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Dustin Johnson sits atop the FedExCup standings as the PGA Tour heads to TPC Boston this week for the second event on its postseason schedule, the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Johnson won the weather-shortened Barclays last week, beating Matt Kuchar by two strokes in a tournament cut to just three rounds because of Hurricane Irene. That result boosted him to top spot in the FedExCup standings.
Luke Donald, though, sits atop the golf betting odds for the Deutsche Bank Championship at the Bodog Sportsbook for this week at 12/1; Donald ended up tied for 18th place at The Barclays last week and sits fifth in the FedExCup standings. Donald was also second at the Deutsche Bank Championship in 2010.
Steve Stricker sits second to Donald on the PGA Tour odds for this week, tied with Jason Day and Adam Scott at 16/1. Johnson is at 18/1, with both Kuchar and Nick Watney at 20/1.
Day was tied for second at the Deutsche Bank Championship in 2010, while Scott was fifth, Stricker was ninth, Kuchar was 11th, Watney was 33rd, and Johnson was 57th.
Charley Hoffman won at TPC Boston last year, finishing five strokes ahead of Donald and Geoff Ogilvy. Hoffman ended up tied for 10th place at The Barclays last week, which moved him up to 33rd place in the FedExCup standings.
Phil Mickelson (25/1), Vijay Singh (28/1), Webb Simpson (28/1), and Charl Schwartzel (33/1) sit in the second tier of contenders for this week's event, which starts on Friday. Brandt Snedeker, Charles Howell III, Gary Woodland, Ogilvy, Rickie Fowler, and Sergio Garcia are all listed at 40/1 odds.
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Hamilton also won in China earlier this season, but Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel still overshadows his win total with six through the first 10 events on the F1 calendar.
And that's why Vettel is the big 11/8 favorite at the Bodog Sportsbook to win the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is second at 3/1 odds on that list, while Hamilton sits third with 4/1 odds to claim the title in Budapest.
As for the other drivers with a realistic chance of finishing first on Sunday, Red Bull's Mark Webber is at 9/2, McLaren's Jenson Button is at 14/1, and Ferrari's Felipe Massa is at 33/1. Everyone else in the field is at 100/1 or greater odds to win the race.
So Vettel is the big favorite, but he's actually coming off his worst performance of the season last week in Germany, finishing fourth behind Hamilton, Alonso, and Webber. In the other three races Vettel lost this season (China, Canada, Britain) he was second.
A Red Bull driver won in Budapest last season, but it was Webber collecting the trophy and not Vettel. Alonso was second that day, Vettel was third, Massa was fourth, and Button was eighth, while car troubles kept Hamilton from finishing the race.
Hamilton, with 134 points on the season, is third in the drivers championship right now, well back of Vettel (216) but close enough to pass Webber (139) with a good performance on Sunday. Alonso (130) is in fourth place in the points race.
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