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2011 PGA Wells Fargo Championship Preview/Picks

Preview and free golf picks for the PGA 2011 The Wells Fargo Championship, which is hosted by Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The purse is $6,500,000, and the defending champ is Rory McIlroy…

PGA Betting – Wells Fargo Championship Preview & Pick

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LAST WEEK: It was ho-hum for the Nick Watney pick. He was hardly bad with his 20th-place finish last week at the Zurich Classic. Another guy we were eying, Bubba Watson, took the prize. Is Bubba beginning a hot streak? And should we hop aboard the hype train?

Quail Hollow, host of the Wells Fargo Championship this week, plays as tough as any non-major championship course. It was the second-most difficult part-72 in a non-major last year, its final three holes ranked as the toughest, and it was the hardest in proximity to hole. Good scrambling is important since the greens are hard to hit and driving distance is a plus, too.

Date: May 05 – 08
Event: Wells Fargo Championship
Course: Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
Purse: $6,500,000
Defending Champ: Rory McIlroy
Winning Share: $1,170,000
FedEX Cup Points Up For Grabs: 500

THE CONTENDERS

Phil Mickelson
Wells Fargo Championship odds: +1015

Phil always seems to make things interesting at Quail Hollow. He was second place last year and has six top-12 finishes in seven tries at this tournament. He leads the Tour in birdies or better on par 5s and could use that ability to get a leg up on those longer holes.

Rory McIlroy
Wells Fargo Championship odds: +1215

McIlroy won last year’s tourney with a spectacular finish, shooting 66-62 on the final two days. He’s a good play because of his past success and length off the tee. However, he doesn’t have a top-nine finish this season and hasn’t played a PGA event since his Masters meltdown.

Martin Kaymer
Wells Fargo Championship odds: +1415

Kaymer’s great 2010 and short-lived perch atop the world rankings earn him the +1415 odds but I wonder if he’s fool’s gold this week. Before finishing ninth at Malaysia, he’d missed four straight cuts. He’s simply not playing well right now.

Nick Watney
Wells Fargo Championship odds: +1850

Watney remains a guy we have to consider every week. He leads the Tour in all-around ranking and is second in adjusted scoring average. He also has five top-25 finishes at the Wells Fargo. He could win another event any week now.

Dustin Johnson
Wells Fargo Championship odds: +1850

Johnson is a bit more under the radar this season because of his inconsistency; he’s missed the cut in two of his last four stroke-play starts on the PGA Tour. But his length off the tee remains an asset and he looked solid in South Korea with a fourth-place finish in his last outing.

SOLID PICKS

Jim Furyk
Wells Fargo Championship odds: +2250

Furyk is a straight line at Quail Hollow, having won there in 2006 and finished at least 11th in his last three trips. Furyk isn’t in his 2010 form but he’s heating up with four straight top-25s. He’s a sneaky-good play with better value than some of the other big names.

Bubba Watson
Wells Fargo Championship odds: +2250

Some bettors think it’s silly to chase a guy who just won but Bubba Watson may be an exception to that rule. Since the course favors long hitters, it already favors him. Factor in that he leads the Tour in greens in regulation and it seems like Bubba has an excellent chance to make it two straight victories.

THE SLEEPER

Martin Laird
Wells Fargo Championship odds: +3250

Laird warrants consideration because of his decent value and because he’s very strong in the key stat of bogey avoidance. With five top-10s in 10 starts this season, he’s a rock-solid guy who gives you better return for your money than the more established names do – even though he’s playing just as well.

The pick:

Mickelson, Watson and Laird are the names that stick out at me. I’ll scratch Watson first simply because I can’t get a read on him; every time I pick him, he flops. Since I like Mickelson’s ability to go low and take chances on this type of course, I’ll roll the dice on him this week.

Wells Fargo Championship pick: Phil Mickelson +1015

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2011 Wells Fargo Championship Tournament – Odds to Win – Updated Betting Odds

Nick Watney 15-1
Padraig Harrington 50-1
Pat Perez 80-1
Paul Casey 30-1
Phil Mickelson 7-1
Rickie Fowler 30-1
Ricky Barnes 50-1
Robert Allenby 50-1
Robert Karlsson 80-1
Rory McIlroy 12-1
Rory Sabbatini 80-1
Ryan Moore 60-1
Sergio Garcia 40-1
Steve Marino 60-1
Stewart Cink 60-1
Tommy Gainey 60-1
Trevor Immelman 80-1
Vijay Singh 80-1
Webb Simpson 40-1
Zach Johnson 80-1
zx Field (Any Other Golfers) 3-1
Charley Hoffman 50-1
David Toms 50-1
Dustin Johnson 15-1
Edoardo Molinari 50-1
Fredrik Jacobson 60-1
Gary Woodland 60-1
Geoff Ogilvy 30-1
Hunter Mahan 20-1
JB Holmes 60-1
Jeff Overton 80-1
Jhonattan Vegas 125-1
Jim Furyk 25-1
John Senden 50-1
Jonathan Byrd 80-1
Justin Rose 40-1
Kevin Na 80-1
Lucas Glover 80-1
Mark Wilson 80-1
Martin Kaymer 15-1
Martin Laird 30-1
Angel Cabrera 60-1
Anthony Kim 40-1
Bill Haas 50-1
Bo Van Pelt 50-1
Brendon de Jonge 50-1
Bubba Watson 25-1
Camilo Villegas 100-1
Chad Campbell 80-1
Charles Howell III 60-1

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