WOODS YOU BELIEVE IT!
Tiger longest odds ever to win sixth Green Jacket
TIGER WOODS has drifted out to his longestever Masters odds since his name appeared on the updated entry list for the first Major of the season.
The American superstar, 48, will tee up in his 26th Masters with the aim of setting a new record of cuts made at Augusta.
But the odds of winning a record-equalling sixth Green Jacket have actually risen since the world No.941 remained on the invite list on the 2024 Masters App last week.
Woods is unlikely to play any warm-up events and has not finished a PGA Tour event for 13 months. The 15-time Major winner pulled out during the third round in
Augusta last year with a foot problem and withdrew after 24 holes at the Genesis Invitational in February because of flu.
His last active involvement in the PGA
Tour was hosting talks with the Saudi
Public Investment Fund – and Newcastle chairman Yasser Al-rumayyan – in the
Bahamas last week.
Woods produced a golfing miracle by winning the Masters in 2019 – his 14th top-10 finish there – but bookies don’t reckon he can repeat history if he does tee up on April 11.
William Hill spokesman Lee Phelps, said: “It doesn’t look like Tiger will play again before Augusta and that means he’ll have had less than two competitive rounds this year, which is hardly the prep he needs.
“After his name was added to the Masters field last week, we’ve seen a drift on his price for a sixth Green Jacket. He’s now 125-1 having been 100-1 prior to the announcement. But the 10-1 about him finishing in the top 10 will appeal to plenty of punters.”
Last year Woods made the cut at Augusta for the 23rd consecutive time to tie the all-time record with Gary Player and Fred Couples.
Dan Kilbridge, of Bookies.com, said Woods was 80-1 last year and 50-1 on his professional debut in 1997 when he won by 12 shots.
“Tiger Woods’ Masters odds have been getting longer throughout the build-up to Augusta National,” he said. “The big concern is a lack of preparation.”