The 2012 PGA Championship odds are going to be challenged at the Kiawah Island Ocean Course starting on August 9th, as some of the best PGA expert handicappers try to beat the golf odds for this event. Join us as all of the best golfers on the planet try to claim the fourth and final major tournament title of the year in golf betting action!

2012 PGA Championship Predictions & Info
2012 PGA Championship Dates: Thursday, August 9th – Sunday, August 12th, 2012
2012 PGA Championship Location: Kiawah Island: Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, SC
Defending PGA Championship Winner: Keegan Bradley
2012 PGA Championship TV Coverage – Network: TNT, CBS

The man that was able to steal the show last year at the PGA Championship was none other than Keegan Bradley (Defending PGA Championship Champion, PGA Championship Odds: 42 to 1 SportBet Sportsbook). Bradley only has two wins in his career to date, both of which came in playoffs in 2011. The PGA Championship was his second title, while the significantly less illustrious HP Byron Nelson Classic was his first. Bradley has been a consistent performer on the 2012 PGA odds this year though, making the cut in over 75% of the tournaments that he has played in. He also finished in the Top 25 in his first nine events of the season, though he has tailed off quite a bit since that point.

Last year, the man that made a big time charge at the 2011 PGA Championship was Jason Dufner (PGA Championship Betting Odds: 26 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook). Dufner only has two tournament titles in his career at this point, and both of them have come this year. He won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Matters haven’t historically been all that great for Dufner in major tournamens, knowing that he didn’t place in the Top 25 for the first time in his career since the 2010 PGA Championship. However, in that tourney, he finished tied for fifth, and he rallied to finish in second behind Bradley last year. This year at the US Open, Dufner finished fourth, marking the third time in the last three years that he has had a Top 5 finish in a major tournament. It takes a special golfer to be able to say that, though it takes an even more special golfer to be able to seal the deal and finally claim a Grand Slam title. That’s what Dufner’s goal is going to be for the 2012 PGA Championship odds this year on the Ocean Course.

List Of Past The PGA Championship Winners (Since 2000)
2011 – Keegan Bradley
2010 – Martin Kaymer
2009 – YE Yang
2008 – Padraig Harrington
2007 – Tiger Woods
2006 – Tiger Woods
2005 – Phil Mickelson
2004 – Vijay Singh
2003 – Shaun Micheel
2002 – Rich Beem
2001 – David Toms
2000 – Tiger Woods

With four titles to his credit at the PGA Championship, we know that there is no way that Tiger Woods (Odds to Win PGA Championship: 8 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook) is going to go down without a fight. The argument could be made that Tiger is back in command of his game once again, but in the end, we just don’t know if he is really going to be good enough to win another major. He was in contention for a good chunk of the Open Championship a few weeks ago though, and that might be the precursor to what might be a great run at the PGA. Woods does have three wins this year coming into this event, and getting that fourth victory of the year might come in the major tournament to pull him closer to the immortal Jack Nicklaus for the most major titles in the history of the sport. Still, Woods has a lot of work to do, as he hasn’t won this tournament since 2007, including getting caught from behind by YE Yang in 2009 at Hazeltine National Golf Club on the final day of the PGA.

The career of Phil Mickelson (Odds to Win The PGA Championship: 45 to 1 @ SportBet Sportsbook), won’t truly be complete until he finishes off his career Grand Slam. He does already have a PGA Championship under his belt, winning this crown in 2005, and he has a heck of a lot of fantastic finishes to his credit as well. Since 1993, Mickelson has made the cut in every PGA Championship except for 1995, and he has seven finishes in the Top 10. Lefty also has 16 finishes over the course of the last 19 PGA Championships in the Top 35, something that hardly anyone else can make even a somewhat similar claim to. Mickelson will surely be a contender here in August if he can get back on the top of his game, but over the course of the last few months, including at the British Open, Lefty has had a hard time competing with the best in the world.

