2008 Masters

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

I don't bet big to win big.So,I like to play atleast 10 or 15-1 stuff.I think I played Tiger once in my life,and he came 2nd in China.I realized I should of put it with something else(like a derby bet,) but I was too late.I do give Tiger a 50/50 chance of going by a bunch of chokes trying to shoot par rounds.Certainly not a sure thing,but I;ve seen Tiger look awful at times this year,and he simply becomes "new" the next day.You're right.He didn't come from behind all that much in previous years, but he has done it this year in Dubai,and somewhere else(Palmer's Tournament, I think.)I'M NOT KID'N.He has a 50/50 chance and was paying 4/1.It's never easy to play somebody that far back,but that's not just somebody.These others are zero inside ("compared to him.")

He is a way back. But the field definitely fell off.
So like you alluded to, some of the guys in between fell off.
But a few who were the supposed "winners", the stayers, like Mickelson
got hacked out. So fewer people have to have mediocre last rounds.
And Tiger pulls a big game day...