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2012 Masters preview: Bill Haas

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He won the fourth event of his career at the 2012 Northern Trust Open on the second playoff hole at Riviera Country Club. Put together the best season of his career in 2011, highlighted by winning the Tour Championship, also in a playoff, and the FedEx Cup. Was just the third player to win the event in his first appearance.

Age: 29.

Country: United States.

World ranking: 16.

Wins: 4.

Majors: None.

Masters Qualification(s): Top 30 PGA Tour Money List; PGA Tour event winner; Tour Championship qualifier; Top 50 World Golf Ranking

WagerWeb.com odds to win Masters: +7500

Best Masters moment: Watching his father, Jay, tie for third in 1995.

Worst Masters moment: Having to wait five years after turning pro before he qualified for his first Masters.

Scoring Avg: 72.38

Low Round: 70

High Round: 76

Rounds Under Par: 3

Overview: The FedEx Cup champion is finally living up to his potential as one of the top Americans. Coming off Tour Championship win last year, validated it with a playoff win at Riviera when he holed a long birdie putt across the 10th green.

MASTERS PLAYER RECORD

Year    Place    Score   Round                                                 Money

1          2          3          4

2011    42        +2        74        70        74        72        $ 32,000

2010    26        +1        72        70        71        76        $ 57,750

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Odds to Win The 2012 Masters

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Aaron Baddeley
80/1

Adam Scott
25/1

Alvaro Quiros
150/1

Anders Hansen
250/1

Angel Cabrera
80/1

Ben Crane
200/1

Bernhard Langer
250/1

Bill Haas
80/1

Bo Van Pelt
80/1

Brandt Snedeker
50/1

Brendan Steele
250/1

Bubba Watson
30/1

Charl Schwartzel
40/1

Charles Howell III
150/1

Darren Clarke
250/1

David Toms
150/1

Edoardo Molinari
200/1

Francesco Molinari
150/1

Fred Couples
125/1

Fredrik Jacobson
150/1

Gary Woodland
100/1

Geoff Ogilvy
80/1

Graeme McDowell
60/1

Harrison Frazar
250/1

Henrik Stenson
150/1

Hunter Mahan
20/1

Ian Poulter
100/1

Jason Day
40/1

Jason Dufner
100/1

Jim Furyk
60/1

Jonathan Byrd
150/1

Jose Maria Olazabal
250/1

Justin Rose
25/1

KJ Choi
50/1

Keegan Bradley
25/1

Kevin Chappell
250/1

Kyung-Tae Kim
200/1

Lee Westwood
18/1

Louis Oosthuizen
50/1

Lucas Glover
200/1

Luke Donald
15/1

Mark OMeara
250/1

Mark Wilson
100/1

Martin Kaymer
60/1

Martin Laird
125/1

Matt Kuchar
50/1

Miguel Angel Jimenez
200/1

Mike Weir
250/1

Nick Watney
40/1

Padraig Harrington
100/1

Patrick Cantlay
250/1

Paul Casey
100/1

Peter Hanson
125/1

Phil Mickelson
8/1

Rickie Fowler
80/1

Robert Garrigus
200/1

Robert Karlsson
150/1

Rory McIlroy
5/1

Rory Sabbatini
250/1

Ross Fisher
200/1

Ryan Palmer
150/1

Ryo Ishikawa
125/1

Scott Stallings
250/1

Scott Verplank
250/1

Sean OHair
125/1

Sergio Garcia
50/1

Steve Stricker
50/1

Stewart Cink
250/1

Thomas Bjorn
150/1

Tiger Woods
7/2

Tim Clark
250/1

Tom Watson
250/1

Trevor Immelman
100/1

Vijay Singh
200/1

Webb Simpson
50/1

YE Yang
125/1

Zach Johnson
100/1

zx Field (Any Other Golfer)
12/1

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Tseng Sets Sights on another LPGA Betting Victory as Kraft Nabisco Marks First Major

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World No. 1 Yani Tseng now has three victories in just six starts this season – including two in a row – as she prepares to take on the golf futures at the season’s first major on the LPGA Tour beginning Thursday in the Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.

