The 2010 Tour Championship Betting Preview and Tips PGA Tour

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Phil Mickelson 15/2 Phil Mickelson will not want to go into another Ryder Cup in desperate form and with Tiger no longer the “Man” in the...

Phil Mickelson 15/2

Phil Mickelson will not want to go into another Ryder Cup in desperate form and with Tiger no longer the “Man” in the team-room, my guess is he wont. Mickelson shot 73 in the first round last year and still stormed home by three shots. His 25^th at the Deutsche Bank is deceiving as he had three rounds in the 60’s before shedding five shots in two holes during the final round. Phil’s 67 when paired with Tiger at Cog Hill last time out was vintage and brought him a tie for eighth. Pic: Going for Ice cream with the kids the morning after the masters. The Green Jacket was nearest to the bed!

Matt Kuchar 9/1

Kuch lives down the road from East Lake and knows the layout like the back of his hand having played it socially, during his college days at Georgia Tech and on the Tour. He is the FedEx Cup leader having won the Barclay’s with a final round 66 and a playoff win against Martin Laird. His tied third at the BMW Championship while battling illness is a measure of the man. He’s suffered the lows and climbed back up the ladder; no one deserves it as much as Kuchar.

Pic: Kuch, poxed.

KJ Choi 33/1

KJ lies 23^rd in the FedEx standings going into this week. The highlight of his season was a tied fourth at The Masters though he had two seconds in Malaysia and at the Transitions. The loveable Korean is arguably one of the streakiest players on Tour and may just have timed his run up perfectly this week with a momentum building tied third last time out at the BMW Championship. Let’s just hope he can keep up the form after a week off and we see the weightlifters smile on the last come Sunday next. Pic: When he’s not busy running the country, KJ plays a bit of golf.

Adam Scott 14/1

I’ve been keeping a close eye on Scott since his visit to Adare this year; his ball striking on the range was phenomenal. Scott got his first win for two years at the Valero Texas Open in May and though he has only three other top tens this year, two of them have come during the playoffs. Tied ninth at The Barclays was followed up with a tied fifth at The BMW and Scott is only a couple of holed six footers from winning at East Lake. He crushed the filed here in 2006, winning with four rounds in the 60’s. Pic: Lesson- Never borrow your father’s hat, it never looks as good on you.

Dustin Johnson 9/1

Johnson is like a surfer who having missed a couple of big rollers, just caught the perfect wave. If his crumbling at the US Open was self inflicted his PGA loss was a travesty. What a guy though, Johnson picked himself off the canvass twice to win at the BMW Championship. Johnson is going to be a huge hit at Celtic Manor and lets hope he heads there with the Tour Championship laurels. My player of the season.