• Masters winner: Bookies on the fence

    Louis Oosthuizen

    There might be five co-leaders with 36 holes to play at Augusta, but local bookmakers have four players tied on the same odds to win The Masters.

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    Unsurprisingly Dustin Johnson – second favourite after round one’s updated odds – is now BETCOZA’s joint favourite at 7-1 to win, with Francesco Molinari, Brooks Koepka and… Tiger Woods.

    Both DJ and Woods, a four-time Masters champion, are one behind at the halfway mark, while Molinari and Koepka – both Major winners in 2018 – are part of the leading group of five players.

    Jason Day is now backed at 10-1, while fellow Australian Adam Scott is given an 11-1 chance of another Green Jacket.

    Louis Oosthuizen’s 66 moved him into a share of the lead, but at 12-1, he is only the bookmakers seventh likeliest player to win.

    Xander Schauffele, Rookie of the Year in 2017 and winner of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at the turn of 2019, is one back on the scoreboard and favoured at 14-1 ahead of Jon Rahm at 18-1.

    Justin Harding is backed at 40-1 alongside Phil Mickelson and Matt Kuchar. Between Rahm and Harding’s group, Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler and Ian Poulter are all given a better chance of victory at 33-1. 

    Northern Ireland’s career-slam chasing Rory McIlroy is a 50-1 shot, despite sitting seven off the pace in a share of 36th place.

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