USPGA Championship Betting Guide - Yang Causes Huge Golfing Shock
YE Yang from South Korea caused one of the greatest golfing shocks ever when he outplayed red hot favourite, Tiger Woods to win the USPGA Championship. It was the first time ever that a Korean golfer had won a Major and it was the first time ever that Woods lost a Major when leading from the start.
Britain;s Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy tied for third place, while current US Open Champion, Lucas Glover came a very creditabl 5th.
2009 USPGA Leaderboard
| Player | Score |
| YE Yang | -8 |
| Tiger Woods | -5 |
| Lee WEstwood | -3 |
| R McIlroy | -3 |
| L Glover | -2 |
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Defending Champion
Defending Champion Padraig Harrington has been in poor form in 2009 but he bounced back to play some of his best golf of the year when second behind Tiger Woods in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational last weekend. He will be hoping to put up a good defence of his crown. He continued this return to form with a 4 under round of 68 in Round One here.
The winner of the 2009 tournament will consolidate their position in PGA Championship history which features some of the greatest names in golf. The tournament has become one of the biggest sporting events in the USA, it attracts huge television coverage from all over the world and will have upwards of 40.000 spectators at the course each day.
Visitor Information
THe PGA Championship is a huge sporting event and it is strongly advisable that those intending to attend should familiarise themselves with PGA Championship Visitor Guide and PGA Championship Tickets, before finalising their plans.
USPGA Champions
Check out the PGA Championship results and glance over the names of past Champions from this great event, find out how dominant American players have been over the years and ask yourself if you would ever back against them winning again. Despite Padraig Harrington's success last year, how, on past performance, will the European players fair this year?
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Qualifying Criteria
The tournament has a very tough qualifying criterion, ensuring, like all Major Tournaments, that only the very best players are here and competing. A maximum number of 156 players are invited to attend. Invitations are extended to:
- Winners of the last five US Opens.
- Winners of the last five US Masters.
- Winners of the last five British Open Championships.
- The last Senior PGA Champion.
- The 15 low scorers and ties in the previous PGA Championship.
- The 20 low scorers in the last PGA Professional National Championship.
- The 70 leaders in official money standings.
- Members of the most recent United States Ryder Cup Team.
- Winners of tournaments co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship.
Other players may be invited by the PGA to enter the championship if the field is not already full.
Golf Betting
Golf betting has become the third most popular sport within the sports betting industry. Bookmakers promote many golf offers at very attractive prices and will pay each way odds on the top six players. The odds of the very top players can be seen here in the USPGA Odds guide. Odds are available for in-play betting too, offering golf backers the opportunity to check the form of their selections before making a bet on them. The real beauty of betting in big tournaments is the many PGA Championship Free bet offers, that are made available by bookmakers. These offers allow an 'easy to follow' process in order to open a simple account and also serves as a guide leading straight to the PGA Championship golf betting offers. Check out prices and offers in the PGA Championship Free Bets guide. Finally please note and feel free to take our advice on our USPGA tip for this event.
