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After being eliminated from the 2019-20 FedEx Cup Playoffs with a T-51 finish at the BMW Championship, Tiger Woods makes his return for the 2020 U.S. Open at Winged Foot Golf Club. The 120th U.S. Open features a strong but smaller-than-usual field of 144 golfers, in which Woods ranks 13th by the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings.
Below, we look at Tiger Woods’ odds to win the 2020 U.S. Open and his most interesting prop bets for the year’s second major.
Tiger Woods’ history at Winged Foot Golf Club
Woods missed the cut at the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot GC. The event was won by Geoff Ogilvy at plus-5, but Woods fired back-to-back rounds of 6-over 76 to fall shy of the weekend. He previously tied for 29th in the 1997 PGA Championship but failed to break par in the final two rounds.
Tiger has won the U.S. Open three times with the most recent victory famously coming in 2008 in a playoff. He also has two career runner-ups but hasn’t cracked the top 20 in any of his last five appearances since 2010, with two missed cuts in that time.
Tiger Woods’ odds to win the 2020 US Open
Odds provided by BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. ET.
Tiger is +4500 and 19th by the betting odds to win the U.S. Open. He has an implied probability of winning of just 2.17% and a $10 bet will return a profit of $450 if he pulls off a victory.
While he’s a slight value based on his ranking in the odds and his position in the Golfweek world rankings, his poor course history and recent struggles since a T-9 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open make him a PASS.
Will Tiger Woods make the cut? No (+140)
Woods didn’t miss a cut in the 2019-20 PGA Tour season. He won the Zozo Championship, finished fourth in the 18-man Hero World Challenge and tied for ninth at the Farmers Insurance Open. Those events were between October and late January.
His T-37 finish at the PGA Championship was his best result in four events since the restart. He lost 0.55 strokes putting per round in the 2019-20 season, according to Data Golf, and gained just 0.11 strokes per round Off-the-Tee.
He has struggled in recent, tougher, U.S. Opens and has a poor history at Winged Foot. Bet Tiger Woods to MISS THE CUT (+140) as the only profitable prop bet for him this week.
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