2013 Humana Challenge Betting Odds - Event Info, Dates, Coverage

The 2013 Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation will be played at PGA West on the Palmer Course in La Quinta, California beginning on Thursday January 17 through Sunday January 20th.

The Golf Channel will be all over the coverage during the week, picking things up at 7pm ET every night and concluding at 10:30pm ET. On Sunday, Golf Channel will conclude at 10pm ET.

The Humana Challenge

Many fans might remember this tournament by a more familiar name, the Bob Hope Classic. It's also well-known for the Pro-Am that is conducted during the week, as many well known celebrities take part in the tournament. The tournament also used to have five rounds, but that was recently moved down to just four rounds in 2012. Throughout the week, there are three courses that the players will compete on. They are the Palmer Course, La Quinta, and Bermuda Dunes.

All three course are within 100 yards of each other in length, with each playing to a Par-72. The Palmer course is the only one used twice, with all players competing on that layout on the final day of competition. A total purse of $5.6 million is up for grabs, while the winner receives $1.08 million and 500 FedEx Cup points. The winner of this event will typically shoot up the FedEx Cup points leaderboard if not already there, since the event comes so early on the schedule.

2013 Humana Challenge in partnership with The Clinton Foundation

It's the first event of the 2013 West-Coast swing on the PGA Tour, as the players will go to La Quinta, California for the playing of the Humana Challenge. Formerly known as the Bob Hope Classic, the Humana Challenge is widely known by golf fans for the celebrities that participate in the Pro-Am part of the event - it is also one of the favorites of the staff here at PGABettingOdds.

Mark Wilson comes in as the defending champion, finishing 24-under par last season to cruise to a two-shot win. But entering this season, the field is pretty deeps with some notable names to pay attention to.

In the field this week is 2012 FedEx Cup champion Brandt Snedeker. Along with Snedeker, Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson and Webb Simpson will also be in the field, which tees off on Thursday on three different course of the four day period, ending on the PGA West Palmer Course for Sunday.

What Happened In 2012?

In the first tournament in the continental U.S., the PGA Tour began its West Coast Swing; it was Mark Wilson who bested the field in 2012. Wilson won by two strokes over Johnson Wagner. Wagner had won the week prior at the Sony Open in Hawaii, but Wilson was able to hold him off a second win in a row. Wilson finished an impressive 24 under par, which included a 62 in the second round. The 500 FedEx Cup points launched him into second place behind Wagner early in the 2012 season.

Who's Favored To Win 2013 Humana Challenge?

Oddsmakers had a difficult time establishing a clear-cut favorite for the 2013 Humana Challenge, and as a result we have a four-way tie. You should have a pretty good idea about who those players might be, based on the brief rundown of notable names we mentioned.

Three of the four are all slated with equal odds at the top of the list. Snedeker, Kuchar, and Mickelson are each installed with odds at 14/1 to win the Humana Challenge. Tim Clark is the fourth member of the group. It is a bit surprising that Clark is up at the top with the favorites, because he has just won once on the PGA Tour. He does have a history of some success at this event however. Mickelson is the only player in this group to have won this event before, which he has done so twice. That came back in 2004 though, so it has been a while. Simpson comes in at 18/1 to sneak into the top-five of the Humana Challenge favorites according to Bovada Sportsbook.

Here are the all of the odds to win the 2013 Humana Challenge as found at Bovada Sportsbook in case you feel like putting some money down.

