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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Phil Mickelson has never been afraid to fail, even though he can look spectacular in doing just that.
Big-time money won’t sway two men from selling pieces of golf history at the Masters.
The PGA Tour moves from Florida to Texas this week for the Shell Houston Open. Phil Mickelson won the event a year ago and is back to defend his title, along with a solid field that includes Steve Stricker, Charl Schwartzel, Hunter Mahan, and many others.
NEW YORK, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – KPMG LLP and golf champion Phil Mickelson have paired to launch 'Blue for Books,' a nationwide charitable initiative designed to put thousands of books into the …
Tiger Woods is back, Rory McIlroy is hot, and Phil Mickelson is his old, unpredictable self. With all three scoring a victory leading up to the Masters, the anticipation is high that we could see something very special at Augusta next week.
Like Rory McIlroy’s reign as the No. 1-ranked player in the world, his run as the favorite to win the Masters didn’t last very long.
With his win at Bay Hill, Tiger Woods was tabbed the new favorite to win at Augusta by Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Sportsbook (formerly the Las Vegas Hilton), who released updated odds on Sunday evening.
Woods, a 7/1 pick to win at the start of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, moved to the front of the pack with his emphatic win and now stands as the 4/1 favorite to win the first major of the year.
With the Azaleas in bloom at Augusta National and Woods officially atop Vegas’ Masters odds, it feels like everything’s right in the golf world.
Here’s a rundown of Las Vegas Hotel and Casino’s top 10 to win the Masters (and a couple of interesting Tiger and Rory prop bets):
RORY McILROY 5/1
TIGER WOODS 4/1
PHIL MICKELSON 10/1
LEE WESTWOOD 18/1
LUKE DONALD 15/1
ADAM SCOTT 25/1
JASON DAY 40/1
DUSTIN JOHNSON 30/1
NICK WATNEY 40/1
MARTIN KAYMER 60/1
The rest of the odds come after the jump.
• Five-shot win over Graham McDowell is first victory since 2009
• ‘It’s not like winning a major championship but it feels good’
Tiger Woods is a winner again, the new favourite for the coming Masters at Augusta and, perhaps most significantly, the man to beat in golf. The former world No1, without an official victory anywhere in the world since his career and reputation were ripped apart by personal scandal in November 2009, looked remarkably like his former self on Sunday as he cruised to a five-shot victory at the Bay Hill Invitational in Orlando.
“It’s not like winning a major championship but it feels good,” Woods said, trying hard to play down the significance of a win that will resonate beyond the world of professional golf.
Never has a professional athlete dominate his sport in the way that Woods once did and never has a dominant figure fallen so far. Scandal caused the initial damage and it was componded by an injury and his decision to change his swing. At one point last year he was ranked outside the world’s top 50, leading some observers to suggest he might never win a tournament again, far less add to his total of 14 major championship wins.
Graeme McDowell, who started Sunday’s final round one shot behind Woods and briefly threatened to give him a meaningful contest before slipping away, was first to herald the American’s victory as “great for the game”.
“It was good to have a front-row seat to watch perhaps the greatest who has ever played the game do what he does best,” the Northern Irishman said.
He and the rest of the golfing world will get another chance to judge exactly that in 10 days’ time when Woods will tee up for the first round of the 2012 Masters. Sunday’s victory saw him reinstalled as the tournament favourite ahead of Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and world No1 Luke Donald – a status that some, not least McIlroy, have cause to dismiss.
Woods, too, was taking nothing for granted although he did not hide his excitment at what lies ahead. “Going into Augusta I’ve still got some work to do but I’m excited about the things we have accomplished,” he said.
