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07/30/2007 - Markham, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After making a 211-yard hole-in-one, Jim Furyk was almost done in by a five-foot putt.
Luckily for him, Vijay Singh couldn't make a 23-footer.
Furyk aced the fourth hole Sunday to take the lead at the Canadian Open, then hung on to win the tournament for the second year in a row despite closing with a bogey on the 18th hole.
He backed off a five-foot par putt at 18, then missed it on the right edge to cut his lead over Singh to just one shot. Moments later, with Furyk waiting greenside, Singh couldn't convert on a long, curling birdie try for the tie.
Furyk closed with a seven-under 64 at Angus Glen, a spotless and sparkling round until the final blemish -- only his first bogey in 35 holes.
"I tried to make it interesting," said Furyk, who ended at 16-under 268 to become the first back-to-back winner at the Canadian Open since Jim Ferrier in 1950-51.
He won $900,000 for his 13th career PGA Tour title.
Singh, the overnight leader by a shot, managed just a three-under 68 in the final round to finish a stroke behind at 15-under 269. It was the 11th time in 28 tries that the Fijian was unable to capitalize on a 54-hole lead.
George McNeill holed out for an eagle from a greenside bunker at the 15th and closed with a five-under 66 to share third place with Ryan Palmer, who shot a 66. They came in at 13-under 271.
Bob Heintz and Hunter Mahan finished another shot further back at 272.
Furyk aced the 211-yard fourth with a five-iron, his fourth hole-in-one in competition on the PGA Tour. The ball took a soft bounce off the fringe on the front-right side of the green and rolled about 30 feet into the cup.
It gave him a sudden two-shot lead, which he would have to fight to maintain.
Furyk made three straight birdies to open the back nine, but so did Singh. The Fijian rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt at the 12th to remain within two shots of the lead, but he squandered a chance to get within one when he missed a six-foot birdie putt at the 14th.
It was a costly miss.
Ahead at the 15th, Furyk extended his lead to three shots after chipping to seven feet from the tall grass around the green -- a tough up-and-down birdie that may have clinched the championship for him.
Mahan made the second of back-to-back birdies at the 15th to pull within two shots, and Singh joined him there with a five-foot birdie at the 16th.
Still, all Furyk really had to do was avoid disaster at the 18th, which he did by safely playing his second shot to the left side of the green -- wanting nothing to do with the pond to the right.
But after rolling the long putt within five feet, Furyk backed off his par try, adjusted, and then missed it on the right edge.
The closing bogey left Singh with a good opportunity to tie with a birdie at the 18th. He sent his approach directly over the pin and into the middle of the green, but didn't come close on the downhill putt.
Singh was seeking his 20th win since turning 40 four years ago.
Furyk, one of the steadiest players in the world, finally has another win after waiting a full year. He entered the tournament having posted six consecutive top-25 finishes, including four top-fives.
"It was a special day," said Furyk, who had two runner-ups already this season, the last coming at the U.S. Open. "I just feel like a million dollars."
Stephen Ames, a naturalized Canadian, led the home challenge with a seven- under 277 total to tie for 27th place. Mike Weir, the 2003 Masters champion was two shots further back after closing with a 71.
"I thought I was going to shoot a good score today," Weir said. "I couldn't get anything going. It was just one of those days."
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MySportsbook.com Favors Fighting Irish to win College Football betting odds
According to odds makers at MySportsbook.com, on January 8, the Fighting Irish faithful may be toasting their 14th national title in Arizona – Notre Dame’s first national championship in close to 20 years.
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Moving west to the Big 12, MySportsbook.com has betting lines listing Texas as 7-5 favorites to repeat as conference champions, even though the Longhorns lost their national championship-winning quarterback Vince Young to the NFL. In the south, the Auburn Tigers – led by Heisman-hopeful senior running back Kenny Irons – have been given the best odds to win the SEC Championship odds at 5-2.
