Watch here http://www.golf.sportzlivetv.com/ The Honda Classic Live Stream Online Free PGA Tour at PGA National Resort and Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, FL . The tournament will be part of the PGA Tours and will be a 72 holes Stroke Play event,with no cut, at PGA National Resort and Spa, Palm Beach Gardens, FL from Monday Mar 3 – Sunday Mar 6, 2011, 2011, LIVE online Broadcast here.
TOURNAMENT INFO
Course: PGA National Champion CourseLocation: Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Def. Champ: Camilo Villegas - COL, 267 (13-under)
Start Date: March 3, 2011
Par: 35-35--70
Yards: 7158
Purse: $5,700,000
Tournament information:
This will be the 38th Honda Classic. The tournament got started in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic and was played at Inverrary Golf & C.C. in Lauderhill, Florida. In 1981 Jackie Gleason was dropped from the tournament and the following year Honda came aboard as the tournament sponsor. After playing at several courses over the course of the last 15 years, the tournament switched courses again last year, this time to the Champion Course at PGA National, site of the 1987 PGA Championship. In 1976 the Players Championship, which back then moved around to different courses chose Inverrary Golf & C.C. and the Inverrary Classic wasn't played that year.
Course information:
PGA National has a lot of experience holding golf tournaments. It held the 1983 Ryder Cup, the 1987 PGA Championship and was home to 18 Senior PGA Cahmpionships. The course was originally designed by Tom and George Fazio and opened in 1981. In 1990 Jack Nicklaus came in to do some renovations. The course has 107 bunkers on it and 16 of the 18 holes have water on them. The average size of the greens is 6,400 square feet. The most famous part of the course is the "Bear Trap", holes 15, 16 and 17, two par 3s and a par 4 that will bring a lot of drama and excitement to the finish of the tournament.
The Buzz:
So lots of talk about Tiger and John Daly. First on Woods, supposedly he is back home in Orlando after a week of counseling in Arizona. According to Associated Press, Woods is now getting back into his fitness routine and has started hitting balls on the driving range across the street from his home at Isleworth.
If that is the case the big question could be can Tiger not only get ready for the Masters but can he mentally feel ready to take on golf? When he made his statement on February 18, you could of bet a month's pay that he was not going to play in the Masters and could be away from the game awhile. With this news it does give some hope that he could possibly play in the Masters, still I can't see that happening. It's more than just playing the game again, that first event will have noting but pitfalls in dealing with people, media, friends, fans and then he has to play golf with all of the expectations that people will expect from Woods. I will never forget his reaction at the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot after his missed the cut. Woods said that he would never play again in an event if he isn't ready and frankly I can't picture him getting ready in five weeks for the Masters.
We move from one problem child to another, John Daly. Tuesday brought two elements of the continuing saga of John Daly, first the Garry Smits, Florida Times Union breakdown of John Daly's problems with the PGA Tour. When it first came out everyone was totally stunned that one reporter had access to the 456 page file of problems that Daly has had with the PGA Tour. Reason for the surprise, the Tour keeps all of this confidential so the first thought was, how in the hell did this get out?
In a way Daly has himself to blame for all this embarrassment as he tried to sue Morris publishing, who owns the Florida Times Union. In the court action the PGA Tour file was subpoenaed and was part of the court case in which Daly dropped his appeal last year. So the file was free game to get published and that is what happened here. In a way the story is not what was in the file, we all know on how destructive Daly has been, but that the PGA Tour has this file and keeps it a big secret.
In a way it's like the Nixon secret enemies list or the closed, secret files that FBI director J.Edgar Hoover had on people like Charlie Chaplain and even President Kennedy. The fact that the PGA Tour has to be so secretive over this is really bad for the sport. If PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has to keep this quiet, what else could he quietly be doing? In this age of the internet, TMZ and stories getting out of hand when they are suppressed you have to think that the Tour is playing Russian Roulette in all of this. If the Tour is keeping this secret, what other things is secret?
