Tiger Woods broke a five year PGA tournament drought in dramatic fashion on Sunday when he came out on top to win the 2018 Tour Championship. Woods will try to carry the momentum of that victory into a successful performance against Team Europe in the Ryder Cup this weekend.
Ryder Cup 2018 odds: Team USA betting favorite vs. Team Europe for weekend event
Team USA clashes with Team Europe in the highly anticipated 2018 Ryder Cup this weekend, with the sportsbooks siding with the Americans on the betting lines.
Team USA is a -135 favorite on the odds to win the Ryder Cup in France at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
With Woods in top form, the United States squad looks absolutely stacked led by Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, and Rickie Fowler. To cash in as favorites, this group will need to break a few trends. The United States is 0-5 in its last five Ryder Cup tournaments on European soil and will be looking for its first back-to-back Ryder Cup win since 1993.
Team Europe is hoping to defend its home course advantage as +145 underdogs on the 2018 Ryder Cup odds. While Tiger Woods stole the headlines with his big win, Justin Rose’s fourth-place finish in the Tour Championship earned the English pro the top spot in the FedExCup standings and the $10 million prize. Rose is red-hot heading into the Ryder Cup as he also finished runner-up in both the Dell Technologies Championship and the BMW Championship.
Rose is part of a talented Team Europe that includes Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Tommy Fleetwood, and Jon Rahm.
The betting odds on the Ryder Cup ending in a tie are going off at +1100. The only tie in Ryder Cup history came back in 1989 when the two teams ended the match at 14-14 in England.
There are no shortage of prop wagers for bettors on the golf odds looking to dive in deeper to the Ryder Cup. Dustin Johnson is a slight favorite at +550 to be the Top USA Points Scorer over Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, and Tiger Woods who are each going off at +600. Johnson is going off at +100 to finish with OVER 2.5 points and -130 to finish with 2.5 points or less.
On the Team Europe side, Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy are co-favorites to be the Top European Points Scorer at +450 each over Jon Rahm (+700), Tommy Fleetwood (+800), and Francesco Molinari (+900).
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