His first bet marked the largest payout on a futures ticket in William Hill’s US history. A $10-million payout would go down as one of the biggest in sports history.
One American punter is going all in on the possibility of Tiger Woods winning this week’s Masters. And by all in, we really mean all in – doing so in a way that would result in a record payday from one sportsbook.
In between clubs at the par-5 third, JT hit one of the worst fairway woods he’s probably hit in a long time – a swipey banana slice that peeled off into the pine straw on the right-hand side. And that’s when he pulled some short-game magic:
An indication of Tiger’s return to elite play around the world in 2018 is his world ranking, which made some really impressive increases over the year.
The mountain of publicity that has continued to pile up over the past month or so might be exhausting to some, but to anybody who is pumped up about this $9-million clash between two of the greatest golfers who have ever lived, the excitement level continues to build and build.
In a year in which spectators have made more headlines than ever for their hooting and hollering at tour events, we might’ve just had our most high-profile situation out of all of them at Carnoustie’s Home hole.
Watson does sometimes rub his fellow tour players the wrong way, but the 39-year-old just might be in the top-10 for most charitable players on the US PGA Tour.
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