The reason for this is based on a paranoia that has been around since the Tour was formed in the 70s. Deane Beman, the former commissioner of the tour in the 80s and first part of the 90s always made sure to keep things quiet from sponsors because he was worried that any frailties would cause sponsors not sticking around. This became part of the culture of the tour and carried over when Finchem took over and now in the internet age. While every sport is open about problems with players and are open to write about problems on websites from Major League Baseball to the NFL and Basketball, the PGA Tour makes sure that PGA Tour.Com doesn't do that. In a way the website has become know more of a propaganda vehicle instead of a vehicle that gives honest information and opinions.
The same with this PGA Tour policy of not commenting on disciplinary action taken against players. The reason for this is because disciplinary action is based on what PGA Tour commissioner feels is best for the Tour and by not reveling it there is no talk about it. Many wonder why Tiger Woods was spared any disciplinary action for his acts which has hurt the PGA Tour plus all of his cursing and club throwing while Jim Thorpe was not allowed to play this month and last while he appeal's his conviction for tax evasion. The answer is simple, Jim Thorpe shows up at a Champions Tour event and it brings a bad light on the Tour as attention is drawn on his problems and away from the golf tournament. It doesn't help keep sponsors when the newspapers talk more about Jim Thorpe's problems instead of the golf tournament. Is it fair? Maybe not but until there is public rules in place for fines and suspensions there will always be that question if the PGA Tour is doing the fair thing.
In the old days before the internet when secrets stayed secret, this way worked. But now what happens is when someone tries to keep things quiet and suppressed and it's revelled then it gets 10 times the amount of press and negative coverage. If Tiger Woods would of come out with his statement and apology a week or two after the accident, he probably would of been able to keep the story more in hand and not embarrass himself and his sponsors. Yes we all agree that somethings have to stay private, but the tour is getting themselves in trouble with this policy.
Again I hate to harp on this but the Tour shoots themselves with things like this because we talk about this instead of the tournament. If Tim Finchem does anything else in the coming months he has to figure out how to get storylines back on golf and the players instead of on trying to suppress the media and fans to save face for sponsors.
Lastly the jury is out on John Daly and his Golf Channel special. In looking at the show it has some top level production value and was very well done. Yes it's unscripted and reality TV but frankly it shows how low John Daly has gotten. The only reason he did the show is not to give folks an inside glimpse of his life, but he needed the money and was paid to give Golf Channel access to all this. Will this fly with people, check back in four or five weeks when the series starts whining down. In a way this reminds me of the movie Network in which ratings was more important than the health of an individual, wonder when Daly will be screaming "I'm bad as hell and not going to take it anymore"? Maybe that happened in San Diego when he told the cameras that he was ready to quit golf.
Now lets talk about golf as the tour moves from the west coast to Florida for the next four weeks. Look for a lot of difference as the difference between playing in California and Arizona is like night and day with playing in Florida. There is a special breed of player that does better on Bermuda than bent Guys like John Huston, Steve Elkington, Mark McCumber, Andy Bean, Gary Koch and Stephen Ames shine when they get to Florida. It's alway best to look at were a player was born and raised, if they are from Florida they are a step ahead of someone that was born and raised in the Northeast.
Again the buzz on the venue PGA National is good, the event has grown since the change to this course in 2007 and more good players are in the field.
At this time of year, living on the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter, Camilo Villegas gets to enjoy the spoils of golf superstardom.
At 6 a.m. he rises to work out in his home gym. On the back deck, he has a hot tub that spills into an infinity pool. Two Jet Skis are stationed at the dock.
But Villegas has so many commitments on the PGA Tour and in his native Colombia that his time to relax here is limited.
"This is where I spend seven to 10 weeks a year," Villegas (pronounced Bee-JAY-gus) said. "Let me tell you, home is home, we always want to sleep in our own bed, but that's the reality of our job."
Villegas, 29, makes the most of his time here, especially during the next two weeks when the Florida Swing stops near his home --at this week's Honda Classic at PGA National Resort and Spa and at next week's World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at Doral.
Villegas, the defending champion at the Honda, has a connection to South Florida that brings out his biggest galleries of the Tour and inspires his best golf.
"The Florida Swing is special," said Villegas, who was an All-America player at the University of Florida. "I get a lot of support and I have great memories."
