Masters Victory? ... Betting on 'Scheffler'
Sports Betting Company BetMGM Tops Rankings
Lowest Odds... Highest Winning Probability Since Woods
McIlroy and Rahm in Top Ranks, Im Sungjae Best Korean Player
The probability of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (USA) winning the Masters is increasing.
According to data compiled on the 27th (local time) by sports betting company BetMGM Sportsbook, Scheffler's odds of winning the Masters are +450, significantly ahead of Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) and Jon Rahm (Spain), both at +1000. Odds of +450 mean that a $100 bet would return $450 plus the original $100 stake. This is the lowest odds recorded since 2013, except for when the 'Golf Emperor' Tiger Woods (USA) had +350 odds before the Masters.
Last summer, Scheffler's odds were +950, but before the Arnold Palmer Invitational this year, they dropped to +850, and before The Players Championship, they further decreased to +550. After Scheffler won the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship consecutively, his odds dropped to +450 ahead of the Masters starting on April 11.
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Viktor Hovland (Norway), Jordan Spieth (USA, both +1800), Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka (both USA, +2000) were also classified as contenders. Im Sung-jae's odds were +5500, the highest among Korean players. Tiger Woods, returning to the field this season, had odds of +10000, the same as Kim Si-woo, Phil Mickelson (USA), and Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark).
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