{"id":9854,"date":"2011-08-03T04:08:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T04:08:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-08-03T05:08:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T05:08:23","slug":"Tiger-Woods-has-20-1-odds-to-win-in-golf-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9854","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods has 20-1 odds to win in golf return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tiger Woods hasn\u2019t played a full round of tournament golf in almost four months. <\/strong>That isn\u2019t stopping Las Vegas bettors from wagering he\u2019ll win for the eighth time at Firestone Country Club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woods returns to competition tomorrow at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio<\/strong>, after recovering from knee and Achilles tendon injuries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woods has 20-1 odds to win this week, tied for fifth-best in the field of 77 players, even though he hasn\u2019t won a title since the Australian Masters 21 months ago.<\/strong> He\u2019s been the most popular golfer at the Las Vegas Hilton\u2019s Race and Sports Book, picked on more than 10 percent of tickets. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Northern Ireland\u2019s Rory McIlroy, who won the U.S. Open in June while Woods was rehabilitating, is the 12-1 favorite this week, according to the Las Vegas Hilton.<\/strong> Luke Donald, who holds the No. 1 spot in golf\u2019s Official World Ranking, is listed at 15-1 along with fellow Englishman Lee Westwood and Steve Stricker of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woods, who has dropped to 28th in the world, has the same odds as fellow Americans Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson.<\/strong> Woods ranks third all-time to Sam Snead and Jack Nicklaus with 71 career U.S. PGA Tour wins and said yesterday he\u2019s excited to end his layoff.<\/p>\n<p><em>via Bloomberg.com<\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger Woods hasn\u2019t played a full round of tournament golf in almost four months. 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