Sports Book Golf Betting Masters Odds

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Sports Book Golf Betting Masters Odds
WITHOUT TIGER, ARE WE LEFT WITH LEFTY?

I'm sure it is arguable that the British Open may, from year-to-year, have the weakest field of the four majors, simply because there are a lot of guy who don't want to play it. But I would submit that the Masters is the least competitive of the four majors in one respect - there are probably less players with a real chance to win than any of the others.

One of the reasons is because the mandatory invite list brings players who naturally don't have a chance, like the U.S. Public Links champ, for example, but more to the point, it's the course itself. The Masters is the only major that is played on the same course every year, and it goes without saying that the more experience a player has over it, the better chance there is going to be to negotiate it. Only eleven times in the 71 years of the competition has someone hit the winner's circle in his third try or less.

Also, the dimensions of the course virtually eliminate a lot of players. Because of the general lack of rough (yes, they have included some, but not a lot - Bobby Jones, the founder of the tournament, didn't believe in it), and the length of the course, distance off the tee is ultimately rewarded more than anything. So you have to be a reasonably long hitter.

That having been said, let's take a look at some props for this year's tournament, as they appear at BetUS Sportsbook. And we might as well get one out of the way from the outset, because this exercise of picking a possible winner isn't even worthwhile if we're going with Tiger Woods, know what I mean?

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