posted March 19, 2008 at 18:19 EST in Golf Articles

If you’ve been placing money on Tiger Woods each time he takes part in a tournament lately, you’ve definitely been winning. However, that sort of golf betting has been getting less and less lucrative as Woods keeps finishing atop the leaderboard in every tourney.

Last week was no exception, as the world’s top player shot a 4-under 66 in the final round to beat Bart Bryant in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando. Woods sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to capture the trophy by one stroke over Bryant. Vijay Singh, Sean O’Hair, and Cliff Kresge each finished three back.

Woods will now be looking to extend his PGA Tour winning streak to an incredible six in a row when he arrives at Doral Golf Resort in Miami this week for the WGC-CA Championship. This tournament awards official prize money for both the PGA Tour and the European Tour, and as a result it includes all the top golfers from around the world.

Of course, playing in such a tough field won’t worry Woods – he’s won this event six of the eight times it has been held, and in each of the past three years as well. The WGC-CA Championship was held at Doral for the first time in 2007, with Woods beating Brett Wetterich by two strokes. Sergio Garcia, Robert Allenby, and Geoff Ogilvy all ended up four strokes back of the leader in that event, while Phil Mickelson was 10 strokes back.

So the oddsmakers at BetUS have made Woods the big favorite to get the victory again this weekend – he’s pegged at -125 odds to win the WGC-CA Championship. Mickelson is second on the list at +1500 odds, with Singh and Ernie Els both at +2000 odds. Els is one of the other two golfers who have won this event in the past – he was the champ back in 2004 in Ireland. Mike Weir (+8000) won this tournament in Spain back in 2000.

The next tier of contenders begins with Henrik Stenson and Adam Scott, who are both listed at +2500 odds. Stenson finished nine strokes back of Woods at Doral in ‘07, while Scott shot a final-round 80 to end up 11-over, 21 strokes behind the leader. Jim Furyk ended up 5-over in this event last year, but he’s next on the tourney odds list at +3500.

Steve Stricker, Justin Rose, K.J. Choi, and Luke Donald are all pegged at +4500 odds for this week, with each of Stewart Cink, Garcia, Ogilvy, and Rory Sabbatini at +5000. Donald will be trying to forget his showing at Bay Hill when he tees off on Thursday; he missed the cut in that event. Donald was back in the pack at 2-over at Doral last year.

O’Hair shot a sizzling 63 in the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week, but he couldn’t keep up with Woods on the final day. He’ll get another shot at the world’s top player this week, but he’s listed at +5500 odds to win the tournament. Robert Allenby and Angel Cabrera are also pegged at +5500, with both Lee Westwood and Hunter Mahan at +6000, and Aaron Baddeley (tied for sixth place last year) at +6500.

Longer shots include Retief Goosen (+7000), Niclas Fasth (+7000), Zach Johnson (+7500), Brandt Snedeker (+7500), Stuart Appleby (+7500), and Justin Leonard (+7500). Nick O’Hern is farther down the odds list at +12500, but he ended up tied with Baddeley and Fasth for sixth place in this tourney (five shots behind Woods) last year.

The PGA Tour will leave Florida after this week and head to TPC Louisiana for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (with Woods likely skipping that event). The European Tour, meanwhile, will get back into action in Spain with the Mapfre Open de Andalucia.

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