The Barclays Betting Preview, Odds, Tips & Tee Times: PGA Tour

The 2013 Barclays golf tournament begins this Thursday at the Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City with over 100 of the worlds best players competing for the $1.4 million winners prize.

Nicky Watney won this tournament by 3 shots over Brandt Sneker last year with Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia tied third.

Despite winning this event last year, Nick Watney is an astonishing 125/1 with bookmakers to retain his title.

Tiger Woods is clear favourite with bookmakers after finishing tied 40th in the PGA Championship.  Prior to that Tiger looked unbeatable in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational winning by 7 clear shots.

UPDATE – Odds below are after round 1 and before round 2 tee times (click to enlarge, ordered by price left to right, odds subject to change/vary):

Phil Mickelson is 18/1 despite winning the Open Championship and prior to that, the Scottish Open.

Masters champion Adam Scott is 16/1 after a very good performance in the PGA Championship (Tied 5th).

Brandt Snedeker (35/1) finished 2nd here last year and won the Canadian Open this summer.

US Open Champion Justin Rose missed the cut at the Open Championship and finished tied 33rd in the PGA Championship (30/1)

Matt Kuchar challenged for the Canadian Open title and being one of the most consistent players on tour, he will have plenty of supporters at odds of 28/1.

Hunter Mahan led the Canadian Open before withdrawing due to his wife going into labour.  He has played consistently well this year and will have plenty of supporters at 30/1.

Dustin Johnson was in contention to win the Canadian Open before driving his ball out of bounds on the 17th (22/1).

Rory Mcilroy is 18/1 after finishing tied 8th in the PGA Championship.

Jason Dufner won the PGA Championship and is 28/1.

Gamingtips Tips: 

Lee Westwood is our tip for this weeks tournament – he has played consistently well this year (5 top 10 finishes) and has looked as if his game is going to fire on all cylinders soon.

He hasn’t won this year because his game hasn’t been 100% there – he has been focusing on his short game so much that his long game has suffered slightly and once he can put it all together, he is going to win tournaments.

Odds of 33/1 offer excellent value from an each-way perspective.

Although Tiger looked unstoppable in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational, odds of 5/1 are still very short against such a stacked field of quality players.

Tee times are below (Thursday – all local time):

1st Tee
7:10 a.m.: Richard H. Lee, Rory Sabbatini, Martin Flores

7:21 a.m.: Nick Watney, Kyle Stanley, John Huh

7:32 a.m.: Gary Woodland, Josh Teater, K.J. Choi

7:43 a.m.: David Lingmerth, Ryan Palmer, Chris Stroud

7:54 a.m.: Charl Schwartzel, Graham DeLaet, Lee Westwood

8:05 a.m.: Charles Howell III, Graeme McDowell, Jonas Blixt

8:16 a.m.: Hunter Mahan, Patrick Reed, Jim Furyk

8:27 a.m.: Kevin Stadler, Matt Every, Pat Perez

8:38 a.m.: Jeff Maggert, Justin Hicks, Camilo Villegas

8:49 a.m.: Morgan Hoffmann, Chez Reavie, Carl Pettersson

10th Tee

7:10 a.m.: Daniel Summerhays, Scott Brown, Nicholas Thompson

7:21 a.m.: Luke Guthrie, Robert Garrigus, Derek Ernst

7:32 a.m.: Brendon de Jonge, Brian Gay, David Hearn

7:43 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Rory McIlroy, Scott Piercy

7:54 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Jason Day, Jason Dufner

8:05 a.m.: Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson

8:16 a.m.: Tiger Woods, Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker

8:27 a.m.: Ted Potter Jr., J.J. Henry, Bryce Molder

8:38 a.m.: Geoff Ogilvy, Jeff Overton, James Hahn

8:49 a.m.: Steven Bowditch, George McNeill, Greg Chalmers

1st Tee

12:00 p.m.: Brian Stuard, Jerry Kelly, Brian Harman

12:11 p.m.: Marc Leishman, Ian Poulter, Brian Davis

12:22 p.m.: David Lynn, Luke Donald, Tim Clark

12:33 p.m.: Rickie Fowler, Scott Stallings, Martin Laird

12:44 p.m.: Dustin Johnson, Webb Simpson, Harris English

12:55 p.m.: Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott, Boo Weekley

1:06 p.m.: Phil Mickelson, Bill Haas, Billy Horschel

1:17 p.m.: James Driscoll, Bob Estes, Jason Kokrak

1:28 p.m.: Mark Wilson, Martin Kaymer, Charlie Beljan

1:39 p.m.: Erik Compton, Charlie Wi, Aaron Baddeley

1:50 p.m.: Stuart Appleby, Scott Langley, Ben Crane

10th Tee

12:00 p.m.: Brendan Steele, Ernie Els, Stewart Cink

12:11 p.m.: Freddie Jacobson, Cameron Tringale, Ryan Moore

12:22 p.m.: John Rollins, Kevin Chappell, Sergio Garcia

12:33 p.m.: Michael Thompson, Angel Cabrera, Roberto Castro

12:44 p.m.: Sang-Moon Bae, Matt Jones, Bubba Watson

12:55 p.m.: John Merrick, Chris Kirk, Ken Duke

1:06 p.m.: Russell Henley, D.A. Points, Jimmy Walker

1:17 p.m.: Bo Van Pelt, Justin Leonard, William McGirt

1:28 p.m.: John Senden, Jason Bohn, Lucas Glover

1:39 p.m.: D.H. Lee, Andres Romero, Johnson Wagner