Quail Hollow Championship

Making at least one golf betting selection got a whole lot easier for golf bettors this week. With Tiger Woods slated to return to the links this weekend in the Quail Hollow Championship most bettors will likely drop a few bucks down on Tiger even though he remains low on the profits scale.

For casual golf fans the Quail Hollow Championship may not sound too familiar. That’s because the tournament, which is played at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been known as the Wachovia Championship since its inception in 2003.

Woods last played at Quail Hollow in 2007 when he won the tournament after shooting 13-under par. That earned him a two-stroke victory over Steve Stricker. Woods was unable to defend his title last season while rehabbing from his first knee surgery. Woods also played at Quail Hollow in 2004, when he tied for third, and in 2005, when he tied for 11th. Woods will easily be favored on the golf odds this week, but it won’t be a walk in the park to reclaim the title as he will be battling six of the rest of the Top 10 golfers in the world, and 14 of the Top 25.

With Woods sidelined last year Anthony Kim took charge at Quail Hollow and won his first career PGA Tour event. Kim shot 16-under par, which was five strokes better than second-place Ben Curtis. Kim returns to defend his title this week and will be looking to turn around what has been a disappointing season so far. Since finishing second in his season debut in the Mercedes-Benz Championship in January Kim’s best finish was tying for 17th in the WGC Match Play Championship. Kim finished tied for 20th at Augusta in his last Tour stop and could be ready to break out at Quail Hollow.

Along with Woods and Kim every former champion of the Wachovia Championship returns to Quail Hollow this week, except for 2004 champ Joey Sindelar. The other former winners include inaugural 2003 champ David Toms, 2005 winner Vijay Singh, and 2006 winner Jim Furyk. Toms, Furyk, and Singh are all winless on the season so far, but Toms and Furyk both have at least one Top-4 finish. Singh hasn’t looked like his old self so far this season and his best finish was tying for 17th at the WGC Match Play Championship.

Last week the Tour was at TPC of Louisiana for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Jerry Kelly recorded his third career Tour win and first since 2002 after shooting 14-under par. Rory Sabbatini, Charlie Wi, and Charles Howell III all tied for second, one stroke back. Kelly is committed to play at Quail Hollow this week, but he will be a huge underdog to make it back-to-back wins on the golf odds. Kelly missed the cut at Quail Hollow last season, and his best finish in five attempts was tying for 31st in 2006.

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