Tiger Woods beat the odds to win the Masters, and we don’t just mean in the figurative sense. It turns out the victory made some people very rich and some sportsbooks very poor.
South African Charl Schwartzel ended up as an unlikely hero last night. He birdied the last four holes on the back-nine to win the 75th Masters on the 50th anniversary of Gary Players 1961 title. Coincidentally that had been the first time an international competitor had won the Masters.