Golf Betting – Wells Fargo Championship

Golf betting heads to one of the biggest non-major events on the PGA Tour – the Wells Fargo Championship.

The tournament is viewed as a tuneup for The Players Championship, which is on tap for next week.

Here’s a look at the oddsmakers’ favorites to top the leaderboard in Charlotte:

Phil Mickelson +,000

Mickelson finished second at last year’s event at Quail Hollow, shooting -under par for the tournament and placing just four strokes behind Rory McIlroy. Lefty has been taking some time off since a disappointing showing at Augusta last month. Mickelson went into the Masters as the favorite, having won the Houston Open the week before. However, he couldn’t find a rhythm on the course, progressively falling farther back in each round. The downtime and familiarity with Quail Hollow, where he’s finished inside the Top 5 the last two years and th in 008, should help Mickelson get his groove back before The Players.

Rory McIlroy +,00

McIlroy is the defending winner at the Wells Fargo Championship, topping last year’s leaderboard with a 5-under par, including a final-round score of 6 – which is contrary to the final-round collapse at this year’s Masters that has haunted the Irishman since April 0. But despite such a crushing outcome, McIlroy finished third at the Maybank Malaysian Open in mid-April. He has re-focused on the next big tournament at hand, The Players, and is aiming for another solid tuneup in Charlotte this week. He jumped over Tiger Woods in the World Golf Rankings this week and is sitting at No. 6 heading into North Carolina.

Martin Kaymer +,300

Kaymer didn’t fare all too well at the Masters either, missing the cut after posting a score of 50 through the first two rounds. He appears to be back on track after a ninth-place showing at the Maybank Malaysian Open in the middle of April. Kaymer skipped last year’s Wells Fargo Championship but was at Quail Hollow in 009, finishing 7-under par for an th-place showing.

Nick Watney +,500

Watney is one of the rare Americans among the favorites at the Wells Fargo Championship. He was also one of the few Americans who took to the course following the Masters and is coming off a 0th-place showing at the Zurich Classic last week. Watney has slowed down a bit after a thunderous start to the golf season. He’s finished 3th, 46th and 0th after opening the year with five straight Top-0 finishes, including a win at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. The California native placed nd in his last two trips to Quail Hollow in 00 and 009.

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