of betED.com (ask about their FREE CASH BONUS when joining)
Tiger Woods +175 pays $175 for every $100 bet
Jim Furyk +1500 pays $1500 for every $100 bet
Hunter Mahan +1700
Paul Casey +2100
Sean OHair +2100
Anthony Kim +1800
Vijay Singh +2800
Mike Weir +2800
Lucas Glover +3400
Robert Allenby +3400
Nick Watney +3800
Bubba Watson +5000
Steve Marino +5000
KJ Choi +5000
Paul Goydos +5000
Ryan Moore +5100
Boo Weekley +5100
Davis Love +5100
John Senden +6000
Brian Davis +6300
Rod Pampling +6300
Kevin Na +6400
John Mallinger +6400
Charley Hoffman +7000
Mark Wilson +7500
Aaron Baddeley +7500
Fredrik Jacobson +7500
Jason Day +7800
Jeff Overton +7800
John Merrick +7800
Mathew Goggin +7800
Michael Letzig +7800
Nick O'Hern +7800
Pat Perez +7800
Ryuji Imada +7800
JJ Henry +7800
Charlie Wi +7800
Stuart Appleby +7800
Fred Couples +7800
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There are 13 past Majors winners in the field including 2009 U.S. Open Winner Lucas Glover (+4000) who is making his second straight start following his championship. He is coming off an impressive T-11 at the Travelers Championship which is notable considering the tiring week he had leading up to the Thursday start. He tied for 54th last year at the AT&T following a T-12 in 2007 so with his current momentum, he cannot be counted out.
Woods (+175) is making his first start since Bethpage and his first start at the AT&T since 2007 when he finished T-6. He tied for 19th at the 1997 U.S. Open so he has played the course well in the two times he has been in an event here. He has not teed it up much this season due to his rehab but when he plays, he has not been far out. He has two wins this season and in seven stroke play events, he has placed in the top ten in all seven. We will see more of the same come Sunday.
Defending AT&T National Champion Anthony Kim (+2000) is starting to finally look like the player that won twice and had six official top three finishes in 2008. There was talk about his current work ethic regressing as he was known to be lackadaisical in the past but those rumors have been put to rest for the time being. He tied for 16th at the U.S. Open and had a T-11 at the Travelers last week so things seem to be turning around after not having a top 25 since the Masters.
One player to keep an eye on who seems to be around all the time is Hunter Mahan (+1500). He has yet to break through this season but he has four top ten finishes and his recent form bodes well. His last six tournaments have seen results of T-72, T-45, T-27, T-14, T-6 and T-4 so you can see the trend that is taking place. He seems to like the course as he finished T-8 in 2007 and T-12 in 2008 in the first two years of this tournament at Congressional.
If looking for a sleeper, look no further than K.J. Choi (+5000). He has only one top ten finish this season and that was way back in February at the Northern Trust open when he finished T-3. He went on a miserable run of four missed cuts in five events and then finished T-71 at The Players. He took a month off to regroup and came back with a solid 13th place finish at the Memorial before a T-47 at the U.S. Open. Choi won this even in 2007 prior to his T-49 last year.
Recommended plays for the AT&T National from Matt Fargo of the Tony George Group:
Hunter Mahan (+1500) 2 Units Tiger Woods (+175) 2 Units K.J. Choi (+5000) ½ Unit
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