The Tiger Woods aura lives on.
The sports gambling website Bovada released odds on the Masters in April, the PGA Tour's first major event of the year, according to CBS Sports.
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The names at the top are the usual suspects -- Jordan Spieth is the favorite at 5-1, followed by Rory McIlroy at 6-1 and Jason Day at 7-1.
The odds then drop off with Bubba Watson at 14-1, but shortly after that could be the sucker bet of all time: Tiger Woods: 33-1.
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Jack Nicklaus may have the record for most major victories, but situations like this add to the argument that Tiger may be the best ever. He is getting respect for work he did years ago.
That's right; the current No. 422 player in the world (according to the Official World Golf Rankings), who has not picked up a golf club since August because of a pair of back surgeries, has the same odds of winning the first major of 2016 as current No. 10 player in the world, Patrick Reed.
"Woods at 33-1 is humorous," CBS Sports golf writer Kyle Porter reported. "How about we see if he can stand upright first? Of course, I said the same thing last year, and he played in one of the final four groups on Sunday."
But Woods, at that time, had been competing since the previous December, even though that resulted in a last-place finish at his own Hero World Challenge.
The current Woods is talking about serving as an assistant captain next fall because he has no idea when he'll play golf again because of his back. He has not won a major since 2008. He last won the Masters in 2005.
Put those stats on any other golfer, and what would those stats be? Probably a tad higher than 33-1. More like 3,300-1. But that's a testament to how good Woods was between the years 1997-2008 when he won his 14 career majors.
There is some talk that Woods may never win another tournament, much less a major or even the Masters. The fact that he still is taken as a serious contender secures his argument as the greatest golfer of all time, even if he doesn't catch Nicklaus' record of 18 majors.
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