While everyone is excited for NFL Week 1 matchups, the FedEx Cup playoffs are heating up heading into the third of four events, the BMW Championship at Cog Hill. Camilo Villegas is the defending champion, and he'll be one of our five (or six) to watch this weekend.
BMW Championship odds - Thursday, September 10
Tiger Woods (+150): the world's No.1 player won here in 2007 before missing last year's event due to injury. His putter let him down all weekend at the Deutsche Bank Championship before he blistered the TPC Boston for a final-round 63, which gave him a T-11. Woods trails Steve Stricker by 909 points in the standings, but anytime he tees it up, he's the online sports betting favorite.
Steve Stricker (+1400): Stricker's final-hole birdie gave him his third win of the season, and he has six top-10s in 10 FedEx Cup events. He's also not bad at Cog Hill, where he finished third in 2007, and T-10 in 2008. Stricker seems to know how to win now, but can he hold off Woods in the standings?
Padraig Harrington (+1400): Paddy's T-4 was his fourth top-10 in a row, and third top-five in four starts. He stumbled here last year, finishing T-55, but like Stricker, he's playing with as much confidence as anyone on the PGA Tour. Golf may be a game where momentum counts more than any other sports, so watch out for the three-time major winner in your offshore sportsbook.
Jim Furyk (+2000): Furyk improved on his T-14 finish at Cog Hill from 2007 with a T-3 last year at Bellervie, and he finished T-8 at the Deutsche Bank Championship last week. However, this was his first top-10 since early July, so you may want to avoid him in this year's sports picks.
Scott Verlplank (+5000)/Camilo Villegas (+6600): Verplank has top-10 finishes in each of the first two FedEx Cup events, and he has finishes of T-28 and T-30 in this event. Meanwhile, Villegas hasn't broken into the top 10 since March, but he followed up a T-7 in 2007 at Cog Hill with last year's two-stroke win. If you're looking for longshots, put this pair into your gambling software.
BMW Championship odds - Thursday, September 10
Tiger Woods (+150): the world's No.1 player won here in 2007 before missing last year's event due to injury. His putter let him down all weekend at the Deutsche Bank Championship before he blistered the TPC Boston for a final-round 63, which gave him a T-11. Woods trails Steve Stricker by 909 points in the standings, but anytime he tees it up, he's the online sports betting favorite.
Steve Stricker (+1400): Stricker's final-hole birdie gave him his third win of the season, and he has six top-10s in 10 FedEx Cup events. He's also not bad at Cog Hill, where he finished third in 2007, and T-10 in 2008. Stricker seems to know how to win now, but can he hold off Woods in the standings?
Padraig Harrington (+1400): Paddy's T-4 was his fourth top-10 in a row, and third top-five in four starts. He stumbled here last year, finishing T-55, but like Stricker, he's playing with as much confidence as anyone on the PGA Tour. Golf may be a game where momentum counts more than any other sports, so watch out for the three-time major winner in your offshore sportsbook.
Jim Furyk (+2000): Furyk improved on his T-14 finish at Cog Hill from 2007 with a T-3 last year at Bellervie, and he finished T-8 at the Deutsche Bank Championship last week. However, this was his first top-10 since early July, so you may want to avoid him in this year's sports picks.
Scott Verlplank (+5000)/Camilo Villegas (+6600): Verplank has top-10 finishes in each of the first two FedEx Cup events, and he has finishes of T-28 and T-30 in this event. Meanwhile, Villegas hasn't broken into the top 10 since March, but he followed up a T-7 in 2007 at Cog Hill with last year's two-stroke win. If you're looking for longshots, put this pair into your gambling software.
