PGA Championship Matchup Betting - David Toms vs. Paul Casey

PGA Championship Golf Betting
DAVID TOMS VS. PAUL CASEY

PGA Tournament Matchup Odds
DAVID TOMS  -115
PAUL CASEY  -115

DAVID TOMS, listed at -115 in the BetUS PGA Championship golf matchup betting odds, has been ranked as high as #5 in the World Golf Rankings, and has a bit of an edge over Paul Casey in that he has actually won a major championship, in style we might add.  

Toms has not won on the PGA Tour since 2006, but he has outdueled some of the game's big names in winning twelve PGA Tour events, namely David Duval, Mike Weir, Phil Mickelson, Nick Price and Chris DiMarco. He captured the PGA Championship in 2001 with a one-stroke win over Mickelson. No one has had a lower numerical four-round score in a major than Toms' 265 en route to that PGA title (this differs from a score in relation to par). In 2002, he went to Hazeltine to defend his title, but missed the cut.

Toms has posted eight top ten finishes in major championships. Most recently, he tied for fifth place at the 2007 U.S. Open that was won by Angel Cabrera. He is renowned for his accuracy off the tee; in fact, Toms ranks #1 on tour in percentage of fairways hit, at 74.56%. That's a good thing, because he is not particularly long, averaging less than 285 yards a drive. He's had seven top tens in 19 events thus far, winning over $2.6 million to place him 12th on the PGA Tour money list. Toms is also 31st in the Official World Golf Rankings.

PAUL CASEY, priced at -115 in the BetUS PGA Championship golf matchup betting odds, was born in England but he is atypical of European players in that he spent a good part of his amateur career in the United States. He went to Arizona State on a golf scholarship and broke Tiger Woods' scoring records in the Pac-10 Championship. Casey also played in the Walker Cup, rep-resenting Britain. He was the European Tour's rookie of the year in 2001 and has captured ten titles on that tour.

Casey has played well at the Masters, for certain. In 2004 he finished in a tie for sixth, and three years later he had a tenth-place result, which was followed a couple of month later with another 10th-place finish in the U.S. Open. Casey missed the cut when the PGA Championship was played at Hazeltine in 2002, and generally his results in that major have not been very strong; in fact, his best effort in the PGA was a tie for 15th last year. Just recently he was tied for 47th at the British Open.

This year Casey has won at Abu Dhabi and at the BMW Championship overseas, and has also won the Shell Houston Open in a playoff over J.B. Holmes. As a result of his success, Casey has made a rapid rise in the World Golf Rankings, moving from 41st at the start of the year to the #3 position that he currently holds. He is 22nd in total driving, 35th in distance off the tee, 19th in greens in regulation, but only 165th in putts per round.

Toms is usually able to compensate for his lack of length, as he is third on tour in scoring average. Sure, he won't bust down walls, but he'll keep it in the fairway. And frankly, he's won on this stage before. By comparison, Casey is an underachiever in majors. We'll go with Toms, at -115 in the BetUS PGA Championship golf matchup betting odds.

JAY'S PLAY:   TOMS (-115) ***
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