{"id":3511,"date":"2018-03-20T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=3511"},"modified":"2018-03-21T11:37:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T11:37:21","slug":"rory-tiger-bookies-running-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/news-events\/rory-tiger-bookies-running-scared\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory and Tiger have Bookies running scared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is all change in the Masters betting with former world number ones Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods heading the market for the run-in to Augusta<\/p>\n<p>At the turn of the year, neither McIlroy or Woods were near the head of the betting, with in-form Americans such as world number one Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas dominating.<\/p>\n<p>However, it is former world number one pair McIlroy and Woods who have the Bookmakers running scared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After his weekend win at the Bay Hill, McIlroy has seen his odds slashed and he is now 8\/1 favourite to capture his maiden Green jacket at Augusta, the only Major he needs to become only the sixth player to complete the Grand Slam,&#8221; said OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But McIlroy&#8217;s biggest rival could be one of the Grand Slam winners in the shape of Woods &#8211; indeed he has won each at least three times, but his last major was back in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, Woods has seemingly shaken off years of injury problems, and has two back-to-back top-ten finishes and the Bookmakers have him in at 9\/1 &#8211; remarkable when you think that Woods is still ranked outside the top-100.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is clear from what we are seeing that Bookmakers are scared of McIlroy and Woods, they are the fans&#8217; favourites and they are seeing the vast majority of the money &#8211; victory in Georgia for either would be terrible news for the Bookies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, that said &#8211; it does mean there is real value elsewhere in the field, especially amongst the other top-ten players in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected Masters betting:<\/strong><br \/>\nRory McIlroy 8\/1<br \/>\nTiger Woods 9\/1<br \/>\nDustin Johnson 9\/1<br \/>\nJustin Thomas 10\/1<br \/>\nJordan Spieth 11\/1<br \/>\nJason Day 14\/1<br \/>\nJustin Rose 14\/1<br \/>\nJon Rahm 14\/1<br \/>\nPhil Mickelson 16\/1<br \/>\nRickie Fowler 16\/1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"865\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-768x306.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is all change in the Masters betting with former world number ones Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods heading the market for the run-in to Augusta At the turn of the year, neither McIlroy or Woods were near the head of the betting, with in-form Americans such as world number one Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74,1640,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-events","category-press-release","category-sports-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Masters Betting: McIlroy &amp; Woods Have Bookies on Edge<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods lead Masters betting as bookies fear their potential wins. 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