Tiger Tracker at Australian Masters
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About the only thing bookmakers are not betting on when it comes to Tiger Woods is what he will have for breakfast today before stepping out in his first round of the Australian Masters.
Other than that, you can back the world No.1 player to do just about anything with bookmakers scrambling to cash in on "Tigermania".
They’re betting on Woods to make the cut, at $1.03, or miss the cut at $11.
You can back Tiger to finish top five, top 10, to win his three-ball today against playing partners Craig Parry and defending Masters champion Rod Pampling, or to shoot the lowest score of the day.
You can back him to equal or break Anthony Painter’s 11 year-old Kingston Health course record of 64 and in a first for Australian golf, bet on him making a birdie, par or worse in hole-by-hole action being offered by TAB
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"If you could bet on how Tiger would have his eggs for breakfast, punters would jump on that too," said well-known bookie Gerard Daffy.
Daffy said bookmakers usually held "nine-tenths of nothing" on the first golf tournament of the year but, with Tiger in town, everyone wanted to have a bet.
The biggest bet TAB Sportsbet has received for the Australian Open is $20,000 on Woods winning at $2.60 (now $2.50).
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