The 2012 FedEx Cup comes down to this! Our 2012 Tour Championship picks are going to be right here at Bankroll Sports, as the 30 players have been set for this illustrious event. Join us, as we break down the Tour Championship odds for what amounts to be one of the biggest events of the 2012 PGA Tour schedule!

2012 Tour Championship Predictions & Info
2012 Tour Championship Dates: Thursday, September 20th – Sunday, September 23rd, 2012
2012 Tour Championship Location: East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA
Defending Tour Championship Winner: Bill Haas
2012 Tour Championship TV Coverage – Network: Golf Channel, CBS

Knowing that there are only going to be 30 golfers in this event, this really is a test of the best of the best. If that’s the case, the man that we know that we are going to want on our side is Rory McIlroy (Odds To Win 2012 Tour Championship: 1.60 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook). The Northern Ireland native has had himself a heck of a year once again, including nailing down another major tournament at the PGA Championship, and now, he is going to hope to add a FedEx Cup title to that. McIlroy has won each of the last two events here at the FedEx Cup, and he has done so in tremendously impressive fashion. It’s awfully difficult, even with just 30 golfers in the field, to take anyone at +160, but if there were a man that you would want to do it with, McIlroy would be the man to do so.

2012 FedEx Cup Standings
1: Rory McIlroy 2,500
2: Tiger Woods 2,250
3: Nick Watney 2,000
4: Phil Mickelson 1,800
5: Brandt Snedeker 1,600
6: Louis Oosthuizen 1,400
7: Dustin Johnson 1,200
8: Lee Westwood 1,000
9: Zach Johnson 800
10: Jason Dufner 600
11: Bubba Watson 480
12: Sergio Garcia 460
13: Steve Stricker 440
14: Keegan Bradley 420
15: Luke Donald 400
16: Matt Kuchar 380
17: Carl Pettersson 360
18: Jim Furyk 340
19: Bo Van Pelt 320
20: Robert Garrigus 310
21: Adam Scott 300
22: Ernie Els 290
23: Hunter Mahan 280
24: Justin Rose 270
25: Webb Simpson 260
26: John Huh 250
27: Rickie Fowler 240
28: Ryan Moore 230
29: John Senden 220
30: Scott Piercy 210

It almost feels odd to be counting odd Tiger Woods (Tour Championship Odds: 3.50 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook), though. Oh sure, we certainly aren’t going to be writing Tiger off in any event imaginable, especially knowing that seemingly every week he is becoming more and more relevant of a golfer once again. Woods has played well for sure here in the FedEx Cup, and he is rightfully ranked No. 2 coming into play this weekend, knowing that a win and he will be the winner of the playoffs. We know that winning golf’s version of the playoffs isn’t quite as illustrious as a major title, but it would go a long way in getting Tiger back in the swing of things, which would make him a massive threat going forward into the 2013 season. Woods won the Tour Championship in 2007 and in 1999, and he is going to be joining Phil Mickelson as the only active two-time winner of this event that will be in this field.

List Of Past Tour Championship Winners (Since 2000)
2011 – Bill Haas
2010 – Jim Furyk
2009 – Phil Mickelson
2008 – Camilo Villegas
2007 – Tiger Woods
2006 – Adam Scott
2005 – Bart Bryant
2004 – Retief Goosen
2003 – Chad Campbell
2002 – Vijay Singh
2001 – Mike Weir
2000 – Phil Mickelson

This could also be the year in which Nick Watney (Odds To Win The Tour Championship: 35 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook) shines. Watney already has a win in the first of the major FedEx Cup events this year, and though he is coming from off the pace in third, he still is going to be a threat to win the Tour Championship. We have seen plenty of golfers in the past parlay great starts to the FedEx Cup into great finishes as well, and that might be just what we see for Watney, a man who always seems to be coming up just short of the ultimate prizes that golf has to offer.

Since last year’s champ, Bill Haas isn’t going to be in the field, we’re going to watch out for Brandt Snedeker (Tour Championship Lines: 18 to 1 @ 5Dimes Sportsbook) instead. This is the last of the five men that have the chance to be able to win the FedEx Cup with no questions asked if he can win this tournament, and he just barely snuck into that Top 5. The way that things are going for him of late though, this might be a real possibility. He’ll be on the Ryder Cup team for the first time next week, and he has to be excited about playing for the Stars and Stripes. This could be just the momentum boost that the American needs to get ready for the Ryder Cup, and a FedEx Cup title with a win at the Tour Championship isn’t out of the question.