Wearing skin-tight clothes and flashing a movie-star smile, Villegas attracts an eclectic mix of fans in South Florida.
Many wave Colombian flags or do the Gator Chomp; friends fresh off a long bike ride show up in their cycling gear to cheer on their fellow rider; other simply admire the chiseled features and physique of the former GQ cover boy.
Many simply want to see Villegas display his compelling game. At 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds, he pounds 300-yard drives, fires iron shots at the pin and drops down to the green in his Spider-Man position -- a one-handed push-up inches from the ground -- to read putts.
"He dresses just like I used to. He has all the shots. He reminds me of me," NBC golf analyst Johnny Miller once said.
Villegas, like Miller was during his Hall of Fame career, is unusual in a sport that the masses often see as clubby and buttoned-down.
"He's different than most PGA Tour players -- that's a good thing," said longtime pro and NBC analyst Gary Koch, who will call the action with Miller at the Honda and Doral. "You need some different personalities. You need some different looks out there."
When Palm Beach Gardens resident Eddie Carbone became executive director at Doral in 2005, he liked what he saw of Villegas.
Carbone gave Villegas -- fresh out of college and on the Nationwide Tour -- a sponsor's exemption (he missed the cut) and was excited to see him earn a spot in 2006.
"He was perfect for us," Carbone said. "He was a guy from Colombia who we thought was going to be a rising star."
It didn't take long.
Playing in the final group on Sunday in 2006 at Doral, Villegas overshadowed even Tiger Woods.
"Just the sheer number of people that came out to pull for him when Tiger was the most popular player," Koch recalled. "That Sunday, Tiger was not the most popular player, Camilo was."
Fans waved flags and cheered Villegas' runner-up finish as though they were at a World Cup match.
"It was awesome to see all those people and at the same time performing well," Villegas recalled. "Doral was probably that one tournament you look back and say, 'You know what? I belong here.'"
Colombian television picked up 30 PGA Tour broadcasts for the remainder of the year, helping begin a golf movement in the country.
"He has been a big thing for golf in Colombia," said his friend Juan Pablo Montoya, a NASCAR star, fellow Colombian and single-digit handicapper.
Villegas continued to build his résumé and broaden his appeal in South Florida at the 2007 Honda, when he made it into a four-man playoff, eventually won by Mark Wilson.
Villegas, a three-time winner on Tour, now has a home-field advantage in Palm Beach County. His connections here -- a membership at Trump International and a circle of friends -- make the Honda a one-of-a-kind week.
"The crowds are not as big, but it's special," Villegas said. "I have a lot of the guys I ride with come and watch the tournament, family members who come and stay, get a little home cooking every night, sleep in my own bed."
Villegas thrived in his comfort zone last year at the Honda with a five-shot win over Anthony Kim. Unfortunately for Villegas, that win -- which tied Jack Nicklaus' record in 1977 for largest margin of victory in the event -- was his last in 2010. He had just four top 10s the rest of the season, and he is off to slow start in 2011.
He tied Woods for 44th at Torrey Pines and was even less successful in his other three stroke-play events: he missed the cut, was disqualified and withdrew. On Wednesday, he lost in Round 1 of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Villegas, though, seems to summon his best golf for South Florida, even though the demands on his time and patience are strained like no other time on his schedule.
"I love playing here, but I also understand I need to step it up a notch when it comes to focusing," he said. "I love the support, but when I walk off the course or the range or the putting green, you have to know when to open doors and close them.
