Woods fires 65 to lead Buick Open
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08/01/2009 -
Grand Blanc, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tiger Woods fired a seven-under 65 Saturday
to take a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Buick Open.
Woods, a three-time winner this season, finished 54 holes at 17-under-par 199.
He has won 15 straight events, and 26 of the last 27 times, when holding at
least a share of the 54-hole lead.
Michael Letzig led most of the back nine, but hit a poor bunker shot on the
18th and closed with a double-bogey. Letzig carded a four-under 68 and is
alone in second place at 16-under at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club.
Second-round leader John Senden managed a one-under 71 Saturday and is alone
in third at 15-under 201.
Woods was on fire early, but he was just keeping pace with Senden. Woods sank
a 14-foot birdie try on two and followed with a birdie on three.
The two-time Buick Open champion kicked in a three-footer for birdie on four
to make it three straight, but he was still three back.
Woods got up and down for birdie on the par-five seventh, but followed with a
bogey at eight. He parred three straight around the turn and was two back.
"I hit some good shots there on the front, and I made three (birdies) in a
row, but on five I lost my concentration a bit and hit a bad shot, but still
made four," Woods said. "Overall, I hit it good on the front nine."
After a birdie on 12, Woods played his third from the fourth fairway to the
13th green. He dropped it nine feet from the hole and poured in the birdie
putt to get within one of Letzig.
Woods hit his drive behind a tree on the par-five 16th, then chipped out to
the fairway. Not to worry, as he knocked his third to nine feet and rolled
that in for another birdie. He still trailed by one, but wasn't finished.
At the par-three 17th, Woods poured in a 33-foot birdie effort to join Letzig
at 17-under.
"Seventeen was a nice putt. I've had that putt before, so I just remember it
being actually a little bit faster than it looks," Woods explained. "Even
though it's straight up the mound, for some reason it rolls up pretty good. So
I didn't hit it quite as hard as it looked, but it worked out."
Woods also played the 18th from a different fairway and found a greenside
bunker with his second. He got up and down for a closing par.
"Today was a scoring day. I hit it good on the front nine, but the back nine,
I hit some loose shots and there was some scrambling and trying to keep pace.
Guys were making birdies everywhere," said Woods, who is 46-3 overall when
owning at least a piece of the 54-hole lead.
Senden led entering the third round and opened with an eagle on the first, but
he couldn't get going after that. He parred six straight before bogeys on the
eighth and 11th dropped him one shot behind Letzig.
Letzig traded a birdie for a bogey from the third and started his run at the
lead with birdies on eight and nine. Letzig tapped in a two-footer for birdie
on 10 to join Senden in the lead.
The 29-year-old Letzig made an eight-foot birdie effort on the 12th to lead by
one. As Senden was trying to fight back into contention with birdies on 13 and
14, Letzig ran home an 18-foot birdie try on 14 to lead by one.
Letzig, who is winless on the PGA Tour, got up and down for birdie from just
off the green at the 16th to remain one clear at 17-under. However, he knocked
his approach into a bunker on 18 and hit a poor shot into the rough just
above the lip of the bunker.
From there, Letzig chipped to 12 feet and two-putted for double-bogey to fall
one behind Woods.
Matt Bettencourt (65) and Vaughn Taylor (69) are tied for fourth place at 14-
under 202. Greg Chalmers (69), Charles Warren (68) and Jimmy Walker (69) are
one stroke back at minus-13.
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NFL owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery.
That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local lottery tickets with franchise logos, if, ahem, any governments wanted to do a deal.
A shocker: Within days the Pats announced they'd be sponsoring the Massachusetts state lottery, the Skins said they'd slap their sticker on Virginia scratch-offs and the Ravens admitted they were talking to Maryland lottery bosses. In all likelihood, it won't be long before every team is a presenting sponsor of scratch-offs or just plain old pick fives. "The change in policy was approved 32-0," said NFL spokesman Greg Aiello. "So you can expect to see more deals soon."
It's a branding opportunity too big for the owners to ignore, and one a couple of dozen baseball franchises have enjoyed for years. The fact the NFL has been slower to act than those slack-brained Seligites is indicative of its complicated relationship with all forms of gambling. Consider this: Last Thursday, as the Pats and the Redskins finalized their new lottery deals, a lawyer representing the NFL argued before Delaware's Supreme Court that the state's newly signed sports betting law should be repealed.
The NFL betting is the face of opposition to sports gambling . And as much as it would like to share that responsibility with other leagues, that's not going to happen as long as more than 40% of all money legally wagered on games is bet on football. That's why the Brewers can do a multi-million dollar deal with a local casino, or the Celtics can make their own pact with the Mass lottery, and the response is, "Sweet, let's play." But when the NFL does it the stakes are higher, and everyone from NPR's Frank Deford to the Associated Press to the guys blogging at Deadspin will line up to play gotcha.
