PGA Masters Odds: Will Tiger Wear Green?

Writing by admin on Tuesday, 3 of April , 2007 at 5:18 pm

Is anyone willing to bet against Tiger Woods this week?

Possibly. If it weren’t for Tiger’s ridiculous six straight PGA Tour victories to finish off the 2006 season, and his two wins in four events this year (including two weeks ago at Doral), handicappers would be a lot more likely to turn up their noses at Woods and his 3-2 odds to win the 2007 Masters Tournament. But you can’t argue with success. Tiger has been so dominant, it will be an upset in many people’s minds if he doesn’t wear the Green Jacket for the fifth time in his career.

Woods has made Augusta National his own personal playground. He claimed his first major there in 1997, completed his “Tiger Slam” there in 2001, defended the championship in 2002, and came back from a two-year drought to win in 2005 – even after the course had been lengthened in what many considered an attempt to “Tigerproof” Augusta.

And this was all before Woods went supernova last year. His commitment to golf appears to have been fully renewed after the death of his father Earl – although he is likely to miss some time this summer when his wife Elin is due to give birth to the couple’s first child. Woods is using the latest in Nike clubs (probably still stinging from Phil Mickelson’s 2003 jibe about “inferior equipment”), he’s playing a more cerebral style with less emphasis on his occasionally errant 1-wood, and his win at the Masters tuneup at Doral was a golf clinic.

And then there’s The Man They Call Lefty. Last year, Tiger finished third to Mickelson and suffered the ignominy of helping his rival into the Green Jacket. You know he’s been thinking long and hard about making Mickelson return the favor. As any golfer worth his salt will tell you, it’s all about visualization.

Category: Online PGA Golf Betting

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