I think this may be the most important Tournament Tiger Woods will play in this year. He’s won seven of the last eleven WGC tournaments at Firestone Country Club, including last year’s in which he shot 68-70-65-65. In other words, he’s been dominant here like at no other place on the planet. If he doesn’t win—or at least threaten to win—his game is in worse shape than we all thought.
That said, bettors have Tiger as a 9/2 favorite at the WGC-Bridgestone. They also like Phil Mickelson at 10/1 and Lee Westwood at 14/1.
The problem with setting odds on this tournament, however, is that virtually every player out there is a proven winner. Here’s the selection criteria to this invitational:
Playing members of the last named United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Playing members of the last named United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Players ranked among the top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings (one week and two weeks prior to event).
Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year’s tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.
The winner of one selected tournament from each of the following tours: PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
You can see the complete odds below, courtesy of Bodog, the world’s largest betting destination:
| Tiger Woods | 9/2 |
| Phil Mickelson | 10/1 |
| Lee Westwood | 14/1 |
| Padraig Harrington | 22/1 |
| Rory McIlroy | 22/1 |
| Steve Stricker | 28/1 |
| Paul Casey | 30/1 |
| Luke Donald | 33/1 |
| Ernie Els | 33/1 |
| Jim Furyk | 33/1 |
| Ross Fisher | 33/1 |
| Justin Rose | 35/1 |
| Tim Clark | 40/1 |
| Retief Goosen | 40/1 |
| Dustin Johnson | 40/1 |
| Hunter Mahan | 40/1 |
| Martin Kaymer | 40/1 |
| Anthony Kim | 50/1 |
| Matt Kuchar | 50/1 |
| Graeme McDowell | 50/1 |
| Sean O’Hair | 50/1 |
| Henrik Stenson | 50/1 |
| Nick Watney | 50/1 |
| Zach Johnson | 60/1 |
| Camilo Villegas | 60/1 |
| Robert Allenby | 60/1 |
| K.J. Choi | 66/1 |
| Francesco Molinari | 60/1 |
| Ian Poulter | 60/1 |
| Alvaro Quiros | 66/1 |
| Stewart Cink | 66/1 |
| Sergio Garcia | 66/1 |
| Robert Karlsson | 66/1 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 66/1 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 66/1 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 66/1 |
| Vijay Singh | 66/1 |
| Angel Cabrera | 80/1 |
| J.B. Holmes | 80/1 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 80/1 |
| Adam Scott | 80/1 |
| Stuart Appleby | 80/1 |
| Ben Crane | 80/1 |
| Ryan Moore | 80/1 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 80/1 |
| Chad Campbell | 80/1 |
| Jason Day | 80/1 |
| Rickie Fowler | 66/1 |
| Lucas Glover | 100/1 |
| Peter Hanson | 100/1 |
| Justin Leonard | 100/1 |
| Kenny Perry | 100/1 |
| Scott Verplank | 100/1 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 100/1 |
| Bubba Watson | 100/1 |
| Boo Weekley | 100/1 |
| Y-E Yang | 100/1 |
| Jason Bohn | 125/1 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 125/1 |
| Ben Curtis | 125/1 |
| Bill Haas | 125/1 |
| Troy Matteson | 150/1 |
| Heath Slocum | 150/1 |
| Mike Weir | 125/1 |
| The Field ( Any Other Golfer) | 10/1 |
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