Lee Westwood Odds to Win the 2012 US Masters at 16 to 1

Written by :

Don Shapiro

Published on :

5 April, 2012

Looking at the leaderboard after the first round of the 2012 US Masters we find that Lee Westwood sat atop the pack. His odds of winning the US Masters this year were 16-1 opening at WagerWeb.com. Odds are available overnight and during the morning hours heading into the next round.

If you think the action coming out of Augusta this weekend is going to be somewhat subpar, you obviously haven’t been following the latest Masters odds. As the planet’s premier golfers get set to tee off for the 76^th annual installment of this preeminent event, links fans found themselves mesmerized by a serious three-way race between Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson that was heavy on the drama coming in Thursday’s play.

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Tiger Woods is always a Masters staple, but he hasn’t grabbed a green jacket since his fourth victory back in 2005. Fresh from a storybook win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tiger’s personal trials and tribulations have been relegated to the bottom of his golf bag, but can he shelve them for good at the 2012 Masters? Will he find redemption and end a surprising seven-year drought? Woods was at EVEN after Day 1 of play and does have a penchant for catching up quickly over the course of the weekend. His odds were 5/1 coming into the tournament.

Of course Tiger isn’t the only man seeking redemption, as Rory McIlroy hopes to erase last year’s tragic collapse and you can’t count 2011 champ Phil Mickelson out, even after an off year.

When it comes to Masters odds, it’s more than just the overall winner that matters. At wagerweb.com you can entertain the long shots, guess the winner’s nationality, predict the margin of victory, or take a stab at who will lead after the first round.

-5 Lee Westwood (Britain) 17 holes

-4 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 18

-3 Paul Lawrie (Britain) 18

Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 18

Francesco Molinari (Italy) 18

Ben Crane 18

Jason Dufner 18

Peter Hanson (Sweden) 14

-2 Zach Johnson 18

Scott Stallings 17

Sergio Garcia (Spain) 15

Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 15