Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: Tiger Woods takes the course at the PGA Championship, while the NFL begins its first full week of preseason matchups. Consult the PGA Championship TV schedule, then consult the live betting lines for the PGA Championship. Please keep in mind, the odds are temporarily taken off the board at tee-time, then updated after each round, so consult every day before play begins and at night after the updated PGA results are posted. 

Tiger Woods will get his fourth and final chance at a major title in 2009 this week when he hits the links at Hazeltine in Minnesota for the PGA Championship. Vegas oddsmakers have Woods listed as a big 9/5 favorite to grab the trophy this week, with Phil Mickelson his nearest competitor on that list at 12/1 odds. Jim Furyk is the third favorite at 20/1, with each of Kenny Perry, Lee Westwood, Geoff Ogilvy, Anthony Kim, and Sergio Garcia listed at 25/1 odds for the tourney.

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Doing battle on the gridiron . . .

Week 1 of the NFL’s preseason schedule gets going on Thursday night, with Washington at Baltimore (-3), Dallas at Oakland (-2), Arizona at Pittsburgh (-3), and New England at Philadelphia (-3). With top players only expected to be on the field sparingly this early in the exhibition slate it’ll be mostly second and third stringers deciding the outcomes. For the Pats, though, it should mean a (brief) return to action for Tom Brady as he completes his recovery from knee surgery.

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There are just four games on the American League schedule for Thursday, with Texas at Cleveland, Kansas City at Minnesota, the Yankees at Seattle, and Detroit at Boston. Justin Verlander (12-6, 3.45 ERA) is slated to start for the Tigers on Thursday; the righthander lost to the Twins last time out, allowing five runs in six innings. Clay Buchholz (1-2, 5.33 ERA) gets the ball for the BoSox; the righthander fell to the Yankees last time out, allowing two runs in six innings.

Clashing in the Senior Circuit . . .

The NL offers up five games on Thursday, with San Diego at Milwaukee, Pittsburgh at Colorado, Washington at Cincinnati, Houston at Florida, and Philadelphia at the Cubs. Cliff Lee (2-0, 1.13 ERA in the NL) will be gunning for his sixth straight win overall; the lefthander has given up two runs over his 16 innings with the Phillies. The Cubs will counter with Ryan Dempster (6-5, 4.04 ERA), who beat the Rockies last time out despite allowing five runs in six innings. Shane Victorino will seek revenge from having beer thrown on him by some Wrigley nutcase.

Rounding out the Roundup . . .

There’s one game on the Canadian Football League schedule for Thursday, with Calgary at Edmonton. Both the Stampeders and the Eskimos have posted 3-3 straight-up records through the first six weeks of the season, and they’re both at 2-4 against-the-spread. The oddsmakers have given the slight edge to the Eskimos at home against their rival for Thursday night, as they’ve been pegged as 1-point faves. The total for the Western Division clash is sitting at 59.5 points.

Finally, there are four games on the WNBA’s schedule for Thursday, with Seattle at Connecticut, Detroit at Atlanta, San Antonio at Phoenix, and Indiana at Minnesota. The league-leading Fever will be looking to bounce back from a rare loss, as they fell 75-63 to Los Angeles last time out. Katie Douglas had a team-high 16 points in that defeat for Indiana, which is 17-5 SU and 14-8 ATS so far on the season. Minnesota sits at 11-11 SU and also ATS in their 22 games this year.