early 2019 Masters favorite<\/a> despite not having won a major since the 2008 US Open. The SuperBook currently has Tiger at 9\/1, shorter than 2018 green jacket winner Patrick Reed (30\/1), 2017 champ Sergio Garcia (50\/1), 2016 winner Danny Willett (200\/1), and 2015’s Jordan Spieth (10\/1).<\/p>\nJust Teeing Off<\/b><\/h2>\n
Delaware, New Jersey, West Virginia, and Mississippi have already joined Nevada in legalizing full-fledged sports betting in the wake of the Supreme Court repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). In the 2018-19 PGA Tour season, three official events, two in Nevada and one in New Jersey, will be played in sports betting states.<\/p>\n
Mobile wagering options are already online in both Nevada and New Jersey, which makes placing a legal golf bet that much easier.<\/p>\n
Research from the American Gaming Association (AGA) finds that 29 percent of current sports bettors in the US live in a household where total income is more than $100,000. A poll commissioned by the National Golf Foundation found that the average American golfer is 46-years-old, and lives in a household where income is also over $100,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tiger Woods is officially back after winning the Tour Championship and finishing second in the season-long FedEx Cup, and that bodes very well for oddsmakers as legal sports betting expands across the US. When Woods is in a tournament, interest and golf betting handle surge. And when the 14-time major winner is in contention, TV […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":89081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Tiger Woods Driving Golf Betting Interest, Sport Teed for Gambling Growth<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n