USPGA Championship Betting Guide

The Oakland Hills Golf Club, the PGA Championship Venue for the 90th USPGA Championship,often referred to as simply the PGA Championship will see the tournament get underway on 7th August, it is the final golfing ‘Major’ of the year and the 50th PGA Championship to be played in the stroke play format. Sadly this year the Tournament will be without reigning and four times PGA Champion, Tiger Woods, who is sidelined through injury. Other past winners such as Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh will be at Oakland Hills however, looking for victory to add to their three previous Major wins. A win for either will consolidate their position in PGA Championship history. 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. The PGA Championship 2009 Venue will be at Hazeltine Golf Club in Minnesota.

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 Ryder Cup success in 2004, how, on past performance, will the European players fair this year?

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.