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Dennis Walters has a message for all the doubters who say Tiger Woods is finished after suffering multiple injuries to his legs and shattering his ankle in a single-vehicle collision on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
“I’m betting on Tiger,” said Walters, who was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2019. “He’s proven he can overcome almost anything.”
More than 45 years ago, on July 21, 1974, Walters, an aspiring professional golfer, was driving a cart down a gravel path. He was riding a golf cart down a steep hill when the brakes failed and he was thrown from the cart, severing his spine. He couldn’t feel his legs when he woke up in a hospital bed and knew his dream of playing on the PGA Tour was over. He has been paralyzed from the waist down since that day.
“The one thing I have learned is not to really believe anything doctors predict,” Walters said. “Medicine is not an exact science. When you combine the human will and the human spirit to overcome things, that is a very powerful force and I believe if it is possible, Tiger can do it. I’d never count him out. His mental capacity far exceeds anyone I’ve ever seen. I think that’s his strongest weapon once he gets to the point that he is able to physically rehab. If he wants to do it, I’d say Tiger Woods will be OK.”
Walters predicted that the healing process the next few months will be difficult physically, but the bar will be set even higher mentally. When Woods spoke on TV on Sunday, he was nearing the point where he thought his surgically-repaired back might allow him to begin preparing for a return in time to play the Masters in April. He must start over again. Walters knows the feeling. Six months after his accident, Walters wasn’t making any progress so he confronted his doctor.
“He said, ‘You’re never going to walk again.’ That made me cry,” Walters recalled. “I said, ‘How about playing golf? He said, ‘Forget it.’ I said two words to him and they weren’t happy birthday!”
Essex County Golf Club in West Orange, New Jersey, where Walters once had qualified for the U.S. Amateur, was across a road from his rehab center. Walters told his doctor that he was going to return someday and hit golf balls from the parking lot onto the course.
“I came back a year and a half later and did that. My doctor said, ‘I’m never telling anyone they can’t do anything,’ ” Walters said. “It’s folly to predict what a human being can do. That’s my reasoning for saying, let things progress and see what happens. I’m betting on Tiger Woods. To what degree? I don’t know, but if Tiger Woods is given a chance, he might be able to give us more thrills like he has all these years.”
Walters has toured the country performing more than 3,000 golf exhibitions, and was Woods’ opening act when he did junior clinics early in his career. It was a letter in the mail from golf great Ben Hogan, who had suffered his own life-threatening injuries after being hit by a bus head-on in 1949 and recovering to win six majors, and his support that provided a psychological lift for Walters.
Count former PGA Championship winner and NBC golf commentator Paul Azinger among those who agree that Tiger isn’t done yet.
“You can’t forget that nobody fights back harder than Tiger,” Azinger said.
“I will never stop believing that he won’t make a Ben Hogan recovery until he doesn’t,” Woods’ former instructor Hank Haney tweeted.
Woods has won a major on one leg, endured five back surgeries and come back time and time again, but this is different.
“This is his greatest challenge,” former U.S. Open champion and ESPN golf analyst Curtis Strange said. “This is something he can’t control. He’s got a beat-up body in that hospital and it’s going to take time to heal. Only then can he think about golf. But regardless, this isn’t the end of Tiger. He still has so much to offer the game.”
Comebacks have defined Woods’ career. This one may require him to re-learn how to walk and there’s no telling yet what the crash has done to his balky back. But Strange remains hopeful, too.
“Look at Alex Smith,” he said, referring to the Washington Football Team quarterback who recovered from a gruesome injury to his leg that was believed to be career-ending. “Did it seem possible he could play football last year? But he did. What seems impossible can happen.”
Golf betting can be one of the more profitable ventures of the major sports, with upward of 150 golfers teeing it up each week. The larger fields provide odds considerably longer than what are seen in any other sport. Golf fans also have a variety of options from which to choose — the PGA Tour, European Tour, Korn Ferry Tour and LPGA. Below, we look at the best ways to bet on golf, along with definitions of key terms and an explanation of the odds.
Golf betting: Ways to bet
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Outright: Picking a winner from a field of 120-155 golfers isn’t quite as daunting as it seems. The Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings are an effective measure to compare different golfers, as are course history and statistics. Odds can range from +800 (8-to-1) to +30000 (300-to-1), though winners generally come from the +2000 to +10000 range.Placing: Not as profitable as outright wins, but bettors can instead back multiple golfers to finish in the top 5, top 10, or even top 20 in order to ensure at least a moderate profit each week. These bets are best for long shots, as the outright odds for each golfer will decline according to the wider the range of their finishing position.Matchup: Golfers from a similar world ranking or geographical region — or who share a tee time — are put in head-to-head or three-ball matchups, with the winner the golfer who posts the lower round or tournament score. Odds typically range from -150 to +150.Groups: World rankings, notoriety or nationality can place golfers in groups of six to 10 for the lowest four-round tournament score. Odds can range from +100 to more than +2000 depending on the number of golfers included in the group and their world ranking.
Round betting: Instead of backing golfers for a full 72 holes, look for 18-hole leaders or placings at the end of the first, second or third rounds. First-round leader odds can be higher than the tournament odds for the favorites while dropping slightly for the long shots.Live betting: Jump in on outright odds at any point after the first tee shot. Odds will be adjusted based on the current leaderboard and the positioning of the pre-tournament favorites. It’s often best to hope a favorite starts poorly relative to the rest of the field and back them once the odds spike.Props: Generally the least profitable and predictable of the odds in golf; bettors can bet on whether a hole-in-one will be made, or the winner’s final score, for example.Futures: Continuously scouting the futures odds for the Masters, PGA Championship, US Open, Open Championship or the Ryder Cup can offer great value. Look for changes among the world’s top-ranked values and back them to win a major following a poor stretch of results in regular tournament play.Golf betting: Key betting terms to know
Favorites: Typically based on world ranking, but others with strong course history or on a hot stretch of recent top finishes can be viewed as a tournament favorite with odds lower than +2000. Be wary of low-ranked golfers with lower odds than they’d normally possess.Long shots: Priced at +5000 or higher, golfers who generally haven’t won much or have poor history on a particular course. Value exists when spotting a top-ranked golfer who has slipped into this range in a particularly strong field.Chalk: Referring to a heavy favorite priced at +1000 or higher. These golfers are never worth a bet as a broad rule, as the return simply isn’t worth the risk. Be cautious of a heavy favorite in an otherwise weak field.Parlay: Just like grouping bets from multiple different games in other sports, bettors can back outright winners from different pro tours. It’s a good way to get value on the heavy favorites from both the PGA Tour and LPGA in the same week.Golf betting: How do odds work?
As noted above, outright odds in a typical tournament can range from +800 to +30000, depending on how many golfers are in a field and the overall strength of a field. These odds mean a $10 bet can return a profit anywhere from $80 to $3,000.
Several golfers should be backed each week as an outright winner, with a larger portion of your bankroll being devoted to placing, matchup or group bets in order to ensure at least a small return on your weekly investment. There’s nothing worse than having your sneaky long shot finish second or third and not getting anything for it.
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