{"id":4117,"date":"2009-04-07T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T00:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/tiger-woods-phil-mickelson-heavy-favorites-in-2009-masters-betting\/"},"modified":"2009-04-07T19:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T00:31:00","slug":"tiger-woods-phil-mickelson-heavy-favorites-in-2009-masters-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/tiger-woods-phil-mickelson-heavy-favorites-in-2009-masters-betting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson Heavy Favorites in 2009 Masters Betting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It&#8217;s a tradition like no other\u2014betting on the <\/span><\/font><st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> Masters. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The only suspense about the <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=111\"><u><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>2009 Masters odds<\/span><\/font><\/u><\/a><\/u> is how prohibitive of a favorite Tiger Woods would be. &#8220;We&#8217;ve saw him even money at the US Open&#8221; says <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><u>sports handicapper<\/u><\/a><\/u> Stevie Vincent, a Vegas betting line unprecedented in the <span class=SpellE>PGA<\/span> Majors. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Eldrick<\/span><\/font><\/span> Woods is a slightly more mortal 7-4 to wear the Green Jacket again. Chief rival Phil Mickelson is next at 7-1, while the rest of the field qualifies as long shots. <span class=SpellE>Padraig<\/span> Harrington and Geoff Ogilvy top the best of the rest at 16-1. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For those looking for dark horses in their Masters Calcutta, one top golf expert says there are some quality <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=5160\"><u>long shot bets<\/u><\/a><\/u> to beat the Masters betting line. The possibilities are headlined by <span class=SpellE>Henrik<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Stenson<\/span>. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Will there by a hole in one at the 2009 Masters? The oddsmakers say yes is a 5-4 prospect.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Golf experts can also choose from endless <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.betus.com\/ats\/10499\/sportsbook\/golf-lines.aspx\"><u>proposition bets<\/u><\/a><\/u>. Who will be the top Spaniard, European, Asian, teenager, or left-hander? All these options are available. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CBS is streaming exclusive coverage of Amen Corner and bettors can wager on the &#8220;Amen Corner Special.&#8221; Who will complete holes 11, 12 and 13 in the fewest strokes? Not surprisingly Tiger Woods is the favorite, but at a tempting +300. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&#8220;Handicap&#8221; in golf has a completely different meaning at the <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\"><u>sportsbooks<\/u><\/a><\/u> than on the hallowed grounds of <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Augusta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. The best golf handicappers can have their own personal &#8220;Win for the Ages.&#8221; <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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>It&#8217;s a tradition like no other\u2014betting on the U.S. Masters. The only suspense about the 2009 Masters odds is how prohibitive of a favorite Tiger Woods would be. &#8220;We&#8217;ve saw him even money at the US Open&#8221; says sports handicapper Stevie Vincent, a Vegas betting line unprecedented in the PGA Majors. Eldrick Woods is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/tiger-woods-phil-mickelson-heavy-favorites-in-2009-masters-betting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson Heavy Favorites in 2009 Masters Betting<\/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-4117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117","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=4117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}