Odds to Win Tour Championship @ 5Dimes Sportsbook (as of 9/19/12):
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Rory McIlroy 1.60 to 1
Tiger Woods 3.50 to 1
Phil Mickelson 11 to 1
Brandt Snedeker 18 to 1
Lee Westwood 18 to 1
Louis Oosthuizen 22 to 1
Dustin Johnson 25 to 1
Jason Dufner 27 to 1
Nick Watney 35 to 1
Adam Scott 40 to 1
Keegan Bradley 40 to 1
Zach Johnson 40 to 1
Luke Donald 45 to 1
Sergio Garcia 45 to 1
Bubba Watson 65 to 1
Webb Simpson 90 to 1
Bo Van Pelt 100 to 1
Jim Furyk 100 to 1
Steve Stricker 100 to 1
Matt Kuchar 125 to 1
Ernie Els 135 to 1
Justin Rose 135 to 1
Sean O’Hair 150 to 1
Hunter Mahan 155 to 1
Rickie Fowler 200 to 1
Carl Pettersson 200 to 1
Robert Garrigus 200 to 1
John Huh 275 to 1
Ryan Moore 300 to 1
John Senden 500 to 1
Scott Piercy 800 to 1

PGA Tour betting action is set to embark on its biggest four weeks of the year. The FedEx Cup starts this Thursday with the Barclays Tournament, the first of four tournaments that will determine this year’s winner of golf’s equivalent of the playoffs. Bankroll Sports has all of your FedEx Cup betting analysis for the upcoming tournaments.

The top 125 ranked golfers in the world will get a chance to compete at the Ridgewood Country Club this weekend, but the field will get whittled down to just 30 golfers that will get to play in the finale of the FedEx Cup, The Tour Championship.

The first man to clearly keep an eye on in this event is the recently divorced, Tiger Woods (+1500 @ Sportsbook.com). Woods is going to play in this week’s tournament at the Barclays just days after finalizing his divorce with ex-wife Elin, which should finally put to rest all of these other marital issues that have gotten in the way of his golf in recent months. Woods won the FedEx Cup in 2007 and 2009 and has earned nearly double what any other man has in this four week tournament in its three years in existence. However, Woods has a major issue right now, and that’s that he has been playing very poor golf in recent weeks. Tiger enters this tournament as just the 112th ranked player in the 2010 FedEx Cup, making him a bit of a dark horse, per se to try to survive in this tournament through to its conclusion.

The man in the lead right now in the FedEx Cup points standings is Ernie Els (+600 @ Sportsbook.com). Els has been leading this competition since early March, but he has missed a pair of cuts in recent tournaments and has also been on a bit of a cold run of late. The South African also hasn’t performed that well in this tournament in its history, as he isn’t even the top man from his home country in career earnings. Rory Sabbatini is. Still, Els’ wins this year at the World Golf Championship and the Arnold Palmer Invitational aren’t to be ignored.

The ever so consistent Jim Furyk (+1000 @ Sportsbook.com) has been on fire on the PGA Tour of late, as ten of his last 12 rounds of golf have been shot under par. Furyk has a pair of wins this year at the Transitions Championship and the Verizon Heritage, and he is almost certain to make The Tour Championship with numbers like that on his side. Furyk has never been a huge factor in the FedEx Cup, but this year could prove to be an incredible exception.

The Masters winner, Phil Mickelson (+500 @ Sportsbook.com) is the favorite to capture the FedEx Cup, though. Unfortunately for Lefty, he has yet to capture another tournament this year. In fact, he hasn’t had a Top 10 finish in an event since the middle of June and has even struggled just to make some cut lines. Mickelson has had good showing after good showing here at the FedEx Cup though. However, the elusive FedEx Cup victory is still eluding him in spite of the fact that he finished third in 2007 and second in 2009. He has earned a cool $5.7M in three years in this event.

Perhaps the best option might be The Field (+125 @ Sportsbook.com), though. A number of red hot golfers are in this bunch that are certainly ones to watch. Matt Kuchar has the most Top 10 finishes on tour this year with nine, and he ranks in the Top 25 in seemingly every major category. Bo Van Pelt is considered a huge dark horse, as he clearly has the talent to come out of nowhere just as Camilo Villegas did two years ago to challenge for the FedEx Cup title. Kevin Sutherland will be one to watch as well. He has 14 cashes this season and leads the PGA Tour in greens in regulation, which is crucial to success in all four of these tournaments, particularly the first here at the Barclays.

FedEx Cup Championship Odds @ Sportsbook.com (as of 8/24/10):
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Adam Scott +6000
Anthony Kim +2000
Camilo Villegas +2500
Ernie Els +600
Geoff Ogilvy +6000
Hunter Mahan +1500
Jim Furyk +1000
Kenny Perry +8000
Padraig Harrington +3000
Paul Casey +2000
Phil Mickelson +500
Rory McIlroy +1000
Sean O’Hair +4000
Steve Stricker +700
Tiger Woods +1500
Vijay Singh +10000
Zach Johnson +3000
Field +125