Hobbling, rusty Tiger Woods still a betting favorite as Masters opens

Tiger Woods is making another miraculous comeback, and golf fans are hoping to cash in. 

Woods is the most popular bet to win the Masters just 14 months after suffering significant leg injuries in a car accident. He is listed at 40-1 odds by the betting site DraftKings Sportsbook. 

“Woods is now ahead of everyone by over 1,000 tickets,” Max Meyer, spokesperson for Caesars Sportsbook, told ESPN’s David Purdum.

Woods was 14-1 — the lowest odds in his 15 major wins — when he won his fifth green jacket in 2019 at the tournament in Augusta, Georgia, which opens Thursday and will crown a new champion Sunday.

“Tiger winning the Masters would be the worst result for us at any golf tournament since we started operating in the U.S. by far,” Jay Croucher, head of trading for PointsBet, told Bleacher Report.

Sports books are now hoping Spanish star Jon Rahm or another young superstar will take home the title instead of Woods, according to Bleacher Report.