Tiger Woods Hangs on, Massive Betting Impact and Updated Odds Heading Into Round 3
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BetOnline sees 29% bet count increase over last year with Tiger having not participated
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Woods was still coming in at 66-1 odds of winning this year's Masters after opening at 45-1
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Scott Scheffler sat atop the leaderboard heading into Saturday and ties the Masters record with a 5-shot lead
Tiger Woods ended the day strong again on Friday finishing among the top 20 in the 2022 Masters.
For the sportsbooks, Tiger's comeback following a horrific crash just over a year ago that nearly left him paralyzed, has provided a tremendous boost.
Dave Mason of BetOnline claims the numbers have gone "through the roof".
Golf action goes through the roof when Tiger participates.
— Dave Mason (@DaveMasonBOL) April 8, 2022
Here is how our golf action increased this past Tuesday-Thursday compared to Tues-Th for Masters week 2021 (no Tiger):
Bet Count
Up 29%
Unique Bettors
Up 34%
$$$ Bet
Up 58%
Thanks Tiger (just pease dont win)! pic.twitter.com/frtviIm1WK
Woods had performed much better during the first round. On Friday, his play was up and down. Still it was plenty good to keep him in contention.
His round of 2-over 74 on Friday left him at 1 over for the tournament and tied for 19th place — though nine shots behind runaway leader Scottie Scheffler.
“Made the cut on one leg,” caddie Joe LaCava said afterward, while Woods was signing his card and preparing for a post-round visit to Butler Cabin. “Wasn’t so bad, was it?”
Woods opened at 45-1 to win this year's Masters and was at 66-1 coming into Round 3.
Scheffler promises a $1600 payout on a $100 bet with a win this weekend. Heading into Saturday, his odds were slashed all the way down to EVEN.
There's a reason for that huge disparity. Scheffler ties the Masters record with a 5-shot lead. He's the sixth golfer to ever do so.
"I think I'm still playing against the golf course out there,'' Scheffler said. "And there's a bunch of other guys in he field. So I can't be paying too much attention to them either way.''
Shane Lowry entered Saturday's play second on the Masters leaderboard.
The 2019 Open Championship winner from England had relatively long odds of walking away with a victory in this year's Masters, promising a payout of $5500 on a $100 bet. Those odds were now 14-1 entering the third round of play.
“One of the better rounds of my career,” said Lowry. “Quite satisfying to do it around this golf course when you need it.” Technically it was Lowry’s third 68 at Augusta, tying his career best in the opening round of 2016 and third round in 2020. But considering the gusting winds he played through on Friday, it was the best of them.
“It was quite tricky out there, quite difficult, and I managed to play some good golf and hole some nice putts at the right times,” Lowry said. “I'm, obviously, very happy with my score. There was a lot more disappointed standing here yesterday, and, yeah, I'm in a great position going into the weekend.”
Odds to Win The Masters (Upd. after Rd 2)
Scottie Scheffler
-105
Cameron Smith
+1200
Hideki Matsuyama
+1300
Dustin Johnson
+1400
Shane Lowry
+1400
Justin Thomas
+1600
Sungjae Im
+2200
Collin Morikawa
+2500
Will Zalatoris
+4000
Joaquin Niemann
+5000
Harold Varner III
+5000
Charl Schwartzel
+6600
Corey Conners
+6600
Tiger Woods
+6600
Jon Rahm
+7000
Matthew Fitzpatrick
+7000
Kevin Na
+7000
Rory McIIroy
+7500
Patrick Cantlay
+8000
Danny Willett
+12500
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
+20000
Tony Finau
+20000
Kevin Kisner
+25000
Webb Simpson
+25000
J J Spaun
+25000
Tyrell Hatton
+25000
Daniel Berger
+25000
Lee Westwood
+25000
Si Woo Kim
+30000
Bubba Watson
+30000
Viktor Hovland
+30000
Sergio Garcia
+35000
Robert MacIntyre
+35000
Adam Scott
+40000
Talor Gooch
+40000
Tommy Fleetwood
+40000
Jason Kokrak
+50000
Russell Henley
+50000
Billy Horschel
+50000
Max Homa
+50000
Patrick Reed
+50000
Sepp Straka
+50000
Tom Hoge
+50000
Hudson Swafford
+50000
Marc Leishman
+60000
Cameron Champ
+60000
Harry Higgs
+60000
Seamus Power
+60000
Cameron Davis
+60000
Lucas Glover
+60000
Mackenzie Hughes
+60000
Min Woo Lee
+60000
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- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com
