Tiger Woods needs an outstanding weekend just to advance to the Tour Championship next week and defend his title at East Lake in Atlanta.
Rally for a victory at the BMW Championship? Highly unlikely after a pair of late bogeys dropped Woods to 2-under for the tournament and a full 10 shots behind leader Hideki Matsuyama.
PointsBet is now offering 400/1 odds on Woods winning this week, which is significantly higher than Dustin Johnson’s 250/1 odds despite being tied for 48th place with Woods. FanDuel is offering even better odds on Woods at 420/1.
Woods said he thinks it will take “something in the mid-60s” to give himself an opportunity to compete with the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings next week. He’s currently projected to drop seven spots to No. 45, and needs to finish 11th or higher to play in the Tour Championship.
Woods fans can place more reasonable bets on him rallying for a quality finish, with FanDuel offering 100/1 odds on a top 5, 26/1 on a top 10 and 6.5/1 on a top 20. DraftKings is offering 80/1 on a top 5 finish for Woods and 20/1 on a top 20.
There is no cut in the 69-player event.
Matsuyama (+500) may be leading the tournament by one shot at the halfway point, but Patrick Cantlay is the betting favorite by PointsBet at +475, while FanDuel lists them as +500 co-favorites.
Cantlay is tied for second place with Tony Finau (+700 by both sportsbooks), who is seeking his first career PGA Tour victory. That’s the rational behind Justin Thomas (+550) sporting lower odds despite sitting in solo fourth place.
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is +900 by both books as he sits in a tied for 11th at 8 under entering the weekend.
Patrick Cantlay: +475 Hideki Matsuyama: +500 Justin Thomas: +550 Tony Finau: +700 Rory Mcilroy: +900 Xander Schauffele: +1200 Jon Rahm: +2000 Tommy Fleetwood: +2500 Rory Sabbatini: +3300 Lucas Glover: +3300 Chez Reavie: +3300 Brooks Koepka: +3300 Rickie Fowler: +4000 Adam Hadwin: +4000 Corey Conners: +4000 Adam Scott: +5000 Kevin Kisner: +5000 Brandt Snedeker: +6600 Kevin Tway: +10000 Si Woo Kim: +10000 Jason Kokrak: +12500
Patrick Reed: +12500 Louis Oosthuizen: +15000 Max Homa: +15000 Joel Dahmen: +15000 Jim Furyk: +20000 Paul Casey: +20000 Cheng-Tsung Pan: +25000 Justin Rose: +25000 Dustin Johnson: +25000 Abraham Ancer: +25000 Collin Morikawa: +25000 Cameron Champ: +25000 Joaquin Niemann: +25000 Ryan Moore: +30000 Ian Poulter: +30000 Charles Howell III: +30000 Jordan Spieth: +30000 Jason Day: +35000 Andrew D. Putnam: +35000 Ryan Palmer: +40000 J.B. Holmes: +40000 Tiger Woods: +40000 Rafael Cabrera Bello: +40000 Matt Kuchar: +40000 Webb Simpson: +40000 Scott Piercy: +40000 Byeong-Hun An: +40000 Francesco Molinari: +50000 Vaughn Taylor: +50000 Graeme McDowell: +50000 Phil Mickelson: +50000 Marc Leishman: +50000 Gary Woodland: +50000 Dylan Frittelli: +50000 Sung Kang: +50000 Shane Lowry: +50000 Billy Horschel: +50000 Keegan Bradley: +50000 Adam Long: +50000 Emiliano Grillo: +50000 Nate Lashley: +50000 Keith Mitchell: +50000 Im-Sung Jae: +50000 Bryson DeChambeau: +50000 JT Poston: +50000 Troy Merritt: +50000 Harold Varner III: +50000 Wyndham Clark: +50000
–Field Level Media (@FieldLevelMedia)
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