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2008 Masters Predictions & Odds
It's time for a tradition unlike any other. We're talking the Masters and no
player will get more air time this week than four-time Master's champ Tiger
Woods. The hands down world number one has been on a tear and that has
prompted Bodoglife sportsbook to list
him as the
heavy favorite at 1-1 odds. With no value in taking Woods at all, is he
still the bet sharps and wiseguys will be making? In this article we'll take
a closer look at Tiger Woods odds to win the Masters to see if he is worth
betting on this week.
Why Take Tiger?
Tigers Woods is the best golfer on the planet and many experts have already
penciled him in as the greatest of all time. More experts yet have
considered him the most dominant star athlete in any sport – closer to being
Michael Jordan-like than even Lebron James or Kobe Bryant by a landslide.
Woods is a perfectionist, with precision strokes and unrivaled mental
toughness. Tiger won the first three tournaments of 2008 before finally
falling off in the WGC-CA Championship, and by falling off I mean he
finished fifth. Tigers' iron play has been sensation early this season and
as a result, he is ranked first in the PGA in hitting greens in regulation.
He is also ranked third in putting average and this is huge because every
golfer will tell you that winning at Augusta comes down to making puts.
Tiger has not tried on a green jacket since 2005, so with as well as he's
playing, this could be the year he gets back in the winner's circle.
Why Fade Tiger?
You should be looking at PGA Tour betting as a season long venture and not
just on an event to event basis. Tiger Woods will be the heavy favorite in
every single tournament he enters and he never shows much value. You could
take woods in every tournament this season and have more wins than those who
go after long shots, but you could still end up in the negative. If you hit
a homerun with one nice sized dog, you will have had a better, more
profitable season. Tiger struggled making putts at times in the CA
Championship and that's what cost him his fourth straight tournament win
this season. The margin between winning and losing is so slim and because of
that, I can't see making such a poor value bet here – especially when every
golfer picks up their game for the Majors.
Check out our 2008 Masters
Predictions to see who Jimmy Boyd thinks you should be putting your
money behind at Augusta.
Do your Masters betting and all your
PGA Tour
betting at Bodoglife.com. No sportsbook
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online sportsbook.
April 6th, 2008
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