Bookmakers are apparently revelling in these fevered times for golf. By Monday afternoon, the only absent bulletin was the price for Tiger Woods to walk unassisted on Rae’s Creek when taking to the 12th green during his first round at the Masters. That may be in the post.
Woods’s surpassing of expectations has been timely. With the first major of the year, the Masters, only three weeks away, the 42-year-old finds himself listed among the second favourites to prevail. Woods can be backed at shorter odds than Sergio García, the defending champion, Justin Rose, a modern day Augusta specialist, and Bubba Watson, a double winner in the past six years.
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As recently as September Woods admitted he was unsure whether he could ever play competitive golf again as back issues refused to subside. Now he is fuelling a spike in television ratings which only serves to endorse his value to a sport that occasionally grasps desperately for relevance.
Source :- theguardian
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