The 2011 Masters Golf Tournament

You know spring has arrived when golfers and hackers start talking about the Masters Golf tournament. In fact, the offshore sportsbooks like Bookmaker Sportsbook have begun releasing golf odds payouts on who will win the 2011 Masters Golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia this spring.

As usual, the Vegas Sportsbook know they will get some Tiger Woods money, even though he’s not playing his best golf these days, and they’ve put him a +615 favorite over current champion Phil Mickelson (+650). If you wanted to wager on Tiger to win the Masters, a $100 wager will net you a payout of $615 dollars.

Betting on the Masters is a great way to make some money, because some of the current favorites are starting to see their game slip and look for a young newcomer like Anthony Kim or Dustin Johnson to make some noise.

Master Information

Location: Augusta, Georgia, USA
Established in 1934
Course: Augusta National Golf Club
Par: 72
Length of course: 7,435 yards
Tour(s) invited: PGA Tour, PGA European Tour, Japan Golf Tour,
Tournament Format: Stroke play
Prize fund: $7,500,000

Tournament record score

Aggregate: 270 Tiger Woods (1997)
To par: -18 Tiger Woods (1997)
Current champion: Phil Mickelson

Odds to win the 2011 US Masters

• Tiger Woods +615
• Phil Mickelson +650
• Rory Mcilroy +1850
• Lee Westwood +1415
• Anthony Kim +4550
• Padraig Harrington +3550
• Dustin Johnson +1850
• Ernie Els +3550
• Justin Rose +3050
• Martin Kaymer +1415
• Paul Casey +2550
• Ian Poulter +3050
• Nick Watney +1215
• Retief Goosen +4050
• Jim Furyk +4550
• Steve Stricker +4550
• Camilo Villegas +6550
• Hunter Mahan +3050
• Rickie Fowler +4050
• Geoff Ogilvy +5050
• Sean O'Hair +8050
• Sergio Garcia +4050
• Adam Scott +5050
• Matt Kuchar +2850
• Luke Donald +2550
• Tim Clark +10250
• KJ Choi +6050
• Graeme McDowell +2550
• Bubba Watson +4050
• Ryan Moore +8550
• Charl Schwartzel +6050
• Ross Fisher +8050
• Zach Johnson +8550
• Robert Karlsson +6550
• Henrik Stenson +10550
• Vijay Singh +5250
• Angel Cabrera +10250
• Ricky Barnes +12550
• Jeff Overton +10550
• Fred Couples +6550
• Trevor Immelman +12550
• Louis Oosthuizen +7050
• Stewart Cink +10250
• JB Holmes +6550
• Ryo Ishikawa +12550
• Mike Weir +15250
• Robert Allenby +10250
• Jason Day +10250
• Francesco Molinari +6050

How will Tiger react to the pressure at the Masters in his first event back?

Tiger Woods has admitted that he will be nervous about how the fans at the Masters will treat him in his first tournament since a sordid sex scandal changed the public perception of him forever: "It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there," he said.

At Bodog, the online gaming industry’s leader for more than 15 years, you can bet on how Tiger himself will react on his first hole of competitive golf since November of last year. For example, will Woods be able to overcome his nerves and keep his drive on the first hole in the fairway? Bodog’s PGA golf odds make that a -200 favorite. What will Tiger shoot on his first hole? He would help make fans forget his off-the-course problems right away with a birdie, but Bodog lists par as the overwhelming 1/2 favorite.

Get all your golf Tiger Woods props at Bodog.

It seems improbable that Woods’ lowest-scoring round at this year’s Masters would come in the first round considering he hasn’t played in a tournament in six months.

And betting on Tiger to shine in Round 1 at Bodog doesn’t seem like a wise wager at Bodog because Woods has never – repeat, never – broken 70 at Augusta in the first round. History shows Tiger’s best round comes on Saturday at the Masters, otherwise known as “moving day.” Since Woods’ historic win in 1997, Tiger shoots on average a 68.9 in Round 3 at the Masters.

Perhaps Bodog’s most unique Tiger prop for the Masters is whether at some point during the tournament he is heckled while addressing the ball and steps away to gather himself. Tiger’s caddie, Steve Williams, says he expects his boss to get a good reception at Augusta. And indeed the crowds there are usually well-behaved and respectful because it’s such a hard and expensive ticket to get. Plus, Augusta officials will kick people out for even the smallest transgression. But it seems likely that Tiger hears some heckles during the tournament (will one of his mistresses be in the crowd?), and he has a history of reacting badly to distractions. Will the “new” Tiger be able to keep his focus on the course? Bet on that with Bodog’s golf odds.

Bodog has it all covered with dozens of golf PGA golf props available on Tiger Woods.