A divorce on the one hand and inconsistent play on the other hasn’t stopped Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson from sharing the lead for the oddsmakers at 12/1 for the Barclays Championship. I’m actually having a hard time figuring out the oddsmakers fascination with these two characters. Aside from Mickelson’s Masters’ victory, neither has done a thing to merit their consistent location at the top of the list.
Odds for the 2010 Barclays follows, courtesy of Bodog, the world’s largest betting destination.
| Phil Mickelson | 12/1 |
| Tiger Woods | 12/1 |
| Rory McIlroy | 14/1 |
| Steve Stricker | 20/1 |
| Jim Furyk | 25/1 |
| Padraig Harrington | 25/1 |
| Dustin Johnson | 28/1 |
| Paul Casey | 28/1 |
| Ernie Els | 30/1 |
| Matt Kuchar | 35/1 |
| Hunter Mahan | 35/1 |
| Retief Goosen | 40/1 |
| Zach Johnson | 40/1 |
| Nick Watney | 40/1 |
| Sean O’Hair | 40/1 |
| Bubba Watson | 40/1 |
| Camilo Villegas | 50/1 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 50/1 |
| Luke Donald | 50/1 |
| Justin Leonard | 66/1 |
| Justin Rose | 66/1 |
| Adam Scott | 66/1 |
| Jeff Overton | 66/1 |
| David Toms | 66/1 |
| Robert Allenby | 66/1 |
| K.J. Choi | 66/1 |
| Stewart Cink | 66/1 |
| Tim Clark | 80/1 |
| Jason Day | 80/1 |
| Lucas Glover | 80/1 |
| J.B. Holmes | 80/1 |
| Bryce Molder | 80/1 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 80/1 |
| Stephen Ames | 80/1 |
| Ben Crane | 80/1 |
| Steve Elkington | 80/1 |
| Rickie Fowler | 80/1 |
| Anthony Kim | 80/1 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 80/1 |
| Ian Poulter | 80/1 |
| Vijay Singh | 80/1 |
| Angel Cabrera | 100/1 |
| Ben Curtis | 100/1 |
| Brendon De Jonge | 100/1 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 100/1 |
| Kevin Na | 100/1 |
| John Rollins | 100/1 |
| Michael Sim | 100/1 |
| Chad Campbell | 100/1 |
| Stuart Appleby | 125/1 |
| Jason Dufner | 125/1 |
| Bill Haas | 125/1 |
| Charley Hoffman | 125/1 |
| Charles Howell III | 125/1 |
| Ryan Moore | 100/1 |
| Pat Perez | 125/1 |
| Kenny Perry | 125/1 |
| Carl Pettersson | 125/1 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 125/1 |
| Heath Slocum | 125/1 |
| Kevin Sutherland | 125/1 |
| Scott Verplank | 125/1 |
| Boo Weekley | 125/1 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 125/1 |
| Ricky Barnes | 125/1 |
| Martin Laird | 125/1 |
| Marc Leishman | 125/1 |
| Brian Gay | 125/1 |
| J.J. Henry | 125/1 |
| Y-E Yang | 125/1 |
| Troy Matteson | 125/1 |
| Ryan Palmer | 125/1 |
| Tim Petrovic | 150/1 |
| Jerry Kelly | 150/1 |
| Alex Cejka | 150/1 |
| Davis Love III | 150/1 |
| Andres Romero | 150/1 |
| Vaughn Taylor | 150/1 |
| The Field ( Any Other Golfer) | 10/1 |
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I almost think betting on Woods is the play. It is like when you are playing roulette, and you have seven black wins in a row, at some point red had to win. Maybe he was just trying to make sure he didn’t up his income before the divorce finalized.
On the other hand, I can see Phil winning too. There are 3 more cup events, so just because he wins at the Barclays he can still blow winning the cup before it is over.
Does it make sense for Els to be 2.5 times worse odds than Phil?
The oddsmakers have been wacky with odds all year long in relation to Tiger. At least now both he and Phil are below 10 to 1, and it should never have been better for either all year long.
You are so awsemoe for helping me solve this mystery.