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April 5th, 2011 By Andrew "Mr. Multi-Task" Ryan - Cappersinfo Contributor

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Handicapping the Masters can be one of the most frustrating things in the world because there are just so many golfers to choose from. Though at this will seem a lot like a crapshoot, there are definite ways to handicap golf odds in a great light. Remember that these picks are all based upon percentages of winning plays. A man that is 100 to 1 only needs to win this event one out of 100 times to make us a winner. There are a number of different golfers that strike our fancy this week at one of the biggest events of the year. Here are our picks to win the green jacket in Masters betting action!


We have to start by saying that we hate these odds on Tiger Woods. Sure, we know that getting 8.50 to 1 at BetUS Sportsbook is probably about as good as you’re going to get on Tiger, especially with his history, but the bottom line is that he is just done. There’s no way that he is all of a sudden going to win this event one out of eight times after not winning anything in two full years. We just have no confidence in Tiger right now, and though he has a great history of Top 10 finishes here at the Masters, this probably won’t be the week that he suddenly busts out. On the same type of note, we think that the odds to win the Masters on Phil Mickelson are blown out of proportion at 6 to 1. Lefty is good, and he does have three green jackets to his credit, but there’s no way that he wins this event one out of six times.

Instead, we’ll look at some of the other great golfers in the world, most of which have never won this event before.

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The interesting name on this list could be Graeme McDowell. At 40 to 1, McDowell makes for a great play. Sure, McDowell really hasn’t played all that well of late, but he has been one of the hottest golfers on the PGA Tour over the course of the last eight months or so. Forget about that awful tournament that he had at the Arnold Palmer two weeks ago. There’s no way that he is going to be shooting an 80 in the first round here at Augusta.

The man that is really due to bust onto the scene in a big time way is Matt Kuchar. It feels like we’ve been talking about Kuchar as the “up and coming” name on the PGA Tour for over a decade, but this year’s fantastic finish at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship really might have been just the swift kick that Kuchar needed to get going in a major tournament as well. These 30 to 1 odds could be a blessing on a terrific golfer that is ranked in the Top 10 in the world.

Youngster, Rickie Fowler still has a heck of a lot of learning to do to make it on the PGA Tour, especially in this type of an event, but at 55 to 1, we are getting a great price on a man that already has five rounds of 68 or better this season. Fowler finished in the Top 10 both at the Accenture Match Play that we were discussing previously with Kuchar, and at the WGC Cadillac Championship just a month ago. Fowler was playing relatively well at the Arnold Palmer going into the final day of the event, and he picked a terrible time to come up with his worst round of golf of the year. Even just a par day within two strokes of the leader, and the Masters odds would have definitely changed dramatically. Fowler is due for a tournament win, and this would be a heck of a venue for him to get it in.

Does anyone even realize that Robert Allenby already has over $700K banked this year in nine events played? Sure, Allenby got off to a slow start in his first two events of the year, missing the cut in both, but he hasn’t missed a cut since that point. He’s coming off of a great weekend at the Shell Houston Open last week, and he is one of the few golfers that can say that he had three rounds in the 60s in that event. Don’t be shocked if he comes on very strong and is in contention on Sunday, and at 100 to 1, that’s absolutely all that we could ask of him.

 
April 7th, 2010 By Andrew "Mr. Multi-Task" Ryan - Cappersinfo Contributor

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Tiger Woods returns to PGA Tour betting action on Thursday morning at Augusta National for the 2010 Masters. The odds to win the Masters are posted at JustBet Sportsbook, and here at Cappers Info, we're going to answer the question that is the hottest on the minds of sports betting fanatics everywhere. Tiger or the field?

At JustBet, you can find Woods at +420 and the field at -620.

Tiger looks great in his Green Jacket, but will he get to wear it again come Sunday night?

Let's start by stating the obvious. Tiger Woods is the best golfer in the world, and he absolutely should be the favorite to win this event regardless of whether or not he is coming off of a six month absence from the PGA Tour or not. Tiger has tamed the course at Augusta four times in his career, including by a whopping 12 shots in 1997, his first ever major victory. In total, he has 14 majors to his credit.

Those are accolades that any golfer in the history of the sport would be proud of. Inevitably, assuming that he keeps his wits about him, Woods is going to become the most decorated golfer ever, surpassing Jack Nicklaus' 18 major titles and Sam Snead's 82 PGA Tour victories, and he's going to do it in less time (and quite possibly far less time) than any other golfer ever accomplished such goals.

However, Tiger has looked more like a kitty cat at times in recent major tournaments. He missed the cut at the '09 Open Championship, and was caught from behind on the final day of the PGA Championship by little known Y.E. Yang, putting his consecutive majors without a win at *gasp!* five straight.

Now, between the injury that cost him both the Open Championship and PGA Championship in 2008 and this whole sex scandal and infidelity to his wife floating around in the media, there's every reason to believe that the almighty Tiger might not be at the top of his game.

In the words of ESPN's Lee Corso, "Not so fast, my friend."

Laying worse than 1-6 against Woods seems to be a foolish idea in basically any event. He won six of his 17 starts in 2009 coming back from that knee injury that cost him the end of the 2008 season. He has been especially solid in majors, as he has lifted the trophy in 13 of his L/25 entries.

Beyond that fact, we now have a motivated Tiger Woods on our hands. Everyone is telling the greatest golfer in the world that he can't figure out how to come back straight from a long layoff to win a major championship, particularly at Augusta. Woods still appears to be in great shape, and he's going to be one of the biggest drivers on the course at all times. That'll come in handy for the five holes of at least 500 yards that this course offers.

If you believe what he said at his Monday press conference, Woods feels like the weight of the world is off of his shoulders now that the entire world knows about his off the course escapades and that he doesn't have to worry about hiding his personal life.

This writer has never been one to stare into the eye of the Tiger. Ernie Els may have won two straight tournaments that he has entered. Phil Mickelson may have broken that major hex and has captured two Green Jackets in the past. The rest of the field may feel like it has a bit of a psychological edge on him as well.

But at the end of the day, Tiger is still the one that is feared most in this tournament, and if it comes down to a Sunday at Augusta National, it isn't going to matter how many women claim that they have slept with him or what his status is going on at home.

He's still Tiger Woods, and we're not betting against him.