Tiger Bookmaker's Fave To Win British Open
Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:43 Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:19
Tiger Woods remains the oddsmakers’ favorite to capture next month’s British Open even though he isn’t among the 15 different players who have won golf’s past 15 major championships.
Woods’s drought in the four majors has reached four years after tying for 21st place at the U.S. Open in San Francisco, his worst four-round finish at the tournament.
His next chance to get within three of Jack Nicklaus’s record 18 Grand Slam titles will be at the July 19-22 British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in northwest England.
Woods, 36, is listed as the 10-1 favorite for the season’s third major, according to the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino’s sports book.
While Woods hasn’t won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open, he remains popular with bettors. Woods last week had “by far the most money on him,” according to Jeff Sherman, LVH’s assistant sports book manager.
“Betting support for Tiger helped contribute to his favoritism for the British Open,” Sherman said.
Woods won the British Open Championship in 2000 with his second and third titles coming in 2005 and 2006. In the past five years, he missed the tournament twice because of injury, failed to make the cut for weekend play in 2009, tied for 12th in 2007 and tied for 23rd in 2010.
Although he slipped out of contention at the U.S. Open by shooting 8-over par during the final two rounds, he said he was encouraged by his ball-striking at the Olympic Club.
Woods will play in two more events -- the AT&T National in Bethesda, Maryland, from June 28 to July 1 and the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, from July 5-8 -- before traveling to Lancashire, England, for the British Open.
“There’s a lot of positives to be taken away,” Woods said after the U.S. Open. “I just gotta apply them.”
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and England’s Lee Westwood are tied as the second choice at 12-1. Englishman Luke Donald, who’s No. 1 in golf’s Official World Ranking, has 20-1 odds to win his first major championship.
Phil Mickelson has 30-1 odds to win the British Open, tied with Justin Rose, Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Rickie Fowler, Jason Dufner, Graeme McDowell and Padraig Harrington.
Here's a rundown of Las Vegas Hotel and Casino's top 10 to win the British Open (also included are a couple of interesting Tiger and Rory McIlory 'prop' bets):
TIGER WOODS 10/1
RORY McILROY 12/1
LEE WESTWOOD 12/1
LUKE DONALD 20/1
PHIL MICKELSON 30/1
JUSTIN ROSE 30/1
SERGIO GARCIA 30/1
MARTIN KAYMER 30/1
RICKIE FOWLER 30/1
JASON DUFNER 30/1
GRAEME McDOWELL 30/1
PADRAIG HARRINGTON 30/1
ERNIE ELS 40/1
DUSTIN JOHNSON 40/1
WEBB SIMPSON 40/1
ADAM SCOTT 40/1
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN 40/1
BUBBA WATSON 40/1
JIM FURYK 50/1
MATT KUCHAR 50/1
HUNTER MAHAN 50/1
STEVE STRICKER 50/1
JASON DAY 50/1
IAN POULTER 50/1
CHARL SCHWARTZEL 50/1
NICK WATNEY 60/1
KEEGAN BRADLEY 60/1
PETER HANSON 60/1
BEN CURTIS 60/1
NICOLAS COLSAERTS 60/1
PAUL LAWRIE 60/1
K.J. CHOI 80/1
RETIEF GOOSEN 80/1
FREDRIK JACOBSON 80/1
THOMAS BJORN 80/1
FRANCESCO MOLINARI 80/1
HENRIK STENSON 80/1
BO VAN PELT 80/1
ZACH JOHNSON 80/1
MATTEO MANASSERO 80/1
GEOFF OGILVY 100/1
BILL HAAS 100/1
MARTIN LAIRD 100/1
CARL PETTERSSON 100/1
BRANDEN GRACE 100/1
GEORGE COETZEE 100/1
ROBERT KARLSSON 100/1
ROSS FISHER 100/1
JOHN SENDEN 100/1
PAUL CASEY 100/1
AARON BADDELEY 125/1
BRANDT SNEDEKER 125/1
DAVID TOMS 125/1
ALVARO QUIROS 125/1
JONATHAN BYRD 125/1
RYAN MOORE 125/1
KEVIN NA 125/1
SIMON DYSON 125/1
JEFF OVERTON 125/1
TOM LEWIS 125/1
DARREN CLARKE 150/1
RYO ISHIKAWA 150/1
DAVIS LOVE III 150/1
VIJAY SINGH 150/1
BEN CRANE 150/1
KYLE STANLEY 150/1
CHARLES HOWELL III 150/1
ROBERT ALLENBY 150/1
STEWART CINK 150/1
GARY WOODLAND 150/1
JOHN HUH 150/1
RAPHAEL JACQUELIN 150/1
ALEXANDER NOREN 150/1
JOOST LUITEN 150/1
ANGEL CABRERA 150/1
MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ 150/1
GREG CHALMERS 150/1
ROBERT ROCK 150/1
CHAD CAMPBELL 150/1
ANDRES ROMERO 150/1
SEAN O'HAIR 150/1
RORY SABBATINI 150/1
ANDERS HANSEN 150/1
Y.E. YANG 150/1
HARRIS ENGLISH 150/1
TIM CLARK 150/1
CAMILO VILLEGAS 150/1
TREVOR IMMELMAN 200/1
GONZALO FERNANDEZ-CASTANO 200/1
PABLO LARRAZABAL 200/1
PATRICK CANTLAY 200/1
KYUNG-TAE KIM 200/1
SANG-MOON BAE 200/1
JOHNSON WAGNER 200/1
LUCAS GLOVER 200/1
JUSTIN LEONARD 250/1
JOHN DALY 250/1
TOM WATSON 300/1
DAVID DUVAL 500/1
FIELD (all others) 8/1
EXACT NUMBER OF 2012 MAJOR WINS BY: TIGER WOODS
ODDS TO WIN:
O MAJORS 1/6
1 MAJOR 4/1
2 MAJORS 25/1
3 MAJORS XX
4 MAJORS (GRAND SLAM) XX
EXACT NUMBER OF 2012 MAJOR WINS BY: RORY McILROY
ODDS TO WIN:
0 MAJORS 1/9
1 MAJOR 5/1
2 MAJORS 30/1
3 MAJORS XX
4 MAJORS (GRAND SLAM) XX
