The last time we saw Tiger Woods prior to this season was in 2020. Woods had played just seven events following the PGA Tour’s mid-June restart with a top finish of T-37 coming at the PGA Championship. He missed the cut at the US Open and tied for 38th in the defense of his fifth Masters title. The 2020 Open Championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As Tiger was preparing for the 2021 Masters Tournament, he was involved in a single-car collision outside of Los Angeles on February 23, suffering massive injuries to his right leg with multiple fractures and a shattered ankle. In November of 2021, Woods gave an interview with Golf Digest and confirmed that his career as a full-time professional golfer was over. However, Tiger revealed he planned to play in select tournaments throughout the year.
Below, we’ll look at Tiger’s betting odds to win each of 2022’s four scheduled majors.
Tiger Woods and the Majors
Tiger’s 15th career Major title — and fifth green jacket — turned the page on the numerous personal issues and, more notably, back surgeries that have plagued him and tarnished his image since his 2009 infidelity scandal.
His 2001 victory at the Masters completed the honorary “Tiger Slam” coined for his winning of four consecutive Majors not all played in the same calendar year. He’s won each major at least three times – with a fourth victory at the PGA Championship – and has gone back-to-back as champion at all but the US Open.
Woods has just one more major win in a playoff (three) as he has victories by double-digit strokes. He has missed the cut or withdrawn from 11 major tournaments, but has 26 top-10 finishes in addition to his 15 wins, including six runner-ups.
Tiger Woods betting odds: The Masters
*Odds shown are 2023 Masters betting favorites
J. Rahm | Bet now +850 | Bet now +1000 | Bet now +1000 | Bet now +1100 | Bet now +1000 |
J. Thomas | Bet now +1400 | Bet now +1400 | Bet now +1400 | Bet now +1400 | Bet now +1400 |
C. Smith | Bet now +1400 | Bet now +1400 | Bet now +1400 | Bet now +1500 | Bet now +1400 |
S. Scheffler | Bet now +1200 | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1600 |
D. Johnson | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1600 |
R. McIlroy | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1800 | Bet now +1600 | Bet now +1800 | Bet now +1800 |
- Where: Augusta National Golf Club
- When: April 7-10
- Last win: 2019
- Career wins: 5
Tiger made his triumphant return to golf at the 2022 Masters and cashed many tickets by impressively making the cut. However, the hills of Augusta proved to be too much for Woods’ surgically repaired lower half as he ended +13 through four rounds finishing 47th overall.
Tiger Woods betting odds: PGA Championship
Rory McIlroy | Bet now +1100 |
Jon Rahm | Bet now +1200 |
Justin Thomas | Bet now +1200 |
Dustin Johnson | Bet now +1400 |
Bryson DeChambeau | Bet now +1600 |
Jordan Spieth | Bet now +1600 |
Brooks Koepka | Bet now +1600 |
Viktor Hovland | Bet now +2200 |
Xander Schauffele | Bet now +2200 |
Collin Morikawa | Bet now +2500 |
Patrick Cantlay | Bet now +2800 |
Hideki Matsuyama | Bet now +3000 |
Daniel Berger | Bet now +3000 |
Webb Simpson | Bet now +3300 |
Will Zalatoris | Bet now +3300 |
Patrick Reed | Bet now +3300 |
Joaquin Niemann | Bet now +4000 |
Scottie Scheffler | Bet now +4000 |
Tony Finau | Bet now +4000 |
Cameron Smith | Bet now +5000 |
- Where: Southern Hills Championship Course
- When: May 19-22
- Last win: 2007 (Southern Hills Country Club)
- Career wins: 4
Tiger once again impressed the golf world with his ability to make the cut at another major championship. But after shooting a 79 in Round 3, Woods withdrew from the 2022 PGA Championship.
Tiger Woods betting odds: US Open
Jon Rahm | Bet now +1000 |
Rory McIlroy | Bet now +1400 |
Dustin Johnson | Bet now +1400 |
Bryson DeChambeau | Bet now +1400 |
Brooks Koepka | Bet now +1400 |
Justin Thomas | Bet now +1800 |
Jordan Spieth | Bet now +1800 |
Xander Schauffele | Bet now +2000 |
Collin Morikawa | Bet now +2000 |
Patrick Cantlay | Bet now +2200 |
Viktor Hovland | Bet now +2800 |
Tony Finau | Bet now +3500 |
Hideki Matsuyama | Bet now +3500 |
Patrick Reed | Bet now +3500 |
Louis Oosthuizen | Bet now +3500 |
Will Zalatoris | Bet now +4000 |
Tyrrell Hatton | Bet now +4000 |
Scottie Scheffler | Bet now +4000 |
Paul Casey | Bet now +4000 |
Daniel Berger | Bet now +4000 |
- Where: The Country Club in Brookline
- When: June 16-19
- Last win: 2008 (Torrey Pines)
- Career wins: 3
At the 2022 US Open, Tiger Woods will return to the site where he helped the US win the 1999 Ryder Cup–that is if he is physically and mentally able to. After withdrawing from the PGA Championship, it remains unknown whether Woods will test his body just four weeks later–especially with the Open Championship following three weeks after.
The US Open has been Tiger’s least successful major in recent years, with three missed cuts in his last four appearances dating back to 2013. The long, thick rough so strongly associated with the event has proven to be the toughest test for Woods and his surgically-repaired back.
Tiger Woods betting odds: Open Championship
Player | DraftKings | FanDuel | |
---|---|---|---|
Rory McIlroy | +1200 | +800 | |
Jon Rahm | +900 | +1200 | |
Scottie Scheffler | +1300 | +1200 | |
Collin Morikawa | +1400 | +1400 | |
Brooks Koepka | +1400 | +1800 | |
Dustin Johnson | +1400 | +2000 | |
Jordan Spieth | +1400 | +2000 | |
Justin Thomas | +1600 | +1200 | |
Hideki Matsuyama | +1800 | +4100 | |
Cameron Smith | +1800 | +1600 | |
Bryson DeChambeau | +1800 | +3300 | |
Louis Oosthuizen | +2000 | +4100 | |
Viktor Hovland | +2000 | +1800 | |
Shane Lowry | +2200 | +3300 | |
Tyrell Hatton | +2200 | +5000 | |
Xander Schauffele | +2200 | +2000 | |
Patrick Cantlay | +2800 | +2200 | |
Tommy Fleetwood | +3500 | +5000 | |
Paul Casey | +3500 | +5000 | |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | +3500 | +2700 | |
Tony Finau | +4000 | +4100 | |
Patrick Reed | +4000 | +12000 | |
Justin Rose | +4000 | +8000 | |
Tiger Woods | +4000 | +6500 | |
Daniel Berger | +4000 | +5000 |
- Where: St. Andrews
- When: July 14-17
- Last win: 2006 (Royal Liverpool Golf Club)
- Career wins: 3
When Woods last won the Open Championship, he did so by two strokes over Chris DiMarco with the help of a 5-under, 67 final round. He finished at minus-18. Then his second consecutive Open Championship title (and third overall), he has three top-10 finishes in 10 appearances since, most recently finishing T-6 in 2018 before missing the cut in 2019.
Of Tiger’s three Open Championship wins, two have come at St. Andrews, first in 2000 where he lapped the field, and then in comeback fashion five years later.