With last weekend's win at the Memorial Tournament, Tiger Woods has kicked off another betting frenzy.
Easily the most popular player on the planet, sportsbooks have been forced to pad his odds considerably throughout his career because of the heavy action he sees every week.
Now that it looks like he might have found his game again, the LVH Superbook in Vegas moved Tiger to an 11/2 favorite to win the US Open, down from 6/1 just three days ago.
"At Olympic, we’re all going to have to hit the ball great there," Woods told reporters. "That golf course, you can look at the history of guys who were in contention or who ended up winning, all were wonderful drivers of the golf ball and good, solid iron players. That’s what it’s going to take there at Olympic, more so than most U.S. Open sites.”
Odds courtesy LVH Superbook.
US OPEN
OLYMPIC CLUB - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
JUNE 14-17, 2012
ODDS TO WIN:
TIGER WOODS 11/2
RORY McILROY 12/1
PHIL MICKELSON 15/1
LEE WESTWOOD 15/1
LUKE DONALD 12/1
ADAM SCOTT 30/1
HUNTER MAHAN 30/1
BUBBA WATSON 30/1
DUSTIN JOHNSON 40/1
MATT KUCHAR 25/1
JUSTIN ROSE 30/1
KEEGAN BRADLEY 40/1
JASON DAY 50/1
SERGIO GARCIA 60/1
NICK WATNEY 50/1
STEVE STRICKER 40/1
MARTIN KAYMER 50/1
CHARL SCHWARTZEL 50/1
JIM FURYK 40/1
GRAEME McDOWELL 50/1
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN 40/1
WEBB SIMPSON 50/1
PADRAIG HARRINGTON 80/1
BO VAN PELT 60/1
BRANDT SNEDEKER 80/1
K.J. CHOI 80/1
IAN POULTER 60/1
PETER HANSON 60/1
GEOFF OGILVY 80/1
RICKIE FOWLER 25/1
BILL HAAS 80/1
AARON BADDELEY 80/1
ERNIE ELS 80/1
RETIEF GOOSEN 100/1
ZACH JOHNSON 40/1
KYLE STANLEY 150/1
FREDRIK JACOBSON 125/1
JASON DUFNER 25/1
GARY WOODLAND 125/1
PAUL CASEY 150/1
CHARLES HOWELL III 125/1
SEAN O'HAIR DNQ
FRANCESCO MOLINARI 80/1
DAVID TOMS 125/1
Y.E. YANG 150/1
ANGEL CABRERA 150/1
HENRIK STENSON DNQ
MATTEO MANASSERO 125/1
BEN CRANE 125/1
THOMAS BJORN 150/1
MARTIN LAIRD 100/1
JOHN SENDEN 100/1
ROBERT KARLSSON 150/1
MARK WILSON 150/1
RYAN MOORE DNQ
VIJAY SINGH 150/1
JOHNSON WAGNER DNQ
ANTHONY KIM DNQ
CAMILO VILLEGAS DNQ
SANG-MOON BAE 150/1
JONATHAN BYRD 80/1
KEVIN NA 100/1
LUCAS GLOVER 200/1
STEWART CINK 150/1
JEFF OVERTON DNQ
JOHN HUH DNQ
CARL PETTERSSON 100/1
TREVOR IMMELMAN 200/1
MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ 150/1
RYO ISHIKAWA 150/1
ALVARO QUIROS 150/1
TIM CLARK 150/1
BUD CAULEY DNQ
BRYCE MOLDER DNQ
ROBERT ALLENBY DNQ
PAUL LAWRIE WD
RYAN PALMER DNQ
SPENCER LEVIN DNQ
RICKY BARNES DNQ
KYUNG-TAE KIM 150/1
ROSS FISHER DNQ
RORY SABBATINI DNQ
J.B. HOLMES DNQ
ROBERT GARRIGUS 150/1
ROBERT ROCK 200/1
CHEZ REAVIE 300/1
GREG CHALMERS DNQ
SEUNG-YUL NOH DNQ
ANDERS HANSEN 200/1
SIMON DYSON 250/1
EDOARDO MOLINARI DNQ
PATRICK CANTLAY 200/1
GONZALO FERNANDEZ-CASTANO 200/1
NICOLAS COLSAERTS 150/1
DARREN CLARKE WD
KEVIN CHAPPELL 300/1
MICHAEL CAMPBELL 1000/1
OLIN BROWNE 1000/1
KELLY KRAFT DNQ
FIELD (all others) 10/1
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