{"id":4543,"date":"2009-06-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/us-open-challenge-betting-odds-and-vegas-line\/"},"modified":"2009-06-11T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T20:00:00","slug":"us-open-challenge-betting-odds-and-vegas-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/us-open-challenge-betting-odds-and-vegas-line\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open Challenge Betting Odds and Vegas Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Black Course at <\/span><\/font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Bethpage<\/st1:PlaceName>  <st1:PlaceType>State Park<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> in <st1:State><st1:place>New   York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is considered an ominous one for golfers of all handicaps. That&#8217;s what makes the second annual US Open Challenge even more intriguing this year and for the first time <span class=GramE>ever,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/clickrss.asp?btag=a_9590b_22&amp;prid=57&amp;url=http:\/\/www.sportsbook.com\/livesports\/indexmember.php?sportsname=golf\">Sportsbook.com<\/a> has odds on this event. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This one of a kind event features three celebrity golfers and one &#8216;normal Joe&#8217; as they take on the very course that Tiger Woods and the rest of the US Open participants will walk just a few days later. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This year&#8217;s field consists of Michael Jordan, Ben Roethlisberger, Justin Timberlake and Larry <span class=SpellE>Giebelhausen<\/span> and their challenge is clear: break 100. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Inspired by Tiger a couple years ago when he claimed the average player couldn&#8217;t shoot under 100 on a US Open course, this event&#8217;s fourth contestant, Larry <span class=SpellE>Giebelhausen<\/span>, is what this challenge is truly about. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Phoenix<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> police lieutenant won an online contest through Golf Digest for the rights to compete with the &#8216;who&#8217;s-who&#8217; of the sports and entertainment field. <span class=SpellE>Giebelhausen<\/span> beat out over 70,000 entrants who all had to submit a six word essay. His words, &#8220;I&#8217;m a cop, I&#8217;ll shoot low.&#8221; <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Whether you believe someone in the foursome can prove Tiger wrong or you think that <\/span><\/font><st1:place>Bethpage<\/st1:place> is too much for an amateur to handle, log on now to <a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/clickrss.asp?btag=a_9590b_22&amp;prid=57&amp;url=http:\/\/www.sportsbook.com\/livesports\/indexmember.php?sportsname=golf\">Sportsbook.com<\/a> <span class=SpellE>to<\/span> see the current odds for the US Open Challenge. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Make <span class=GramE>note,<\/span> although this event is broadcast on June 21<sup>st<\/sup>, the foursome will actually play their round on June 12<sup>th<\/sup> so get your bets in early. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/clickrss.asp?btag=a_9590b_22&amp;prid=57&amp;url=http:\/\/www.sportsbook.com\/livesports\/indexmember.php?sportsname=golf\"><span class=SpellE>Sportsbook.com&#8217;s<\/span> Odds to shoot the lowest round<\/a>: <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Ben Roethlisberger&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +140 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Michael Jordan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +180 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Justin Timberlake&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +200 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Larry <span class=SpellE>Giebelhausen<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +500 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/clickrss.asp?btag=a_9590b_22&amp;prid=57&amp;url=http:\/\/www.sportsbook.com\/livesports\/indexmember.php?sportsname=golf\"><span class=SpellE>Sportsbook.com&#8217;s<\/span> Odds for number of golfer&#8217;s to break 100:<\/a> <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>0 golfers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +225 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>1 golfer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +175 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>2 golfers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +250 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>3 golfers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +350 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>4 golfers&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +1000 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Course at Bethpage State Park in New York is considered an ominous one for golfers of all handicaps. That&#8217;s what makes the second annual US Open Challenge even more intriguing this year and for the first time ever, Sportsbook.com has odds on this event. This one of a kind event features three celebrity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/06\/us-open-challenge-betting-odds-and-vegas-line\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US Open Challenge Betting Odds and Vegas Line<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}