Newsletter: Let’s give some props to the PGA Championship - Bettors Insider, Vol. 1, No. 66 (May 14, 2019)

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Let's give some props to the PGA Championship

Picking the winner of a PGA tournament is hard enough when so many in the field have a legitimate chance -- this week at THE PGA tournament the favorite is Dustin Johnson and he's a healthy 11/1. Rory McIlroy is next 12/1 and some guy named Tiger Woods is tied for 6th at 18/1. Shows you how tough golf is that Tiger, who's won every major and is coming off a victorious Masters, has the same odds as Jon Rahm, who's won only accolades. But we'll leave it to Mike Kern to pick a winner, we're more interested in the prop bets, courtesy of  MyTopSportsbooks.com.

Enjoy the tournament and realize that some of those roars you're hearing at Bethpage Black may be only tangentially related to the leaderboard.

Primary Hat Logo for PGA Winner
1.    Nike: 8/5
2.    Golf Equipment (Taylor Made, Ping, Titleist, Srixon, Bridgestone, etc.): 2/1
3.    Other Clothing/Footwear Brands (Adidas, Under Armour, Puma, etc.): 11/2
4.    Financial Services Company (KPMG, Mutual of Omaha, etc.): 9/1
5.    FIELD: 39/1

WINNING SCORE (Over/Under): -8.0

NUMBER OF PLAYERS TO FINISH UNDER PAR
Over/Under 21.5

ODDS FOR A TOP 5 FINISH
1.    Dustin Johnson: 7/3
2.    Rory McIlroy: 5/2
3.    Justin Thomas: 3/1
4.    Brooks Koepka: 7/2
5.    Justin Rose: 4/1
6.    Jon Rahm: 9/2
7.    Tiger Woods: 9/2
8.    Rickie Fowler: 9/2
9.    Francesco Molinari: 5/1
10. Phil Mickelson: 8/1

ODDS THE WINNER IS FROM ...
1.    USA: 1/1
2.    Europe: 2/1
3.    Australia/New Zealand/Oceania: 10/1
4.    Asia: 24/1
5.    (South) Africa: 28/1
6.    South America/Mexico/Caribbean: 150/1

ODDS A LEFTY WINS
(Mickelson, Watson, Potter, Harman): 24/1

AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
Odds the PGA winner is a first-time major winner: 3/2
Odds Tiger Woods misses the cut: 5/1
Odds Tiger Woods does not have the lead at any point in the tournament: 1/3
Odds any of the 5 PGA Professionals from the NY Region make the cut: 4/1
Odds any of the 20 low-scorers form the PGA Professional National Championship make the cut: 3/4

Over/Under
1.    Number of eagles made on the 608-yard 13th hole: 3.0
2.    Over/Under Number of Hole in One’s: 0.5
3.    Over/Under – Highest single-hole score recorded: 8.0

Because you can bet on anything . . .

Bettor Bits

Today's Schedule

• Overnight - How we fared on Monday.
• Overnight - Abrams handicaps the Rome tennis opening round for men and women.
• This morning - Boop's Single Digits and Quickie Quiz (he's back from vacation)
• 9 am - Mick McMudder's racing picks for not-as-soggy Parx.
• 9 am - Robert Mims on the NBA Playoffs.
• 10 am - Andrew Albert' s Baseball picks.
• 11 am - Craig Dietel's NHL Playoffs pick.
• 11 am - Greg Frank 's NBA Playoffs picks.
• 6 pm - Boop's Philly Props.

Monday results

So far Neal Abrams likes Rome: He went went 12-4 in early action at the Italian Open. Andrew Albert went 2-1 with baseball picks. Both of Mick McMudder's Quick Picks came back winners at Parx. RT won the 3rd race at Finger Lakes.

We'll try to do considerably better today.

Good luck at the tables, windows, kiosks and apps.

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