You kids old enough, or should I saw young enough, to remember the Street Fighter series on the old SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) will know of the devastating effect of being caught by a Tiger Uppercut from Ryu or Ken. This weekend in Augusta many of golf’s elite will feel similar pain as Tiger Woods goes in search of his 5th Masters Title and 13th Major in total.

Woods captured his first Green Jacket in 1997 in record fashion. He shot an 18 under par total and blitzed Augusta with his awesome golfing skills. Woods has been in a cocky mood of late, especially in some pre-tournament interviews. When asked by one hack if;

"maybe a few guys younger than you can possibly push you and Phil (Mickelson) and Vijay (Singh) on this course now."

Woods' bullish reply was;

"Who?"

To many this may seem arrogant and disrespectful to his fellow professionals, but Woods is at the stage of his career now where he knows that he’s playing some of his best golf and it will take something out of the ordinary on his part or by a rival to snatch a fifth green jacket from his clutches. Having won here on four previous occasions, Woods has the game along with the mental strength to close or grind out a win come the back nine on Sunday.

So as I can’t see anyone overturning Woods this weekend, he’s priced at 11/8 to win, and even shorter with some bookies.
I’m going to give the following each way chances for the weekend ...

Olazabal 80/1 - Olly has won here twice before and always seems to do well at Augusta. Course suits his game.

Rose 80/1 - I think this young English man might come good this weekend. Expecting a big show from him.

Love 125/1 - Another player who can tame Augusta on his day. Just worried about his mentality on the final 2 days when he seems to drift off the pace.

tags: US Masters, Golf, Betting

Published by Francie.