2008 AT&T Classic Predictions & Odds
Written May 13, 2008 by Jack Jones
After an exciting weekend at The PLAYERS Championship, where Sergio Garcia finally got back in the win column with an impressive showing on Sunday afternoon, tour players will be gearing up to show off their skills at the 2008 AT&T Classic held at TPC Sugarloaf in Duluth, Georgia. Last year the 2007 Masters Champion Zach Johnson was able to collect his 3rd tournament victory, all of which have came in the great state of Georgia. We won’t see a Masters winner repeat at this tournament this year, as Trevor Immelman is sitting this week out. With many of the top players taking the week off it makes for a wide-open tournament and your favorite coming into the weekend being the South African Retief Goosen. Last year we saw Johnson take home the trophy with a 4-round total of -15, so we are expecting another good weekend of scoring if the weather cooperates. Here is a look at 3 golfers that we feel have a good shot at taking home the win this week at the AT&T Classic.
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Favorite: Zach Johnson 15-1 at Sportsbook.com
Even though the odds makers have Goosen as the guy to beat, we are going with the guy from Iowa on this one. With a great tradition of playing well in Georgia we like him as our number one guys this weekend. Zach has kind of struggled this year with only one top 10 finish, but we think that a weak field and a trip to his favorite state to play will end in a win for this guy this weekend. Johnson isn’t known for hitting the ball a mile, but instead he uses his precision as he ranks 11th in driving accuracy and 12th in greens in regulation. Where Johnson has struggled this year is once he gets on the green, he is currently 123rd in putting average and will need the putter to heat up this weekend.
Middle of the Pack: Ben Crane 25-1 at Sportsbook.com
Ben Crane is coming off a 6th place finish at the PLAYERS Championship and it was his 2nd top 10 finish of the year, his other came at the FBR Open where he finished tied for 4th. Crane who really came on in 2005 with 6 top 10 finishes including a win and 3 other finishes in the top 3. Since then he has only finished in the top 3 once. We think that he will be riding some confidence this weekend and without he big names putting that added pressure on him, we look for a big week from American. If you were to look at Cranes stats you would think he would have a lot more finishes towards the top of the pack. He is 12th in all-around driving, 53rd in greens in regulation, and 34th in putting average. He is still young and we think in a year or two this guy could be winning 1-2 every year.
Long Shot: Paul Goydos 80-1 at Sportsbook.com
So we might be a little bit taken over from this guys performance last week, but with these kinds of odds why not take a shot on this guy. Yea we know he came out of nowhere, but if can play like he did last week at the Players Championship, where he was a par on the 18th away from taking home his 3rd professional tournament. So even though you thought you never heard of this guy he has won before. Last week he almost did against some of the best in the world, and this week he will have some much easier competition. Last week we picked Sergio Garcia as our long shot and he came away with his first win since 2005.
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Here is a list of each golfers odds for AT&T Classic.
Alex Cejka 100 - 1
Ben Crane 25 - 1
Bob May 100 - 1
Brett Quigley 60 - 1
Brian Davis 80 - 1
Brian Gay 50 - 1
Briny Baird 25 - 1
Bubba Watson 50 - 1
Camilo Villegas 25 - 1
Charles Howell III 40 - 1
Charles Warren 80 - 1
Chris Riley 100 - 1
Corey Pavin 100 - 1
DJ Trahan 60 - 1
David Duval 100 - 1
David Toms 25 - 1
Dean Wilson 40 - 1
Greg Norman 100 - 1
Heath Slocum 40 - 1
Hunter Mahan 25 - 1
JJ Henry 50 - 1
Jason Day 60 - 1
Jason Gore 100 - 1
Jesper Parnevik 50 - 1
Joe Ogilvie 100 - 1
John Mallinger 60 - 1
John Rollins 50 - 1
Jonathan Byrd 30 - 1
Justin Bolli 100 - 1
Kenny Perry 25 - 1
Kevin Stadler 80 - 1
Kevin Sutherland 50 - 1
Lucas Glover 40 - 1
Matt Kuchar 60 - 1
Nicholas Thompson 60 - 1
Nick OHern 50 - 1
Parker McLachlin 80 - 1
Paul Goydos 80 - 1
Retief Goosen 12 - 1
Roland Thatcher 100 - 1
Ryuji Imada 30 - 1
Shane Bertsch 60 - 1
Steve Elkington 40 - 1
Steve Flesch 40 - 1
Steve Marino 50 - 1
Stewart Cink 10 - 1
Ted Purdy 100 - 1
Troy Matteson 60 - 1
Zach Johnson 15 - 1
zx Field (Any Other Golfer) 9 - 4
