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Fast forward to today, and the current odds are Woods -180, Mickelson +150. A $100 bet on Tiger nets $55.56, while the same wager on Phil nets $150.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The format will be 18 holes of match play, with a $9 million winner-take-all prize. There will also be side challenges during the round. For instance, Woods and Mickelson will make side bets such as longest drive and closest to the pin on certain holes. A press release announcing “The Match” says those winnings will be donated to the golfer’s charity of choice.<\/p>\n
Frenemies Showdown<\/b><\/h2>\n
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have largely been the face of golf for two decades. Now respectively aged 42 and 48, both are far removed from the primes of their illustrious careers.<\/p>\n
The two have enjoyed a contentious relationship at times, but have settled their differences to play on numerous Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nNext month, the two will almost certainly team up again on the US Ryder Cup squad. Both didn’t officially qualify with points, but are expected to be two of Jim Furyk’s captain’s picks.<\/p>\n
Mickelson said he would hold off on further trash talking for “The Match” until after the Ryder Cup. “I’ve got to be careful because I’m hoping we are teammates in the Ryder Cup and I don’t want to cause a stir yet,” Lefty explained. “But in the first week of October, it will start to heat up.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tiger Woods is receiving the lion’s share of early betting action on his highly anticipated winner-take-all match against Phil Mickelson on November 23 at Las Vegas’ Shadow Creek Golf Course. Speculation regarding the duel began back in May when Lefty told reporters that he would prefer to “bypass all the ancillary stuff of a tournament […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":86500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Bettors Taking Tiger Woods Over Phil Mickelson in Winner-Take-All Match<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n