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March Madness odds and printable March Madness brackets
With the field of 64/65 set, MySportsbook.com has the Florida Gators as the 4-1 favorite to successfully defend their National Championship. Men’s Division-1 College Basketball has not seen a team repeat as National Champions since Duke won back to back championships in ’91 & ‘92. After losing three out of four late in the season, the Gators are full of momentum as they won their last four games by an average of 18 points. Not surprisingly, right behind the Gators are the other three top seeds: Kansas 5-1, UNC 6-1, and Ohio State 7-1. Many consider Kansas to be the hottest team in the country, having won 11 straight. With Kansas, it is hard to ignore all of the early exits from the “dance” in recent years. With an impressive ACC Tournament, UNC ensured themselves the other top seed. UNC has about as much talent as any other team in the tournament but with a team that’s best players are primarily freshman and sophomores, could youth be a concern. Behind freshman sensation, Greg Oden, OSU will look to do what their football team failed to do just a few months earlier. OSU seems to have peeked at the right time, as they currently have a 17 game winning streak. Since the tournament field was expanded in 1985, there has never been an instance where all four #1 seeds advanced to the Final Four. It is obvious that each of the top seeds have the talent to make it through to Atlanta. But as everyone knows, when makes the NCAA Tournament so special are all of the spoilers and “Cinderella” stories that knock off the favorites on a daily basis.
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MySportsbook.com’s odds to win the Championship and Regions:
| EAST | National Championship | Region |
| Arkansas | 300-1 | 50-1 |
| Belmont | 1000-1 | |
| Boston College | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Eastern KY | 1000-1 | |
| George Washington | 75-1 | |
| Georgetown | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| Marquette | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Michigan State | 100-1 | 25-1 |
| New Mexico St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| UNC | 6-1 | 6-5 |
| Oral Roberts | 500-1 | |
| Texas | 15-1 | 5-1 |
| Texas Tech | 200-1 | 5-1 |
| USC | 75-1 | 20-1 |
| Vanderbilt | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Washington State | 40-1 | 15-1 |
| WEST | ||
| Duke | 50-1 | 10-1 |
| Florida A&M | 1000-1 | |
| Gonzaga | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Holy Cross | 300-1 | |
| Illinois | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Indiana | 75-1 | 40-1 |
| Kansas | 5-1 | 13-10 |
| Kentucky | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| Niagara | 1000-1 | |
| Pittsburgh | 40-1 | 8-1 |
| Southern Ill. | 50-1 | 12-1 |
| UCLA | 10-1 | 3-2 |
| VCU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Villanova | 100-1 | 40-1 |
| VA Tech | 50-1 | 15-1 |
| Weber St | 1000-1 | |
| Wright St | 1000-1 | 300-1 |
| MIDWEST | ||
| Arizona | 50-1 | 30-1 |
| Butler | 40-1 | 30-1 |
| Davidson | 300-1 | |
| Florida | 4-1 | 4-5 |
| Georgia Tech | 75-1 | 25-1 |
| Jackson State | 1000-1 | |
| Maryland | 30-1 | 6-1 |
| Miami-OH | 300-1 | |
| Notre Dame | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| ODU | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Oregon | 40-1 | 6-1 |
| Purdue | 300-1 | 60-1 |
| Texas A&M CC | 1000-1 | |
| UNLV | 100-1 | 30-1 |
| Winthrop | 500-1 | 100-1 |
| Wisconsin | 15-1 | 7-2 |
| SOUTH | ||
| Albany | 200-1 | |
| BYU | 200-1 | 40-1 |
| Central CT St. | 1000-1 | |
| Creighton | 100-1 | 35-1 |
| Long Beach St. | 500-1 | 200-1 |
| Louisville | 40-1 | 10-1 |
| Memphis | 30-1 | 4-1 |
| Nevada | 75-1 | 35-1 |
| North Texas | 500-1 | |
| Ohio State | 7-1 | 6-5 |
| Penn | 500-1 | |
| Stanford | 200-1 | 50-1 |
| Tennessee | 100-1 | 20-1 |
| Texas A&M | 12-1 | 11-5 |
| Virginia | 75-1 | 18-1 |
| Xavier | 100-1 | 40-1 |
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