2013 Humana Challenge Betting Odds - odds found at Bovada on 1/15/2013
Brandt Snedeker 14/1 Matt Kuchar 14/1 Phil Mickelson 14/1 Tim Clark 14/1 Webb Simpson 18/1 Bo Van Pelt 20/1 Charles Howell III 20/1 Bill Haas 25/1 Robert Garrigus 25/1 Zach Johnson 28/1 Carl Pettersson 33/1 Brendon De Jonge 40/1 Bud Cauley 40/1 David Toms 40/1 Harris English 40/1 John Senden 40/1 Pat Perez 40/1 Russell Henley 40/1 Chris Kirk 50/1 Gary Woodland 50/1 Geoff Ogilvy 50/1 Jeff Overton 50/1 Martin Laird 50/1 Seung-yul Noh 50/1 Brian Gay 60/1 Kevin Na 60/1 Ryan Palmer 60/1 Johnson Wagner 66/1 Mark Wilson 66/1 Ross Fisher 66/1 Charlie Wi 70/1 Jimmy Walker 70/1 Robert Karlsson 70/1 Tommy Gainey 70/1 Bryce Molder 80/1 Chad Campbell 80/1 Greg Chalmers 80/1 Josh Teater 80/1 Kyle Stanley 80/1 Matt Every 80/1 Rory Sabbatini 80/1 Ryo Ishikawa 80/1 Sean O'Hair 80/1 Aaron Baddeley 100/1 Blake Adams 100/1 Camilo Villegas 100/1 Charley Hoffman 100/1 Charlie Beljan 100/1 Davis Love III 100/1 John Mallinger 100/1 John Rollins 100/1	Luke Guthrie 100/1 Matt Jones 100/1 Patrick Cantlay 100/1 Ricky Barnes 100/1 Sang-Moon Bae 100/1 Scott Stallings 100/1 Billy Horschel 125/1 Brendan Steele 125/1 David Hearn 125/1 Graham Delaet 125/1 Jerry Kelly 125/1 Jhonattan Vegas 125/1 John Merrick 125/1 Justin Leonard 125/1 Kevin Stadler 125/1 Kevin Streelman 125/1 Scott Gardiner 125/1 Scott Langley 125/1 Steve Marino 125/1 Tom Gillis 125/1 Trevor Immelman 125/1 Troy Matteson 125/1 William Mcgirt 125/1 Bob Estes 150/1 Boo Weekley 150/1 Brian Davis 150/1 Brian Harman 150/1 Brian Stuard 150/1 Cameron Tringale 150/1 Casey Wittenberg 150/1 D-A Points 150/1 D-H Lee 150/1 D.J. Trahan 150/1 Daniel Summerhays 150/1 David Lynn 150/1 Dicky Pride 150/1 Greg Owen 150/1 James Driscoll 150/1 Jason Kokrak 150/1 Jeff Maggert 150/1 Justin Hicks 150/1 Ken Duke 150/1 Kevin Chappell 150/1 Lucas Glover 150/1 Luke List 150/1 Martin Flores 150/1 Morgan Hoffman 150/1 Robert Allenby 150/1 Stephen Ames 150/1 Stewart Cink 150/1	Stuart Appleby 150/1 Ben Kohles 200/1 Brad Fritsch 200/1 Cameron Percy 200/1 Chris Stroud 200/1 James Hahn 200/1 Jason Bohn 200/1 Lee Janzen 200/1 Nicholas Thompson 200/1 Richard Lee 200/1 Roberto Castro 200/1 Scott Verplank 200/1 Shawn Stefani 200/1 Steven Bowditch 200/1 Troy Kelly 200/1 Will Claxton 200/1 Colt Knost 250/1 Darron Stiles 250/1 David Lingmerth 250/1 David Mathis 250/1 Erik Compton 250/1 Tag Ridings 250/1 Alistair Presnell 300/1 Brett Quigley 300/1 Derek Ernst 300/1 Fabian Gomez 300/1 Jeff Klauk 300/1 Joey Snyder III 300/1 Justin Bolli 300/1 Lee Williams 300/1 Robert Streb 300/1 Scott McCarron 300/1 Steve Jones 300/1 Aaron Watkins 400/1 Bart Bryant 400/1 Henrik Norlander 400/1 Jin Park 400/1 Joe Ogilvie 400/1 Michael Bradley 400/1 Paul Haley II 400/1 Steve LeBrun 400/1 Andres Gonzales 500/1 Andrew Svoboda 500/1 Eric Meierdierks 500/1 Jeff Gove 500/1 Jesper Parnevik 500/1 Michael Letzig 500/1 Mike Weir 500/1 Wes Short Jr 500/1 Chris Starkjohann 750/1 Mark Brooks 750/1

Our Picks

The Winner - Charles Howell III placed third in Hawaii last week. Had it not been for the putting clinic that Russell Henley put on display on the back-nine on Sunday, Howell could have very well won the event. We expect Howell to continue to play well this week, and at 20/1, is getting a great payout going into Thursday's opening round.

The Darkhorse - Bud Cauley showed signs that he could become a star on the PGA Tour. He is just in his second full season on the Tour. He played at the Sony Open last week in Hawaii, but missed the cut shooting 3-under par for the first two days. Cauley is slated at 40/1 to win at La Quinta, but pay attention to him to be a surprise.

Notable Pairings

The PGA Tour has once again tried to put together some compelling pairings for the first two rounds of an event. Let's look at some of the ones to pay attention to.

Teeing off at 12:10pm ET on Thursday will be Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar, along with their amateur partners. Mickelson and Kuchar are two of the favorites coming into the tournament.

At 11:40am ET on Thursday, 2012 FedEx Cup champion Brandt Snedeker will tee off with the Humana Challenge defending champion Mark Wilson. Wilson won by two shots last season, and will try to defend his title.

At 12:40pm ET, Zach Johnson and Davis Love III also make an interesting grouping to follow along with their amateur partners. Johnson missed the cut last week at the Sony Open and will try to bounce back.

Below are the 2 ball and 3 ball lines available this week for the 2013 Humana Challenge. You will see some other tourneys like the HSBC Championship on there but if you scroll down the page, you should see the odds for this tournament.