Las Vegas oddsmakers<\/a> aren’t adjusting Woods’ chances of winning next month’s Masters. The Westgate SuperBook has maintained his 12\/1 line, which is the second shortest behind only Johnson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n“While there was some comfort to latch onto \u2013 he wrote his surgically repaired lower back is fine and there are no-long term issues \u2013 this is a 43-year-old Tiger with a history of serious operations,” Golfweek’s <\/i>Steve DiMeglio wrote this week.<\/p>\n
“Despite his reassurances, the world of gold will hold its collective breath until he’s seen again,” DiMeglio concluded.<\/p>\n
Arnold Palmer Odds<\/b><\/h2>\n
Bay Hill, Florida, welcomes many of the game’s top players this weekend. Six of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking will play Arnie’s event.<\/p>\n
The SuperBook has No. 6 Rory McIlroy the frontrunner at 7\/1. He’s followed by No. 2 Justin Rose at 10\/1, and No. 3 Brooks Koepka and No. 6 Rickie Fowler at 12\/1. No. 5 Bryson DeChambeau is at 16\/1, and No. 10 Francesco Molinari longer at 25\/1.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nBetting on the outright winner of a golf tournament is a difficult win, but does provide large returns.<\/p>\n
Last week, a bettor put $30 on Keith Mitchel at 190\/1 odds to win the Honda Classic. The first-time victor who was ranked No. 162 prior to the tournament delivered the gambler a net win of $5,700.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods won’t be teeing it up this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill due to ongoing complications stemming from a neck strain. The eight-time winner of the event took to Twitter to inform fans and PGA Tour officials of his withdrawal. “Unfortunately, due to a neck strain that I’ve had for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":99869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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