{"id":4064,"date":"2009-04-04T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T23:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/golf-betting-top-five-masters-moments\/"},"modified":"2009-04-04T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-04T23:24:00","slug":"golf-betting-top-five-masters-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/golf-betting-top-five-masters-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Betting: Top Five Masters Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if !mso]>  \n\n<style>v\\:* {   BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)  }  o\\:* {   BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)  }  w\\:* {   BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)  }  .shape {   BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML)  }  <\/style>\n\n  <![endif]-->  <\/p>\n<style>  <!--   \/* Font Definitions *\/   @font-face   {font-family:\"Cambria Math\";   panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}  @font-face   {font-family:Calibri;   panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}  @font-face   {font-family:Tahoma;   panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}   \/* Style Definitions *\/   p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal   {margin:0in;   margin-bottom:.0001pt;   font-size:11.0pt;   font-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\";}  a:link, span.MsoHyperlink   {mso-style-priority:99;   color:blue;   text-decoration:underline;}  a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed   {mso-style-priority:99;   color:purple;   text-decoration:underline;}  p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate   {mso-style-priority:99;   mso-style-link:\"Balloon Text Char\";   margin:0in;   margin-bottom:.0001pt;   font-size:8.0pt;   font-family:\"Tahoma\",\"sans-serif\";}  span.EmailStyle17   {mso-style-type:personal-compose;   font-family:\"Calibri\",\"sans-serif\";   color:windowtext;}  span.BalloonTextChar   {mso-style-name:\"Balloon Text Char\";   mso-style-priority:99;   mso-style-link:\"Balloon Text\";   font-family:\"Tahoma\",\"sans-serif\";}  .MsoChpDefault   {mso-style-type:export-only;}  @page Section1   {size:8.5in 11.0in;   margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}  div.Section1   {page:Section1;}  -->  <\/style>\n<p>  <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>   <o:shapedefaults ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"2050\">  <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>   <o:shapelayout ext=\"edit\">    <o:idmap ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\">   <\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]-->  <\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><o:p><span style=\";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;\"  ><\/span><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:16;\"  ><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:16;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/betting-edge\/Masters-odds-875.aspx\">Masters   betting<\/a> players always look to April with fondness, because that means The   Masters is right around the corner. The venerable tournament is arguably the   most prestigious event on the PGA Tour, and watching the players walk through   Augusta National Golf Club is almost like a dream. Here&#8217;s a look back at some of   the best Masters moments, in no particular order.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >Arnie vs Jack   (1960-1966)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >Masters betting   players would have had their hands full in this era, as a young Jack Nicklaus   emerged to challenge the &#8220;King,&#8221; Arnold Palmer. Between 1960 and 1966, these   greats won the Masters six times, three apiece. From &#8217;64 to &#8217;66, both finished   in the top four. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >Tiger&#8217;s first   one (1997)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >In only his   third trip to Augusta, and second after missing the cut in his first pro visit,   Woods slaughtered the field for a 12-shot victory, becoming the first non-white   player to win The Masters, and his -18 is still the best score at Augusta. From   here on out, Woods would be the prohibitive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/betting-edge\/Masters-odds-875.aspx\">Masters   betting<\/a> favorite, much like this year.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >Tiger&#8217;s chip on   16 (2005)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >Woods reached   the 16<sup>th<\/sup> hole in 2005 locked in a fierce Sunday battle with Chris   DiMarco, hitting his tee shot on the par-3 hole just to left of the green. Woods   aimed his chip about 20 feet to the left of the hole, let it run down the slope,   and the ball just happened to stop on the lip (Nike swoosh showing, of course)   before dropping. Verne Lundquist&#8217;s call of the shot (&#8220;In your life, have you   seen anything like that?&#8221;) will go down in broadcasting   history.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >Augusta hates   Norman (1987, 1996)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >Poor Greg   Norman\u2026the &#8220;Shark&#8221; won a pair of majors, but he&#8217;ll be remembered more for the   ones he lost. 1986, he just lost to a 46-year-old Jack Nicklaus who was playing   out of his mind, that&#8217;s fair. 1987, he lost on a 140-foot chip shot by Augusta   native Larry Mize in a playoff, so you have to say the gods were smiling on   Mize. But &#8217;96 was the worst, as Norman shot a Sunday 78 to squander a six-stroke   lead against Nick Faldo, who shot a 67. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/betting-edge\/Masters-odds-875.aspx\">Masters   betting<\/a> players would learn to stay away from Norman.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >Nicklaus defies   age (1986)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  ><o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\";font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';font-size:12;\"  >In one of the   most famously improbable moments not just in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/betting-edge\/Masters-odds-875.aspx\">Masters   betting<\/a> history, but in sports history, the Golden Bear shot a 30 on the   back nine of Augusta, including an eagle-birdie-birdie run on holes 15-17, to   steal the Masters. The image of him raising his putter and celebrating an   18-foot putt on the 17<sup>th<\/sup> hole remains one of golf&#8217;s most iconic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masters betting players always look to April with fondness, because that means The Masters is right around the corner. The venerable tournament is arguably the most prestigious event on the PGA Tour, and watching the players walk through Augusta National Golf Club is almost like a dream. Here&#8217;s a look back at some of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/golf-betting-top-five-masters-moments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Golf Betting: Top Five Masters Moments<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4064\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}