2011 Odds and Predictions to Win The Honda Classic March 3-6, 2011 at PGA National Resort and Spa’s Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl – Betting Preview: Vegas odds to win the 2011 edition of The Honda Classic on this week’s PGA Tour schedule are now posted on NSAwins.com and the vegas sportsbooks have listed Lee Westwood the +1215 favorite to win. The Honda Classic originally began as a stop on the PGA Tour back in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason’s Inverrary Classic. However, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Honda) took over sponsorship of the event in 1982 and has been the event’s official sponsor ever since. Last year’s 2010 winner was Columbia’s Cammilo Villegas and he is listed at +4050 odds on the vegas sportsbook board to repeat as champion in 2011. Other top PGA Tour professionals near the top of the odds board to win the 2011 edition of The Honda Classic include 2006 WINNER Luke Donald(+1415 odds to win), Graeme McDowell(+1215 odds to win), Rory McIlroy(+1615 odds to win), 2002 WINNER Matt Kuchar(+1815 odds to win), 1999 WINNER Vijay Singh(+2550 odds to win) and Ben Crane(+2550 odds to win). Many of the PGA tour’s top names and players have chosen to take this week off, including notables Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. You can view all of the odds to win The Honda Classic below from BetUs Sportsbook below. You can open a free betting account with BetUs to bet on any PGA Tour events including odds to win the 2011 Masters. NSAwins.com’s top professional handicapper Sonny LaFouchi(aka The LEGEND) has made his predictions on The Honda Classic and likes Matt Kuchar at +1815 odds to win on sunday. Be sure to check out NSAwins.com daily throughout the PGA Tour season for updated odds, predictions and more on all the weekly PGA Tour stops.
The Honda Classic March 3-6, 2011 - PGA Golf Odds to win
Odds to win The Honda Classic
Lee Westwood +1215
Luke Donald +1415
Rory McIlroy +1615
Graeme McDowell +1215
Matt Kuchar +1850
Vijay Singh +2550
Ben Crane +2550
Rickie Fowler +3050
Ian Poulter +3250
Ernie Els +3250
Robert Allenby +2850
Charl Schwartzel +4050
Y E Yang +4050
Robert Karlsson +4550
Anthony Kim +4550
Brian Gay +5050
Adam Scott +5250
Camilo Villegas +4050
Ross Fisher +5250
Stewart Cink +6050
Edoardo Molinari +6050
Spencer Levin +6550
Fredrik Jacobson +6550
Rory Sabbatini +7050
Steve Marino +7050
Jimmy Walker +7550
Brandt Snedeker +7550
DA Points +7550
Jhonattan Vegas +7550
Louis Oosthuizen +8050
Jeff Overton +8050
Marc Leishman +8550
JJ Henry +8550
Brendon De Jonge +8550
John Senden +8550
This will be the 38th Honda Classic. The tournament got started in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic and was played at Inverrary Golf & C.C. in Lauderhill, Florida. In 1981 Jackie Gleason was dropped from the tournament and the following year Honda came aboard as the tournament sponsor. After playing at several courses over the course of the last 15 years, the tournament switched courses again last year, this time to the Champion Course at PGA National, site of the 1987 PGA Championship. In 1976 the Players Championship, which back then moved around to different courses chose Inverrary Golf & C.C. and the Inverrary Classic wasn't played that year.
Course information:
PGA National has a lot of experience holding golf tournaments. It held the 1983 Ryder Cup, the 1987 PGA Championship and was home to 18 Senior PGA Cahmpionships. The course was originally designed by Tom and George Fazio and opened in 1981. In 1990 Jack Nicklaus came in to do some renovations. The course has 107 bunkers on it and 16 of the 18 holes have water on them. The average size of the greens is 6,400 square feet. The most famous part of the course is the "Bear Trap", holes 15, 16 and 17, two par 3s and a par 4 that will bring a lot of drama and excitement to the finish of the tournament.
The Buzz:
So lots of talk about Tiger and John Daly. First on Woods, supposedly he is back home in Orlando after a week of counseling in Arizona. According to Associated Press, Woods is now getting back into his fitness routine and has started hitting balls on the driving range across the street from his home at Isleworth.
If that is the case the big question could be can Tiger not only get ready for the Masters but can he mentally feel ready to take on golf? When he made his statement on February 18, you could of bet a month's pay that he was not going to play in the Masters and could be away from the game awhile. With this news it does give some hope that he could possibly play in the Masters, still I can't see that happening. It's more than just playing the game again, that first event will have noting but pitfalls in dealing with people, media, friends, fans and then he has to play golf with all of the expectations that people will expect from Woods. I will never forget his reaction at the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot after his missed the cut. Woods said that he would never play again in an event if he isn't ready and frankly I can't picture him getting ready in five weeks for the Masters.
