The 75th edition of golf’s most famous tournament, The
Masters, tees off on Thursday morning. The info about players with betting odds from Sportsbook.com for this golf tournament are below.
The 75th edition of golf’s most famous tournament, The
Masters, tees off on Thursday morning. Defending champion Phil Mickelson
enters the week as the favorite to repeat. Here’s a look at Lefty’s
chances, as well as the rest of the favorites in this year’s field.
Speaking of Field, Sportsbook.com has the Field’s odds at +1500. The other odds from Sportsbook.com are below.
Phil Mickelson (+550):
The defending champ is picking it up at the right time and is the
clear-cut favorite in Augusta. Mickelson tore through Redstone last
weekend with a 63 on Saturday and 65 on Sunday to win the Shell Houston
Open. Lefty’s three green jackets have all come in the last seven years,
and he’s finished in the top five in each of the last three years at
Augusta.
Nick Watney (+1500): The 29-year-old
is having a career year. He’s the Tour’s most consistent player, and
arguably best, player right now. Watney leads the PGA Tour in scoring
average (68.92), birdie average (4.80) and is second in all-important
putting average (1.687 per Greens In Regulation). He’s finished in the
top 20 in each of his three starts at Augusta, including his first-ever
Masters top 10 last April (seventh, including a 65 on Sunday).
Luke Donald (+2500):
Donald has been tremendous over the past month and a half, winning the
Accenture Match Play title then following it up with a T10 at The Honda
Classic and a T6 at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. He’s missed the cut
at Augusta two of the past three years, but he’s also playing his best
golf leading up to The Masters since 2005, when he tied for third at
Augusta.
Dustin Johnson (+2000): Always a wild card, Johnson’s length off the tee (3rd
on the Tour in driving distance, 310.0) makes him a threat. He’s second
on the Tour in par breakers (26.85%). He has three top 10s this season,
but has also missed two cuts. His last two starts are a perfect
illustration of his inconsistency: He was brilliant at the Cadillac
Championship, breaking 70 three times in a second-place finish. He
followed it up by missing the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Tiger Woods (+800):
Woods will get love this week because of his wildly successful track
record at Augusta (four wins overall as well as top 10s in each of the
past six years). But we’ve seen this movie before in 2011. He had won
seven times in 12 career starts at Torrey Pines, but finished T44 at the
Farmers Insurance Open. He has six career wins at Bay Hill, but
finished T24 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Certainly he’s capable
of winning, but whether it’s because of injury, age, or off-the-course
distractions, Tiger is not the Tiger of old right now.
Lee Westwood (+2000):
Westwood came into last year’s Masters on a bit more of a roll, tying
for the lead in birdies at the Shell Houston Open the week before
Augusta, then coming in second at The Masters. Last week, he was up and
down in a T30 finish in Houston. Before last year’s runner-up, he was 43rd in 2009, T11 in ’08, T30 in ’07 and missed the cut in ’05 and ’06.
Martin Kaymer (+2000):
The World No. 1 has never gotten it done at Augusta. Kaymer has missed
the cut in all three of his Masters starts, never shooting better than
71 in any of his six rounds. Aside from a win in Abu Dahbi in January
and a runner-up at Accenture Match Play in February, it’s been an
ordinary year for Kaymer.
Rory McIlroy (+2000):
Is this the year the youngster breaks through? The 21-year-old has
three top-10 finishes in 2011. He missed the cut at Augusta a year ago,
but had a T20 as a 19-year-old in ’09.
Hunter Mahan (+2500): Mahan
has finished top 10 at Augusta each of the last two years, including a
T8 last year. Mahan is having the best year of his career, with five
top-10 finishes in nine starts. He’s fifth on the Tour in par breakers
(25.52%).
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