2020 PGA Tour major odds: Tiger Woods a bargain for The Open

SportsbookWire series is taking a look at the PGA Tour’s biggest names and their chances of winning a major championship in 2020.

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Will Tiger Woods win a PGA Tour major championship in 2020?

Based off BetMGM‘s golf betting odds, I analyze Tiger’s best opportunities to win along with some of the best potential golf betting lines to cash in on Tiger’s play this year. This piece is part of a new SportsbookWire series, which will look at the PGA Tour’s biggest names and their chances of winning a major championship in 2020.

Tiger Woods’ 2019 PGA Tour highlights

  • Won Masters Tournament
  • T-9 Memorial Tournament
  • Won Zozo Championship

Odds to win a major in 2020

Name Official World Golf Ranking Odds Last PGA Tour win Last major
Brooks Koepka 1 +200 July 2019 2019 PGA Championship
Rory McIlroy 2 +250 Nov. 2019 2014 PGA Championship
Jon Rahm 3 +350 Jan. 2018 NA
Justin Thomas 4 +450 Oct. 2019 2017 PGA Championship
Dustin Johnson 5 +200 Feb. 2019 2016 US Open
Tiger Woods 6 +400 Oct. 2019 2019 Masters
Patrick Cantlay 7 +500 June 2019 NA
Justin Rose 8 +400 Jan. 2019 2013 US Open
Xander Schauffele 9 +500 Jan. 2019 NA
Tommy Fleetwood 10 +600 NA NA

Going purely by the Official World Golf Ranking measure, Tiger’s about where he should be. Johnson seems to be an outlier going into his fourth year since his last major. Alternatively, Thomas offers a slightly better value.


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Tiger Woods’ best chance in 2020

Event 2020 Venue Best career result Odds
Masters Augusta National Won (1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019) +1000
PGA Championship TPC Harding Park Won (1999, 2000, 2006, 2007) +1400
U.S. Open Winged Foot Won (2000, 2002, 2008) +1400
Open Championship Royal St. George’s Won (2000, 2005, 2006) +2500

Tiger’s best chance is at Augusta National, where he’ll be looking to win back-to-back green jackets and tie Jack Nicklaus’ all-time record of six Masters victories. A win would also move Woods within two of Nicklaus’ record 18 major championships.

Woods’ best value to win a major is at The Open. It’s one of the two major championships he has won just three times. Two of those victories were at St. Andrews with the other at Royal Liverpool. Tiger placed T-4 at the 2003 Open Championship at Royal St. George’s. He didn’t participate the last time it was at the venue in 2011.

Will Tiger Woods win a major in 2020?

Woods ignited the golf world last April when he won his fifth green jacket. Now, it’s impossible to count him out until the day he finally steps away. He opened his season with a victory at the Zozo Championship in Japan, and he’s likely to tailor the rest of his schedule around what gives him the best chances of closing in on Nicklaus’ all-time record.

Instead of betting him to win “a major” I would bet him individually at both the Masters and The Open.

Top PGA Tour bets to win a major in 2020

  • Jordan Spieth
  • Tiger Woods
  • Brooks Koepka
  • Rory McIlroy
  • Dustin Johnson
  • Rickie Fowler
  • Jon Rahm
  • Justin Rose
  • Phil Mickelson
  • Patrick Cantlay
  • Patrick Reed

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