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Tseng won her second consecutive tournament last week at the Kia Classic, cruising to her 15th-career LPGA victory by a comfortable six strokes and paying off her backers at 11/4 on the golf betting odds with that win. A week prior to that, Tseng held off strong challenges from Na Yeon Choi and Ai Miyazato to win the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup title.

So Tseng is once again eating heavy chalk at 7/4 odds to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship this week, with her closest competition expected to come from Choi at 12/1 odds and Ji-Yai Shin at 14/1, with Miyazato also anticipated to be in the mix at 16/1 odds.

Defending champion Stacy Lewis headlines a trio of familiar competitors along with Cristie Kerr and Suzann Pettersen, each of whom is listed as strong value picks at 20/1 odds. Lewis beat Tseng by three strokes last year at the Kraft Nabisco, making the major championship her first career victory in memorable fashion. Tseng won the title in 2010.

Brittany Lincicome, who won this event in 2009, is listed at 25/1 odds, while two-time champion Karrie Webb is at 40/1 and 2007 winner Morgan Pressel is back at 50/1.

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Tiger Woods Beats Odds to Finally End PGA Drought

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He’s had numerous injuries, been talked about in books by former friends and has fallen off the radar with PGA odds, but at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Tiger Woods finally got himself back into contention.
Of course, in Woods fashion, he downplayed the victory.

“It’s not like winning a major championship or anything,” Woods said. “But it certainly feels really good.”

Woods had gone 923 days and 26 tour events since he last won an event, perhaps this is the win that finally gets him over the hump? It was also his first PGA Tour victory since a sex scandal at the end of 2009 led to one of the greatest downfalls in sports. Golf can be quite a mental game, perhaps this victory will finally get his mind focused on winning again.

Woods finished at 13-under 275 for his 72nd PGA Tour win, one short of Nicklaus for second place on the career list. With The Masters in two weeks one has to wonder if he’s ready to get himself another green jacket. Woods has been listed at 7/2 odds to win the 2012 Masters.

This is just two weeks after an injury scare as well, but Woods looked dominant as ever at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. It may not be the PGA Championships but this was a PGA Tour event with a full field, one with all the heavy hitters. And Tiger put together a perfomance that didn’t have the hiccups that has plagued his game of late.

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PGA Betting: Tiger Woods finally wins one

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Against all odds, Tiger Woods has reclaimed his rightful spot at the top of the PGA World.

Tiger took home his first championship in 30 months yesterday, at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Tiger was beaming as he walked up the 18th green. What did that win feel like, Tiger was asked, “Pure joy,” he said.

“Heading home now and I can’t stop smiling. Thanks to Otown fans and everyone watching for all the love. Get well soon, Arnie,” Woods tweeted about three hours after his win.

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Golf Betting Odds: Strong Field at Transitions Championship

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Former world No. 1 Luke Donald and fellow Englishman Justin Rose headline the list of contenders to win this week’s golf betting action on the PGA Tour as the Transitions Championship begins Thursday at the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club in Palm Harbor, Florida.

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Donald, who was displaced by Rory McIlroy atop the official world golf rankings just two weeks ago, is listed as the 10/1 favorite on the golf odds to win the Transitions Championship on the par-71, 7,340-yard Copperhead Course at Innisbrook.

Donald has made one previous appearance at this tournament back in 2010 when he finished in sixth place behind winner Jim Furyk, who is also in the field this week at longshot 50/1 odds. He also finished in sixth place last week at the WGC-Cadillac Championships on the TPC Blue Monster at Doral, which was won by Rose.

Rose (16/1 odds) finished at 16-under par last week to win against one of the strongest fields of the year at the second WGC event of the season, which included fourth-place finisher and reigning Masters champion Charl Schwartzel (14/1) of South Africa.

