Golf: Texas Crowne Plaza Invitational – Latest Betting

GOLF – TEXAS CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL – May 22 – 25th

The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial returns, with Texan natives seeking to improve on their records at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth. Ten native Texans have won (Ben Hogan 5 times), but none since 1990. Nineteen Texans play on the tour and eight of them have won an event somewhere in the state, though none have been victorious at Colonial. A couple of players who have been close in recent years return to try to end the Texas drought. Justin Leonard was the runner-up in 2003 and has enjoyed a strong 2008 season. Chad Campbell, the 2004 runner-up, has also played well. Three Texans, Brian Gay, Sean O’Hair and Johnson Wagner have already won this year. The sponsors’ exemption, Ryan Palmer, tied for 10th at the AT&T Classic, his best performance of 2008. Palmer plays out of Colonial Country Club, host site of this tournament.

Phil Mickelson, the 2000 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial champion, is returning to Fort Worth for the first time since 2005. Mickelson was runner-up in defence of his 2000 title and was eighth in 1994. History is against Rory Sabbatini successfully defending his title. Since the inaugural event in 1946, only Ben Hogan has managed to return the following year and win. Hogan successfully defended his title twice, in 1947 and again in 1953. In two starts at this event, Australia’s Nathan Green has finished in the top five on both occasions. In his first start at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, in 2006, he tied for fourth and tied for fifth last year.

BETTING

Outright

10/1 Phil Mickelson (skybet), 14/1 Jim Furyk (Stan James), 20/1 Anthony Kim (William Hill), 22/1 Kenny Perry (skybet), 28/1 Stephen Ames (Paddy Power), Geoff Ogilvy (skybet), 33/1 Kyung-ju Choi, Rory Sabbatini (both William Hill), 35/1 Justin Leonard (bet 365), 40/1 Chad Campbell (Stan James), David Toms (William Hill), Ben Crane (Stan James), 50/1 Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan (both William Hill), 55/1 BAR. Each-way generally ¼ the odds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Place Betting

Top 10
Evs Phil Mickelson, 6/4 Jim Furyk, 9/4 Kenny Perry (all skybet), 9/4 Anthony Kim, 5/2 Geoff Ogilvy (both Stan James), 11/4 Stephen Ames (skybet), 10/3 Kyung-ju Choi, Rory Sabbatini (both Stan James), 7/2 Justin Leonard (skybet), 4/1 Chad Campbell (Stan James), David Toms (bet365), Ben Crane, 5/1 Steve Stricker(all Stan James), 11/2 BAR.

Top 5
9/4 Phil Mickelson (skybet), 3/1 Jim Furyk, 9/2 Anthony Kim (both totesport), Kenny Perry, 6/1 Stephen Ames (both skybet), 13/2 Rory Sabbatini (sportingbet), 7/1 Geoff Ogilvy, Kyung-ju Choi (both totesport), 15/2 Chad Campbell (Boylesports), 8/1 Justin Leonard, David Toms (both skybet), 17/2 Ben Crane (Boylesports), 10/1 Steve Stricker (Paddy Power), 11/1 BAR.

Top European
3/1 Ian Poulter (skybet), 4/1 Carl Pettersson (Paddy Power), 5/1 F. Jacobson (skybet), 11/2 Jesper Parnevik, 10/1 Daniel Chopra (both 888sport), 10/1 B. Davis (Paddy Power), 18/1 Alex Cejka, 22/1 R.S. Johnson (both totesport).

Online layers also offer a range of match bets, for each round, and the tournament as a whole. See individual sites for details.

All odds correct at time of writing. Please click here for the latest odds



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    • Written by Max Hammond · Filed Under Golf 

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