We move from one problem child to another, John Daly. Tuesday brought two elements of the continuing saga of John Daly, first the Garry Smits, Florida Times Union breakdown of John Daly's problems with the PGA Tour. When it first came out everyone was totally stunned that one reporter had access to the 456 page file of problems that Daly has had with the PGA Tour. Reason for the surprise, the Tour keeps all of this confidential so the first thought was, how in the hell did this get out?
In a way Daly has himself to blame for all this embarrassment as he tried to sue Morris publishing, who owns the Florida Times Union. In the court action the PGA Tour file was subpoenaed and was part of the court case in which Daly dropped his appeal last year. So the file was free game to get published and that is what happened here. In a way the story is not what was in the file, we all know on how destructive Daly has been, but that the PGA Tour has this file and keeps it a big secret.
In a way it's like the Nixon secret enemies list or the closed, secret files that FBI director J.Edgar Hoover had on people like Charlie Chaplain and even President Kennedy. The fact that the PGA Tour has to be so secretive over this is really bad for the sport. If PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has to keep this quiet, what else could he quietly be doing? In this age of the internet, TMZ and stories getting out of hand when they are suppressed you have to think that the Tour is playing Russian Roulette in all of this. If the Tour is keeping this secret, what other things is secret?
The reason for this is based on a paranoia that has been around since the Tour was formed in the 70s. Deane Beman, the former commissioner of the tour in the 80s and first part of the 90s always made sure to keep things quiet from sponsors because he was worried that any frailties would cause sponsors not sticking around. This became part of the culture of the tour and carried over when Finchem took over and now in the internet age. While every sport is open about problems with players and are open to write about problems on websites from Major League Baseball to the NFL and Basketball, the PGA Tour makes sure that PGA Tour.Com doesn't do that. In a way the website has become know more of a propaganda vehicle instead of a vehicle that gives honest information and opinions.
The same with this PGA Tour policy of not commenting on disciplinary action taken against players. The reason for this is because disciplinary action is based on what PGA Tour commissioner feels is best for the Tour and by not reveling it there is no talk about it. Many wonder why Tiger Woods was spared any disciplinary action for his acts which has hurt the PGA Tour plus all of his cursing and club throwing while Jim Thorpe was not allowed to play this month and last while he appeal's his conviction for tax evasion. The answer is simple, Jim Thorpe shows up at a Champions Tour event and it brings a bad light on the Tour as attention is drawn on his problems and away from the golf tournament. It doesn't help keep sponsors when the newspapers talk more about Jim Thorpe's problems instead of the golf tournament. Is it fair? Maybe not but until there is public rules in place for fines and suspensions there will always be that question if the PGA Tour is doing the fair thing.
In the old days before the internet when secrets stayed secret, this way worked. But now what happens is when someone tries to keep things quiet and suppressed and it's revelled then it gets 10 times the amount of press and negative coverage. If Tiger Woods would of come out with his statement and apology a week or two after the accident, he probably would of been able to keep the story more in hand and not embarrass himself and his sponsors. Yes we all agree that somethings have to stay private, but the tour is getting themselves in trouble with this policy.
Again I hate to harp on this but the Tour shoots themselves with things like this because we talk about this instead of the tournament. If Tim Finchem does anything else in the coming months he has to figure out how to get storylines back on golf and the players instead of on trying to suppress the media and fans to save face for sponsors.
Lastly the jury is out on John Daly and his Golf Channel special. In looking at the show it has some top level production value and was very well done. Yes it's unscripted and reality TV but frankly it shows how low John Daly has gotten. The only reason he did the show is not to give folks an inside glimpse of his life, but he needed the money and was paid to give Golf Channel access to all this. Will this fly with people, check back in four or five weeks when the series starts whining down. In a way this reminds me of the movie Network in which ratings was more important than the health of an individual, wonder when Daly will be screaming "I'm bad as hell and not going to take it anymore"? Maybe that happened in San Diego when he told the cameras that he was ready to quit golf.
