Current odds from William Hill:
Tiger Woods 7-4
Lee Westwood 20-1
Padraig Harrington 22-1
Phil Mickelson 25-1
Hunter Mahan 35-1
Steve Stricker 35-1
Retief Goosen 35-1
Sergio Garcia 45-1
50-1 bar (and in fact most are 66-1 or more).
Yes, that's pretty much "if Tiger doesn't win, you can put a quid on virtually everyone else in the field, and probably expect to get your money back".
Insane odds, surely, given that Tiger (despite last week's WGC win) has failed to deliver in any of the majors so far this year. Okay, so too have any of the other "favourites", and after Cabrera, Glover and Cink I'm not sticking my neck out to predict who might pop up out of the longrange shots this week to win (although I always have an each-way 50p on Sean O'Hair, and Robert Allenby also seems like a good punt at 90-1). But Tiger at less than 2-1, and the second favourite at 20-1? There's got to be something wrong with that market, hasn't there?
Tiger Woods 7-4
Lee Westwood 20-1
Padraig Harrington 22-1
Phil Mickelson 25-1
Hunter Mahan 35-1
Steve Stricker 35-1
Retief Goosen 35-1
Sergio Garcia 45-1
50-1 bar (and in fact most are 66-1 or more).
Yes, that's pretty much "if Tiger doesn't win, you can put a quid on virtually everyone else in the field, and probably expect to get your money back".
Insane odds, surely, given that Tiger (despite last week's WGC win) has failed to deliver in any of the majors so far this year. Okay, so too have any of the other "favourites", and after Cabrera, Glover and Cink I'm not sticking my neck out to predict who might pop up out of the longrange shots this week to win (although I always have an each-way 50p on Sean O'Hair, and Robert Allenby also seems like a good punt at 90-1). But Tiger at less than 2-1, and the second favourite at 20-1? There's got to be something wrong with that market, hasn't there?
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