Tony Romo is the betting favorite at this week’s American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Romo, the defending champion, is recorded at +285 in Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Mardy Fish at +350 and Mark Mulder at +500.
Other notables in the field include Stephen Curry (+800), Aaron Rodgers (+5,000) and Patrick Mahomes (+20,000).
Charles Barkley has the longest odds on the field at +75,000 but is still attracting support from bettors. As of Wednesday, Barkley had drawn the fifth most bets to win the tournament at Caesars Sportsbook in Nevada.
Anthony Saliroli, who oversees golf odds for the Caesars team, said Barkley had drawn “many, many dozens” of small bets to win the tournament.
“I think it’s new,” said Saliroli. They put two bucks on him at 7500-1. Maybe they got his autograph [the betting ticket] a day and sell it on eBay.”
Caesars also offers a bet on whether Barkley will finish in the top 70 in the tournament. The prop bet attracted wildly lopsided action on Yes, causing the odds to shift from +350 to +180.
“We’ve got some heavy cheese on this prop bet,” said Saliroli. “We reduced [the price] Very much given the responsibility.”
Barkley told reporters he felt good about his game and that he thought he would finish 70th this week. Curry disagreed and said that Barkley had “no chance” of making the top 70. “I’m just grumpy because they beat me, him and Phil, they beat me in the game a long time ago and I couldn’t get revenge, so I’m a hater,” Curry told reporters. “I don’t think he’ll get it.” The betting interest in Nevada is on Celebrity Tournament He was riding high on this week’s PGA event, the Barbasol Championship.