Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy Both Favored to Win 2008 WGC CA Championships Among Australians

Tiger Woods may be the big favorite to win this year's WGC CA Championships but who said Tiger Woods had to be entered into the equation.  For some, betting on Adam Scott or Goeff Ogilvy offers an excellent opportunity since Sportingbet is allowing bets on which non-American player will win the 2008 WGC CA Championship.  Find betting odds here

Adam Scott pays out US$1000 for every US$100 bet.  Geoff Ogilvy pays out US$1100 for every US$100 bet.  They are the third and fourth world favorites, respectively.  South Africa's Ernie Els comes in as the 7 to 1 favorite along with Indo-Fijian golf superstar Vijay Singh.

To date Adam Scott is one of only three golfers born in the 1980s who have made the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings, the others being Sergio García and Justin Rose, and thus has one of the most promising careers in men's golf. On January 7, 2007, he reached a career high ranking of third with a second place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Championship.

Scott has higher aspirations beyond that of just being the best golfer outside of Tiger Woods.  He wants to beat him.

"It's a great time to be playing," Adam Scott said. "It's awfully hard to beat him, but he doesn't play every week. I know he's winning all the time, but he doesn't win every week, either."

Then the 27-year-old Australian paused long enough that he couldn't contain a wry smile.

"There's no proof of that," Scott said. "But we'll try to change it this week."

Ogilvy turned professional in May 1998 and he won a European Tour card at that year's Qualifying school. He played on the European Tour in 1999 and 2000, finishing 65th in his first season and improving to 48th in his second. He joined the U.S. based PGA Tour in 2001, and finished in the top 100 in each of his first five seasons. His first professional tournament win came in 2005 at the PGA Tour's Chrysler Classic of Tucson. In February 2006 he beat Davis Love III in the final of the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Ogilvy won his first major championship at the 2006 U.S. Open, after American Phil Mickelson gave up a two shot lead with three holes to play, becoming the first Australian to win a men's golf major since Steve Elkington at the 1995 PGA Championship. Ogilvy finished his round with a champion's flourish, making improbable pars on each of the last two holes.

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"Betting without Tiger Woods in the equation is a great thing," commented Gambling911.com Sports reporter, Don Shapiro.  "It's always assumed he is going to win, but that assumption does not always pay out since Woods wagering usually requires a much bigger risk initially.  With this year's WGC CA Championships, A US$600 bet would be required to win US$500.  Some gamblers would argue that's a steal but Woods is never a 'lock' either and last year demonstrated how golfers with much longer odds like Padraig Harrington and Angel Cabrera ended up paying thousands of dollars on a $100 bet."

In the case of Cabrera, it was well over $6000 at one point and Harrington proved to be the costliest bet of last year at Paddy Power as first reported by Gambling911.com and only recently confirmed by Ireland's largest betting firm.

There are 78 players at this World Golf Championship. 

Betting on this event can be found here

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Alistair Prescott, Gambling911.com

Originally published March 19, 2008 5:27 pm EST