Webb Simpson (18/1) is the top-rated American in the field at No. 8 in the official world golf rankings, and he finished in second place last year at the Transitions Championship behind winner Gary Woodland (50/1). Fellow Americans Matt Kuchar (20/1) and Nick Watney (22/1) round out the top contenders on the odds list to win this week.

Peter Hanson of Sweden finished T4 along with Schwartzel last week and he leads a strong international trio at 33/1 odds along with Sergio Garcia of Spain and Jason Day of Australia.

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This week on PGA Tour: Transitions Championship

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The is in a bit of a down week after two star-studded fields the past two weeks as the pros visit the Tampa Bay area this week for the Transitions Championship at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla. Place your PGA golf bets at our online sportsbook!

This tournament often gets overlooked because it follows the big-money WGC-Cadillac Championship and is the week before Arnold Palmer’s tournament in Bay Hill, which usually draws most of golf’s biggest names. Despite all that, players love the course so 12 of the top-25 world ranked players are in the field.

The Top-10 players entered are Luke Donald, Charl Schwartzel, Justin Rose, Webb Simpson and Jason Day along with past winners Gary Woodland (2011), Jim Furyk (2010), Retief Goosen (2009 & ’03), Sean O’Hair (2008), K.J. Choi (2006 & ’02), Carl Pettersson (2005) and Vijay Singh (2004). This will be the 12th Transitions Championship, with the first one being played in 2000. The event has had several different names in the past 12 years. This is the last year of the current deal and Transitions has said they won’t be back in 2013 so a new sponsor will be needed.

Overall last year, Copperhead averaged under par for the first time in its 11-year history dating back to 2000. (The 2001 edition was canceled due to the events of Sept. 11. The tournament moved from fall to March in 2007.) Although its scoring average was 70.817 in 2011, it was the fourth-hardest par 71 of 11 used in non-majors.

Former world No. 1 Luke Donald is the +850 favorite this week. . The last — and only — time Donald played here he tied for sixth in 2010. He’s also coming off a tie for sixth last week in Doral and appears to be rounding into form after a slow start to the season.

Schwartzel is the +1100 WagerWeb.com second favorite. His T4 at the WGC-Cadillac was his seventh top five in last 11 starts worldwide. He missed 31 greens at TPC Blue Monster at Doral and limited the damage to seven bogeys. Would lead the Tour in scrambling and adjusted scoring if he qualified.

Rose is the third favorite at +1300. He led the field in birdies (23) en route to victory at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. That followed a T5 at The Honda Classic where he held a share of the 36-hole lead. Top 25s in his last five starts at Copperhead, including a career-best T5 in 2011.

Last year, Gary Woodland put on a putting exhibition of only taking just 23 putts and making 9 of 9 putts between 4 and 16 feet as he shot 67 and his 15 under total was 1 better than Simpson, who bogeyed his final hole. Simpson is +1400 to win this week at WagerWeb.com, while Woodland is +4000 to repeat.

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Betting on LPGA: Tseng Tees It Up as Big Chalk at HSBC Women’s Champions

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World No. 1 Yani Tseng of Taiwan racked up her first victory of the new LPGA Tour season last week in Thailand, and she’s the overwhelming 2/1 favorite on the golf betting odds to win again this week at the HSBC Women’s Champions 2012. The tournament begins Thursday on the Garden Course at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore.

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Tseng followed up an uncharacteristic opening-round score of 73 (one over par) last week at the Honda LPGA Thailand with successive rounds of 65-65-66 to edge Ai Miyazato of Japan by one stroke and pick up her 13th career victory on the LPGA Tour.

Tseng, who has never won the HSBC Women’s Champions title but has posted consecutive third-place finishes at this event in the past two years, also finished just two shots ahead of Jiyai Shin of South Korea who wound up in third place last week in Thailand.

