TIGER WOODS US OPEN BETTING
By
SPORTSBETTING.COM
It wasn’t unrealistic for Tiger Woods to believe
he had a legitimate shot at the Grand Slam in 2008
before the start of the Masters at Augusta. But the
best golfer in the world stumbled in the first
major, putting an early damper on the Grand Slam
talk….and then he had knee surgery.
So exactly what Tiger Woods will tee-off this
week at the US Open is an interesting question.
His knee appears to be sufficiently healed,
although he has been using a cart on practice
rounds, and hadn’t played a full 18 holes since the
Masters until this week. He loves the Torrey Pines
course and it is a Major, so the odds are good he’ll
be in the mix come Sunday.
There is a full U.S. Open betting menu, including
options for Tiger, such as:
he is +250 to win the U.S. Open and even though
he is the odds-on favorite and the line isn’t
offering a lot of value, he might be worth the wager
as he has won six times at this course in San Diego.
But although Tiger is chomping at the bit to get
back at it, there are others to consider
One of Tiger’s biggest rivals, Phil Mickelson, is
+500 to beat out Woods and the rest of the field in
San Diego.
The USGA sneered at the wishes of the TV
broadcaster and did fans a favor by pairing Tiger
and Lefty together on Thursday and Friday.
SPORTSBETTING.COM has a Head-To-Head Matchup bet
option with Woods favored at -140 and Mickelson.
The two were paired together once before at the
U.S. Open back in 1999 in the third round. It wasn’t
Tiger’s best round as he failed to birdie any holes
and finished the round at 1-over par. Mickelson on
the other hand fared much better shooting under par
in every hole until he broke even three times and
went 1-over once in the final four holes finishing
the round at even par.
Bettors like Woods in this one, as he is
receiving a majority of action, grabbing 66% of the
early action wagered, while Phil sits at 34%.
Tiger is getting even more of the action in the
full tournament matchup betting vs. Lefty with 79%
of the betting action going Woods’ way.
Other matchup bets that are seeing steady betting
action:
Bettors seem to have forgotten that Geoff Ogilvy
won the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in New York a mere
two years ago as Ogilvy is only seeing 29% of the
betting action and partner Padraig Harrington is
getting 71%.
Sergio Garcia is teamed with Vijay Singh and is
seeing 59% of the action.
But as usual, all eyes will be on Tiger as he
tries to capture the U.S. Open; take win No. 7 at
Torrey Pines and shake off the rust from a two month
layoff after having knee surgery.
Enjoy all the golf from San Diego.
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