Legendary golfer Tiger Woods is among the best plots for ’88th Masters Tournament, started Thursday 11 April 2024.
Woods has won the tournament five times and could equal the record with a victory this weekend, while another record is also within his reach.
What happened: Woods made the cut at the 2023 Masters Tournament before withdrawing due to injury.
With the cut, Woods tied a Masters record by successfully making the cut after the first two days in 23 consecutive Masters tournaments he has competed in. I am tied with Woods Fred Couples AND Gary Player.
The 2024 Masters Tournament gives Woods a chance to break the record if he can get through the second round on Friday.
Heading into the tournament, betting odds from sportsbooks DraftKings Inc DKNG he listed the odds at -115 that Woods would make the cut.
On Thursday, Benzinga surveyed his users to ask if they thought Woods would make the cut at the 2024 Masters and break the record. The poll closed at 4:30 pm ET, shortly after Woods’ scheduled 3:54 pm ET tee time for the first round.
Here are the results:
61% YES
39% NO
Most Benzinga users think Woods will make the cut at the 2024 Masters Tournament and break the record.
On Thursday, Woods shot -1 in 13 holes of the first round before the tournament was suspended due to darkness. On Friday morning, Woods returned to action and completed the first round with a +1 score of 35th place.
Woods has competed in 25 Masters tournaments with five victories (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019). A sixth win in 2024 would tie Woods Jack Nicklaus to six Masters championships.
The golfer hasn’t won since the 2019 tournament and has finished in the top 10 just three times in his last 10 times at the tournament.
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What’s next: Woods entered the 2024 Masters Tournament with his worst winning odds ever, with sportsbooks offering the legendary golfer at odds in excess of 100 to 1. At DraftKings, Woods was offered at +14,000, paying a potential $140 profit for anyone who bet $1 on the golfer if he won.
Woods was previously the bookies’ favorite for 15 years, from 1997 to 2013. Woods’ odds of winning stood at +130 at the start of the 2008 tournament and were quoted at +150 for many years during his years top of the tournament. tournament.
After strong play Thursday and early Friday, Woods’ chances of winning and finishing in the top 20 had improved. Here are the new DraftKings odds, with the old odds in parentheses.
Win: +10,000 (+14,000)
Top 5: +1,800 (+2,200)
The top 10: +600 (+900)
The top 20: +200 (+330)
The odds of making the cut are not currently offered by sportsbooks. For the Masters, the top 50 golfers by score, including ties, advance to the final two days.
The 2024 Masters Tournament comes after Woods began a new partnership with TaylorMade after concluding a long partnership and sponsorship in the clothing sector Nike Inc FROM.
Television coverage for the 2024 Masters Tournament belongs to ESPN, an affiliate of Walt Disney Co DIS and CBS, which is a unit of Global Paramount FORTO THE.
ESPN will broadcast primary coverage of the 2024 Masters Tournament on Thursday and Friday, while CBS will broadcast primary coverage on Saturday and Sunday. Streaming platforms ESPN+ and Paramount+ also have limited coverage of all four days, with specific holes and golfer groups covered.
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