So I asked Aiello, who surely knew there'd be piling on, how the league can rail against being bait for sports bettors, then allow its franchises to be just that for lotteries, the most insidious and addictive form of gambling around. He emailed me this response: "We are not moral crusaders. NFL personnel are permitted to engage in legal forms of gambling, except for betting on NFL games. We are making a distinction here between the spread of gambling on the outcome of our games and supporting state lottery scratch-off games, that have nothing to do with the outcome of our games."
Here's where I should rip him. But, the thing is, he's right. Not to get Obama on you, but this is a complicated, nuanced issue. As much as lotteries are considered a tax on the poor, the NFL isn't a socially obligated government program -- it's just a business. Scratch-off's help the bottom line, sports betting doesn't.
Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors … But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal.
Now, it's okay to call the league hypocritical when it releases injury reports, which players have told me only helps bettors. And it's okay to mutter something obscene when the league pretends gambling doesn't help drive TV ratings and fan interest and put money in owners' pockets. But when it supports other forms of gaming? Big Deal. The Bears should put an orange "C" on every deck of cards dealt at Harrah's in Joliet; the Eagles should slap their logo on roulette wheels at the Borgata in Atlantic City; the Dolphins should hold training camp at the El San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Seriously.
The NFL's problem, when it comes to the gambling world, isn't hypocrisy, it's worse: The bosses lack vision. That's why the league is picking unwinnable fights in Delaware and taking pot shots from critics after making smart sponsorship deals. Roger Goodell and his gang are acting and thinking locally rather than globally, which is rare for them, especially compared to their professional (and amateur) counterparts.
The NBA held its All Star game in Las Vegas and David Stern's kingdom didn't crumble (although the town did bring plenty of players to their knees.) I'd say it's 6 to 5 and pick 'em that Lebron will make a road swing through Sin City before his career is over.
Even the NCAA College Football Betting is more progressive on this issue than the NFL. Several years ago Rachel Newman Baker, college sports' gambling czar, opened a dialogue with Vegas bookmakers to learn about how they do business. She's visited Nevada sports books, studied their operations and listened to how they regulate action. Now she knows she can expect a call from bookmakers, who lose money when sports are fixed, if they think something sketchy is going on in NCAA games. She's not in favor of sports betting, but, as she once told me, "I know it's not going away, either."
The NFL can't seem to accept that. And until it can find peace with the idea, it'll get flack, even when it's right.
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“You play to win the game!”
Those are the words of notoriously intense head coach Herman Edwards. Unfortunately, from a bettors’ perspective, most coaches don’t feel that way about the NFL preseason. August is a time to evaluate young players, finalize the depth chart and pray your star players stay healthy.
The trick to making money during the exhibition schedule is identifying coaches – like Edwards – who can’t stand losing even when there's nothing on the line.
The New York Jets betting won 15 of 21 preseason games and went 14-7 against the spread (ATS) during Edwards’s five-year tenure with the club. In his first season as the Kansas City Chiefs field boss, the team improved from 0-4 to 2-2.
Identifying win-a-holics like Edwards is a good start if you plan betting the preseason – even though most say you shouldn’t ... but what the hell do they know anyway?
Here’s a brief rundown of two teams that have a habit of winning during the second-stringers’ season, and another club that has a good chance of exceeding this year.
New York Giants betting lines
Playing in the media hub of North America can be stressful but the press can’t write anything negative about the way Tom Coughlin’s boys play in the preseason. The Giants won and covered all four games last summer, improving their record to 7-1 both straight up (SU) and against the spread over the last two years.
Coughlin has shown he’s not afraid to give his starters more time in the second preseason game than most of his colleagues, no doubt one of the reasons his team has been so dominant.
Dallas Cowboys betting lines
Bettors can count on America’s team early on. The Cowboys are 14-6 both SU and ATS since 2002 in warm-up contests. Former coach Bill Parcells, the coach of the team the last four years, has an intimidating, in-your-face presence – surely a reason Dallas has had so much early success.
The Big Tuna won’t be strolling the sidelines with looks of disgust, but new coach Wade Phillips will be anxious to make a good first impression for owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas plays the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos before things get serious. They then face the Houston Texans in their third contest (the game starters see most game time) and finish off with the Minnesota Vikings.
Expect a Dallas team able to walk away with another 3-1 preseason record.
Oakland Raiders betting lines
This team scored a league-worst 12 offensive touchdowns last season, so the rookies and veterans each have something to prove. There’s a bounty of first-unit jobs up for grabs and plenty of bodies competing for those slots.
First-time head coach Lane Kiffin will be eager to impress an owner who employs the philosophy, “Just win, baby!”
The 32-year-old Kiffin has to command respect from a locker room full of players older than him. All of these factors should lead to purpose in preseason.
Don’t forget: before playing like a team that belonged in NFL Europe, Oakland went 4-1 (both SU and ATS) in exhibition games.
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