And Miyazato and Shin both have previous victories at the HSBC Women’s Champions, with Miyazato winning the 2010 title and Shin earning the crown in 2009. Both players are listed among the contenders to challenge Tseng again this week in Singapore at 14/1 odds to win.

Karrie Webb of Australia is the defending champion of this event, and is back at 28/1 odds to repeat the feat despite turning in a solid performance last week in Thailand with a T9 finish.

Cristie Kerr and Stacy Lewis lead a strong American contingent at 16/1 odds, with Paula Creamerat 20/1, Brittany Lincicome at 25/1, and Michelle Wie back at 30/1 odds to win the HSBC Women’s Champions.

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PGA Odds: Wagner Looks for Second Win at Mayakoba Golf Classic

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With the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship hogging most of the headlines this week in golf bettingaction, the best of the rest on the PGA Tour will tee it up beginning Thursday at the El Camaleon Golf Club in Riviera Maya, Mexico for the sun-drenched Mayakoba Golf Classic.

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Defending champion Johnson Wagner, who has a tournament win under his belt already this season on the PGA Tour, headlines the full 132-player field that will head south to compete for the winner’s share ($666,000) of the $3.7m purse as well as 250 FedExCup points that are up for grabs this week at the Mayakoba.

Wagner defeated fellow American Spencer Levin in a playoff to win last year’s tournament, and those two players are both listed at 14/1 odds to win this event come Sunday – along with 2008 winner Brian Gay.

Wagner won the Sony Open back in mid-January and has yet to miss a cut in five starts in 2012, while Levin wound up in third place at the Phoenix Open and T9 two weeks ago at Pebble Beach. Gay’s best finish so far in 2012 was T6 at the Sony Open won by Wagner, and he finished T5 at Mayakoba last year.

Also expected to be among the contenders this week are Jarrod Lyle, Charles Howell III andRory Sabbatini, who are each listed at 20/1 odds. Lyle is coming off an impressive T4 finish last week at the Northern Trust Open, and has a consistent track record of solid results at the Mayakoba.

Champions Tour luminaries in the field this week in Mexico will include Tom Lehman and John Cook(both at 80/1 odds), as well as El Camaleon course designer Greg Norman (150/1). Cook turned back the clock with a solo third-place finish last year behind Wagner and Levin.

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This week on PGA Tour: Northern Trust Open

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The makes its final California stop of the early season starting Thursday at historic Riviera Country Club outside of Los Angeles for the Northern Trust Open – Place your PGA golf bets at WagerWeb.com.

Riviera has played host to three major championships and a U.S. Senior Open and being in the shadows of Hollywood gained fame as the club of choice for movie stars. Scenes from several movies were shot there.

Tiger Woods is not playing this week, but 26 of the Top-50 ranked players in the world are assembled as Aaron Baddeley is defending his title. Also in the field is last week’s Pebble Beach winner Phil Mickelson, along with world No. 1 Luke Donald, who will be making his American debut as he tries to again win both the PGA and European Tour money titles. Also in the field are big names like Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker, Geoff Ogilvy and Bubba Watson. Oh, and Kyle Stanley is also playing – he leads the PGA Tour money list and early FedEx Cup standings.

Lefty is the +700 WagerWeb.com favorite to win this week off his incredibly impressive performance in the final round to win at Pebble Beach. Phil was bogey-free on Sunday to become the ninth member of the PGA Tour 40-win club. Mickelson is the all-time money leader at Riviera and a two-time winner (2008, 2009). Also second here in 2007.

Donald, the WagerWeb.com second favorite at +1400, missed two cuts last year in his breakthrough season, and one was in his season opener at Riviera. In all, however, he’s perfect for this track, where length is not the central tool. In five of his last seven starts here, has been T13 or better.

Dustin Johnson (+2000 at WagerWeb.com) held the 18-hole lead a week ago and finally appears healthy. Johnson missed the cut here last year but shared third in 2010 and 10th in 2009. Baddeley is +2500 to repeat. And he played well last week at Pebble with a fourth-place finish.

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