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The other day Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods jokingly talked about doing a “winner-take-all” match during the first two rounds of The Players Championship since they were going to be paired together. (We know how much Phil loves to wager on golf… and lose.)
It began when Mickelson joked to reporters, “As I look at the cover of the newspaper and the pairing is on there and the excitement that’s been going on around here, it gets me thinking: Why don’t we just bypass all the ancillary stuff of a tournament and just go head-to-head and just have kind of a high-stake, winner-take-all match. Now, I don’t know if he wants a piece of me, but I just think it’d be something that would be really fun for us to do, and I think there would be a lot of interest in it if we just went straight to the final round.”
When Woods got wind of what Mickelson said his response was, “We’ll play for whatever makes him uncomfortable.”
As for the idea that Mickelson somehow scares Tiger, Woods replied, “Well, first of all…big picture. How many times have we won on tour?”
That would be Tiger Woods: 79, Phil Mickelson: 43. Of course, he was only messing around (sort of).
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“No, no, as I said, it’s gonna be fun playing with him again. We have both have done this throughout our careers,” Tiger added. “We’ve always looked at each other and said Where is he on the board? That’s what Arnold (Palmer) and Jack (Nicklaus) used to do all the time. They’d always try to find, ‘What’s Jack at? What’s Jack at?’ And the same thing with Jack, ‘Where’s Arnie at?’ It’s been like that for our entire careers. Now that we have the opportunity to play against each other again on the first day when the gun blows, it’s gonna be fun. I enjoy either competing with him, usually, on the first or second day, or whether it’s the last day. It’s always been a blast, and he’s one hell of a competitor, so it’s gonna be a challenge to try and beat him.”
Now, whether or not Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have come to terms on a high-stakes wager or not, BetDSI Sportsbook has released some fun odds on what might be on the betting table for both golfers.
As an added bonus, as if we didn’t already want to watch, Tiger and Phil are grouped with Rickie Fowler. Their scheduled tee time for Thursday is 1:52 p.m. ET.
Check out the full list of Tiger-Phil odds below, and view even more prop bets and odds for The Players Championship here.
Head-to-head matchup – Round 1
Phil Mickelson -120
Tiger Woods -110
Head-to-head matchup – Round 2
Phil Mickelson -130
Tiger Woods +100
Head-to-head matchup – Round 3 (both must make cut for action)
Phil Mickelson -115
Tiger Woods -115
Head-to-head matchup – Round 4 (both must make cut for action)
Phil Mickelson -140
Tiger Woods +110
Match play winner (Rounds 1 and 2)
Phil Mickelson -125
Tiger Woods -105
Match play winner (full tournament)
Phil Mickelson -145
Tiger Woods +115
Most birdies during tournament
Phil Mickelson -150
Tiger Woods +120
Most bogeys or worse during tournament
Phil Mickelson +145
Tiger Woods -180
First to miss fairway with tee shot
Phil Mickelson -115
Tiger Woods -115
First to three-putt
Phil Mickelson +145
Tiger Woods -170
Details of side bet between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson released before June 14, 2018 (dollar amount must be made public)
Yes +800
No -2000
Side bet amount between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson (dollar amount must be made public)
Over $100,000 (-150)
Under $100,000 (+120)
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