Tiger Woods is always the favorite when he enters a tournament, but given his recent form and his history at Augusta National Golf Club, he starts Masters week as an overwhelming 3/1 favorite. Woods has not won at Augusta since 2005, although he’s finished inside the top 6 in five of the past six years, so he’s almost always hanging around the top of the leaderboard.
Masters odds 2013: Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy distant favorites behind Tiger Woods
At the start of Masters week, Tiger Woods is an overwhelming favorite to win his fifth green jacket.
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Woods finished a professional career worst 40th last year, but things have changed dramatically since then. Tiger starts the week as the No. 1 player in the world, having won six times since he last played in The Masters. His dominance in three of four stroke play events this year propelled him back to the top of the world rankings, and ratcheted up the hype for The Masters.
At the start of the year, Tiger had slightly better odds than Rory McIlroy, the then No. 1 player in the world. But McIlroy’s 2013 struggles make him a distant second favorite, with Phil Mickelson third at 10/1. Rory played well last week in San Antonio, but given their form through the first three months of the season, Phil seems like the better bet to get another green jacket.
The longest of longshots are three former champions, who continue to cash in on their earned lifetime invitation. Ben Crenshaw, Sandy Lyle, and local Larry Mize are all 5,000/1. Even 14-year-old Tian-Lang Guan has better odds than the seniors, who are an important part of the week at Augusta. Here are the latest Monday morning odds, courtesy of Bovada:
| Players | Odds |
| Tiger Woods | 3/1 |
| Rory McIlroy | 8/1 |
| Phil Mickelson | 10/1 |
| Justin Rose | 20/1 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 22/1 |
| Dustin Johnson | 25/1 |
| Lee Westwood | 25/1 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 25/1 |
| Adam Scott | 28/1 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 28/1 |
| Keegan Bradley | 28/1 |
| Bubba Watson | 33/1 |
| Luke Donald | 33/1 |
| Matt Kuchar | 33/1 |
| Hunter Mahan | 40/1 |
| Ian Poulter | 40/1 |
| Sergio Garcia | 40/1 |
| Rickie Fowler | 45/1 |
| Graeme McDowell | 50/1 |
| Henrik Stenson | 50/1 |
| Jason Day | 50/1 |
| Jim Furyk | 50/1 |
| Nick Watney | 50/1 |
| Padraig Harrington | 50/1 |
| Steve Stricker | 50/1 |
| Webb Simpson | 50/1 |
| Jason Dufner | 55/1 |
| K.J. Choi | 66/1 |
| Bill Haas | 75/1 |
| Martin Kaymer | 75/1 |
| Martin Laird | 75/1 |
| Peter Hanson | 75/1 |
| Angel Cabrera | 80/1 |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 80/1 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 100/1 |
| Ernie Els | 100/1 |
| Zach Johnson | 100/1 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 125/1 |
| Ryan Moore | 125/1 |
| Thorbjorn Olesen | 125/1 |
| Francesco Molinari | 150/1 |
| Fred Couples | 150/1 |
| George Coetzee | 150/1 |
| Matteo Manassero | 150/1 |
| Robert Garrigus | 150/1 |
| Russell Henley | 150/1 |
| Stewart Cink | 150/1 |
| Vijay Singh | 150/1 |
| Branden Grace | 200/1 |
| Carl Pettersson | 200/1 |
| D-A Points | 200/1 |
| David Toms | 200/1 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 200/1 |
| John Huh | 200/1 |
| John Senden | 200/1 |
| Kevin Streelman | 200/1 |
| Michael Thompson | 200/1 |
| Richard Sterne | 200/1 |
| Scott Piercy | 200/1 |
| Tim Clark | 200/1 |
| Trevor Immelman | 200/1 |
| Yong-Eun Yang | 200/1 |
| John Merrick | 225/1 |
| Ben Curtis | 250/1 |
| Brian Gay | 250/1 |
| Jamie Donaldson | 250/1 |
| Paul Lawrie | 250/1 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 250/1 |
| Kevin Na | 300/1 |
| Lucas Glover | 300/1 |
| Marc Leishman | 300/1 |
| Ryo Ishikawa | 300/1 |
| Darren Clarke | 350/1 |
| David Lynn | 400/1 |
| Bernhard Langer | 500/1 |
| Hiroyuki Fujita | 500/1 |
| John Peterson | 500/1 |
| Mike Weir | 500/1 |
| Ted Potter Jr. | 500/1 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 600/1 |
| Mark O'Meara | 1,000/1 |
| Thaworn Wiratchant | 1,000/1 |
| Tom Watson | 1,000/1 |
| Alan Dunbar (a) | 2,000/1 |
| Michael Weaver | 2,000/1 |
| Nathan Smith | 2,000/1 |
| Steven Fox | 2,000/1 |
| Tj Vogel | 2,000/1 |
| Craig Stadler | 2,500/1 |
| Ian Woosnam | 2,500/1 |
| Tian-Lang Guan | 3,000/1 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 5,000/1 |
| Larry Mize | 5,000/1 |
| Sandy Lyle | 5,000/1 |
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