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As to win outright, Sky Bet has Woods at the longest odds of the 18-player field at 50-1. The shortest is Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, both at 6-1, followed by Dustin Johnson (7-1), Rickie Fowler (10-1), and last week’s WGC-HSBC Champions winner Justin Rose (11-1).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Oddsmakers believe Woods has a much more probable chance of withdrawing (7-2) than winning. A top 10 finish is at 11-4, a top five 7-1. To go bogey-free in the opening round is long at 16-1.<\/p>\n
Woods played in the 2016 Hero World Challenge, finishing 15th with rounds of 73-65-70-76. His $107,000 check was the only money he collected from competitive golf that year.<\/p>\n
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Despite not having won a PGA Tour event since 2013, and his last major coming back in 2008, Woods’ odds on claiming his 15th major in 2018 and taking him one step closer to Jack Nicklaus’ record 18 aren’t exactly long.<\/p>\n
Sky Bet has Woods at 25-1 to win at least one of the four 2018 majors. That means bettors are somewhat optimistic on a successful return, as those odds are the same as Charley Hoffman, who is currently ranked 24th in the world. 25-1 is also the 2018 major odds for Martin Kaymer, a two-time major winner who made the cut in all four majors in 2017.<\/p>\n
Tiger’s short major line shows the betting bias among golf wagering fans, as the chance to get a player with Woods’ resume is too good to pass up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tiger Woods is ready to once again walk inside the ropes and play competitive golf. The former number one golfer who has spent a record 683 weeks in the top spot during his career says he will be one of 18\u00a0players teeing it up next month at the Hero World Challenge in Albany, Bahamas. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":61917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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