Betting Odds to Win PGA Championship @ Sportbet Sportsbook (as of 8/8/12):
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Tiger Woods 8 to 1
Rory McIlroy 18 to 1
Luke Donald 19 to 1
Dustin Johnson 23 to 1
Jason Dufner 26 to 1
Lee Westwood 28 to 1
Adam Scott 32 to 1
Bubba Watson 34 to 1
Justin Rose 36 to 1
Louis Oosthuizen 36 to 1
Matt Kuchar 38 to 1
Steve Stricker 40 to 1
Keegan Bradley 42 to 1
Graeme McDowell 44 to 1
Phil Mickelson 45 to 1
Webb Simpson 45 to 1
Padraig Harrington 46 to 1
Hunter Mahan 50 to 1
Rickie Fowler 50 to 1
Zach Johnson 52 to 1
Charl Schwartzel 60 to 1
Jim Furyk 60 to 1
Ernie Els 66 to 1
Nicolas Colsaerts 66 to 1
Bo Van Pelt 70 to 1
Nick Watney 70 to 1
Bill Haas 80 to 1
Jason Day 80 to 1
Sergio Garcia 85 to 1
Martin Kaymer 90 to 1
Robert Garrigus 90 to 1
Francesco Molinari 100 to 1
Ian Poulter 100 to 1
Kyle Stanley 110 to 1
Brandt Snedeker 115 to 1
Scott Piercy 115 to 1
Carl Pettersson 125 to 1
Vijay Singh 125 to 1
John Senden 130 to 1
Martin Laird 130 to 1
Geoff Ogilvy 135 to 1
Ryan Palmer 135 to 1
David Toms 160 to 1
Fredrik Jacobson 175 to 1
K.J. Choi 180 to 1
Ben Crane 185 to 1
Aaron Baddeley 190 to 1
Peter Hanson 200 to 1
Retief Goosen 200 to 1
Seung Yul Noh 200 to 1
Simon Dyson 200 to 1
Thorbjorn Olesen 200 to 1
Braden Grace 225 to 1
Jonathan Byrd 225 to 1
Paul Lawrie 235 to 1
Scott Stallings 240 to 1
Alexander Noren 245 to 1
Bud Cauley 250 to 1
Thomas Bjorn 250 to 1
Gary Woodland 255 to 1
Ryan Moore 275 to 1
Davis Love III 280 to 1
Jeff Overton 290 to 1
Anders Hansen 300 to 1
Ben Curtis 300 to 1
George Coetzee 300 to 1
Rafa Cabrera Bello 300 to 1
Matteo Manassero 325 to 1
Rory Sabbatini 350 to 1
Thomas Aiken 350 to 1
John Huh 360 to 1
Y.E. Yang 360 to 1
Alvaro Quiros 375 to 1
Cameron Tringale 375 to 1
Sean O’Hair 375 to 1
Brian Davis 385 to 1
Charles Howell III 400 to 1
John Rollins 400 to 1
Tim Clark 400 to 1
Kevin Na 420 to 1
Ryo Ishikawa 420 to 1
Sang Moon Bae 420 to 1
Brendon De Jonge 425 to 1
Marc Leishman 425 to 1
Spencer Levin 435 to 1
Miguel Angel Jimenez 440 to 1
John Daly 450 to 1
Robert Karlsson 450 to 1
Ken Duke 460 to 1
Mark Wilson 490 to 1
Marcel Siem 500 to 1
JJ Henry 525 to 1
Stewart Cink 540 to 1
Trevor Immelman 540 to 1
Charley Hoffman 550 to 1
Johnson Wagner 550 to 1
Kyung Tae Kim 550 to 1
Jimmy Walker 560 to 1
Pat Perez 560 to 1
Angel Cabrera 575 to 1
D.A. Points 575 to 1
Ted Potter Jr. 575 to 1
Lucas Glover 580 to 1
Thongchai Jaidee 580 to 1
William McGirt 580 to 1
Jeev Milkha Singh 585 to 1
Jamie Donaldson 600 to 1
Paul Casey 600 to 1
Charlie Wi 625 to 1
Greg Chalmers 625 to 1
Bernd Wiesberger 650 to 1
Matt Every 675 to 1
Tommy Gainey 675 to 1
Michael Thompson 685 to 1
Pablo Larrazabal 720 to 1
Blake Adams 725 to 1
Gonzalo Fernandez Castano 725 to 1
Robert Rock 740 to 1
Joost Luiten 750 to 1
George McNeill 790 to 1
Bryce Molder 835 to 1
Marcus Fraser 850 to 1
Robert Allenby 900 to 1
Darren Clarke 925 to 1
Chez Reavie 975 to 1
Alan Morin 1,000 to 1
Bill Murchison III 1,000 to 1
Bob Sowards 1,000 to 1
Brendan Jones 1,000 to 1
Brian Cairns 1,000 to 1
Brian Gaffney 1,000 to 1
Corey Prugh 1,000 to 1
Daniel Balin 1,000 to 1
Darrell Kestner 1,000 to 1
David Lynn 1,000 to 1
Doug Wade 1,000 to 1
Frank Bensel 1,000 to 1
Hiroyuki Fujita 1,000 to 1
Jeff Coston 1,000 to 1
Jose Maria Olazabal 1,000 to 1
Kelly Mitchum 1,000 to 1
Mark Brooks 1,000 to 1
Mark Brown 1,000 to 1
Marty Jertson 1,000 to 1
Matt Dobyns 1,000 to 1
Michael Frye 1,000 to 1
Michael Hoey 1,000 to 1
Mike Small 1,000 to 1
Mitch Lowe 1,000 to 1
Paul Scaletta 1,000 to 1
Rich Beem 1,000 to 1
Rod Perry 1,000 to 1
Roger Chapman 1,000 to 1
Scott Verplank 1,000 to 1
Shaun Micheel 1,000 to 1
Toru Taniguchi 1,000 to 1