Now lets talk about golf as the tour moves from the west coast to Florida for the next four weeks. Look for a lot of difference as the difference between playing in California and Arizona is like night and day with playing in Florida. There is a special breed of player that does better on Bermuda than bent Guys like John Huston, Steve Elkington, Mark McCumber, Andy Bean, Gary Koch and Stephen Ames shine when they get to Florida. It's alway best to look at were a player was born and raised, if they are from Florida they are a step ahead of someone that was born and raised in the Northeast.
Again the buzz on the venue PGA National is good, the event has grown since the change to this course in 2007 and more good players are in the field.
At this time of year, living on the Loxahatchee River in Jupiter, Camilo Villegas gets to enjoy the spoils of golf superstardom.
At 6 a.m. he rises to work out in his home gym. On the back deck, he has a hot tub that spills into an infinity pool. Two Jet Skis are stationed at the dock.
But Villegas has so many commitments on the PGA Tour and in his native Colombia that his time to relax here is limited.
"This is where I spend seven to 10 weeks a year," Villegas (pronounced Bee-JAY-gus) said. "Let me tell you, home is home, we always want to sleep in our own bed, but that's the reality of our job."
Villegas, 29, makes the most of his time here, especially during the next two weeks when the Florida Swing stops near his home --at this week's Honda Classic at PGA National Resort and Spa and at next week's World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at Doral.
Villegas, the defending champion at the Honda, has a connection to South Florida that brings out his biggest galleries of the Tour and inspires his best golf.
"The Florida Swing is special," said Villegas, who was an All-America player at the University of Florida. "I get a lot of support and I have great memories."
Wearing skin-tight clothes and flashing a movie-star smile, Villegas attracts an eclectic mix of fans in South Florida.
Many wave Colombian flags or do the Gator Chomp; friends fresh off a long bike ride show up in their cycling gear to cheer on their fellow rider; other simply admire the chiseled features and physique of the former GQ cover boy.
Many simply want to see Villegas display his compelling game. At 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds, he pounds 300-yard drives, fires iron shots at the pin and drops down to the green in his Spider-Man position -- a one-handed push-up inches from the ground -- to read putts.
"He dresses just like I used to. He has all the shots. He reminds me of me," NBC golf analyst Johnny Miller once said.
Villegas, like Miller was during his Hall of Fame career, is unusual in a sport that the masses often see as clubby and buttoned-down.
"He's different than most PGA Tour players -- that's a good thing," said longtime pro and NBC analyst Gary Koch, who will call the action with Miller at the Honda and Doral. "You need some different personalities. You need some different looks out there."
When Palm Beach Gardens resident Eddie Carbone became executive director at Doral in 2005, he liked what he saw of Villegas.
Carbone gave Villegas -- fresh out of college and on the Nationwide Tour -- a sponsor's exemption (he missed the cut) and was excited to see him earn a spot in 2006.
"He was perfect for us," Carbone said. "He was a guy from Colombia who we thought was going to be a rising star."
It didn't take long.
Playing in the final group on Sunday in 2006 at Doral, Villegas overshadowed even Tiger Woods.
"Just the sheer number of people that came out to pull for him when Tiger was the most popular player," Koch recalled. "That Sunday, Tiger was not the most popular player, Camilo was."
Fans waved flags and cheered Villegas' runner-up finish as though they were at a World Cup match.
"It was awesome to see all those people and at the same time performing well," Villegas recalled. "Doral was probably that one tournament you look back and say, 'You know what? I belong here.'"
Colombian television picked up 30 PGA Tour broadcasts for the remainder of the year, helping begin a golf movement in the country.
"He has been a big thing for golf in Colombia," said his friend Juan Pablo Montoya, a NASCAR star, fellow Colombian and single-digit handicapper.
Villegas continued to build his résumé and broaden his appeal in South Florida at the 2007 Honda, when he made it into a four-man playoff, eventually won by Mark Wilson.
Villegas, a three-time winner on Tour, now has a home-field advantage in Palm Beach County. His connections here -- a membership at Trump International and a circle of friends -- make the Honda a one-of-a-kind week.
"The crowds are not as big, but it's special," Villegas said. "I have a lot of the guys I ride with come and watch the tournament, family members who come and stay, get a little home cooking every night, sleep in my own bed."
Villegas thrived in his comfort zone last year at the Honda with a five-shot win over Anthony Kim. Unfortunately for Villegas, that win -- which tied Jack Nicklaus' record in 1977 for largest margin of victory in the event -- was his last in 2010. He had just four top 10s the rest of the season, and he is off to slow start in 2011.
He tied Woods for 44th at Torrey Pines and was even less successful in his other three stroke-play events: he missed the cut, was disqualified and withdrew. On Wednesday, he lost in Round 1 of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Villegas, though, seems to summon his best golf for South Florida, even though the demands on his time and patience are strained like no other time on his schedule.
"I love playing here, but I also understand I need to step it up a notch when it comes to focusing," he said. "I love the support, but when I walk off the course or the range or the putting green, you have to know when to open doors and close them.
2011 Odds and Predictions to Win The Honda Classic March 3-6, 2011 at PGA National Resort and Spa’s Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl – Betting Preview: Vegas odds to win the 2011 edition of The Honda Classic on this week’s PGA Tour schedule are now posted on NSAwins.com and the vegas sportsbooks have listed Lee Westwood the +1215 favorite to win. The Honda Classic originally began as a stop on the PGA Tour back in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason’s Inverrary Classic. However, American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Honda) took over sponsorship of the event in 1982 and has been the event’s official sponsor ever since. Last year’s 2010 winner was Columbia’s Cammilo Villegas and he is listed at +4050 odds on the vegas sportsbook board to repeat as champion in 2011. Other top PGA Tour professionals near the top of the odds board to win the 2011 edition of The Honda Classic include 2006 WINNER Luke Donald(+1415 odds to win), Graeme McDowell(+1215 odds to win), Rory McIlroy(+1615 odds to win), 2002 WINNER Matt Kuchar(+1815 odds to win), 1999 WINNER Vijay Singh(+2550 odds to win) and Ben Crane(+2550 odds to win). Many of the PGA tour’s top names and players have chosen to take this week off, including notables Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. You can view all of the odds to win The Honda Classic below from BetUs Sportsbook below. You can open a free betting account with BetUs to bet on any PGA Tour events including odds to win the 2011 Masters. NSAwins.com’s top professional handicapper Sonny LaFouchi(aka The LEGEND) has made his predictions on The Honda Classic and likes Matt Kuchar at +1815 odds to win on sunday. Be sure to check out NSAwins.com daily throughout the PGA Tour season for updated odds, predictions and more on all the weekly PGA Tour stops.
The Honda Classic March 3-6, 2011 - PGA Golf Odds to win
Odds to win The Honda Classic
Lee Westwood +1215
Luke Donald +1415
Rory McIlroy +1615
Graeme McDowell +1215
Matt Kuchar +1850
Vijay Singh +2550
Ben Crane +2550
Rickie Fowler +3050
Ian Poulter +3250
Ernie Els +3250
Robert Allenby +2850
Charl Schwartzel +4050
Y E Yang +4050
Robert Karlsson +4550
Anthony Kim +4550
Brian Gay +5050
Adam Scott +5250
Camilo Villegas +4050
Ross Fisher +5250
Stewart Cink +6050
Edoardo Molinari +6050
Spencer Levin +6550
Fredrik Jacobson +6550
Rory Sabbatini +7050
Steve Marino +7050
Jimmy Walker +7550
Brandt Snedeker +7550
DA Points +7550
Jhonattan Vegas +7550
Louis Oosthuizen +8050
Jeff Overton +8050
Marc Leishman +8550
JJ Henry +8550
Brendon De Jonge +8550
John Senden +8550
| TV TIMES | Thu, 3/3: GOLF 3p - 6p ET | Fri, 3/4: GOLF 3p - 6p ET | Sat, 3/5: NBC 3p - 6p ET | Sun, 3/6: NBC 3p - 6p ET |
| SIRIUS XM | Thu, 3/3: 12p - 6p ET | Fri, 3/4: 12p - 6p ET | Sat, 3/5: 12p - 6p ET | Sun, 3/6: 12p - 6p ET |
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