Tiger Woods has never won a Major coming from behind. He will start Sunday’s final round at Augusta with six players ahead of him and an all-too-bright spotlight scrutinising his every swing.

Woods, one of our top quartet to win the Green Jacket and tipped at 5.4 with BETDAQ, is now available to back at 8.8 and fourth in the betting.

He is four shots behind joint-leaders Angel Cabrera and Brandt Snedeker (both seven-under-par), three behind Adam Scott (-6), and two behind Marc Leishman and Jason Day (-5).

Scott, also tipped in this column, at 31.0, prior to the first round, is now second favourite at 4.9.

It would be sensible to trade out some profit on Scott and back Snedeker (3.7), former Masters winner Cabrera (at 7.0) and Leishman (at a far-too-big 23.0).

There is no shame in hedging your bets – that is the very essence of trading. Always take a profit, no matter how small.

woods3Woods would be near Evens favourite had he not been penalised two shots for signing for an incorrect second-round score, which drew fierce criticism from fellow professionals. The Augusta committee chose not to disqualify the world No1, despite his admission that he took an erroneous drop in his second round. Many felt he should have withdrawn.

From being three-under and tied for seventh, Woods went out for yesterday’s third round at one-under and tied for 20th. The pressure did not get to him and he went round in 70, two-under for the day, but with ground to make up.

It will be interesting to see if the crowd will be with him or against him should he be in contention after the turn.

There were plenty happy to stick the knife in yesterday including Sir Nick Faldo, who was way over the top with comments such as: “He should really sit down and consider this – it will taint his legacy and his life.”

Faldo’s pomposity reminds of that TV commercial for washing powder, where the wife turns to her golfing husband and utters the immortal words “You look like a clown!”

Watching Americans Ricky Fowler and Dustin Johnson also does that; Fowler because of his unkempt hair underneath one of those silly flat-brimmed caps, and Johnson because he plays like one anytime we tip him – which we did at 37.0. He was a lot shorter than that after the first round, but is now 1000.0 at Betdaq after capitulating on Friday, and sits at one-over-par heading into the final round.

There is some hope: Martin Laird shot a nine-under-par final round to win last week’s Texas Valero Open.

However, you have to go back to 1956 for the biggest final round comeback to win The Masters –Jack Burke Jr found himself trailing by nine strokes in the final round before coming back to win. Gary Player was down by eight strokes in the final round in 1978 before he came back to win.

Lee Westwood is still in with an outside chance at -2 and may land our suggested 6.4 odds to be the Top UK & Irish Player, but our top Aussie bet (Scott) is in the balance.

Having gone 0-76 in previous Masters, Australia will have representatives in three of the top five spots starting the final round with Scott (-6), Jason Day (-5) and Leishman (-5).

But it’s the trio at the head of the leaderboard who should be the ones to concentrate upon, in what promises to be a dramatic final day’s play at Augusta National.

puttWe’re hoping that Adam Scott can come good, especially after seeing him throw away the British Open, with four consecutive bogeys down the stretch after looking like a certain winner. The 32-year-old also had a great chance to put on a green jacket in 2011, when he led by two after a birdie on No. 16, only to watch from the clubhouse as Charl Schwartzel passed him with an unprecedented run of four birdies to close the deal.

But if we had to name the winner, we’d take the favourite.

Brandt Snedeker has clearly learned from his 2008 Masters disaster, when shooting a final round 77 that allowed Trevor Immelman to win the Green Jacket. He is a much more patient player now, he knows when to be aggressive – and when you have the lead, you don’t have to be as aggressive as those trailing you.

On Saturday, he recorded pars on his first 12 holes, made routine birdies on the reachable par-5s at 13 and 15, before putting his approach shot to within three feet on the 170-yard par-three 16th. That gave him a share of the lead – one that it is difficult to see him relinquishing.

Final Round Two-Balls

Phil Mickelson to beat Ryan Moore
Lefty has been struggling – he may have a back problem – but Moore is playing like a top jockey rather than a top golfer.

Justin Rose to beat Zach Johnson
Expect a big bounce-back day from the Englishman following a dismal showing yesterday.

Tiger Woods to beat Tim Clark
Tiger has yet to break 70 – but at least he hasn’t shot a 76. Clark is hit and miss. We like Tiger’s consistency.

Rickie Fowler to beat Steve Stricker
Silly hat. Silly hair. But the kid can flat out play. Stricker isn’t long enough off the tee to contend.

Jason Day to beat Matt Kuchar
Anyone who watched Kuchar’s performance down the stretch on Friday could not back him with anyone’s money. In contrast, yesterday was a thing of beauty. Day is solid, unspectacular and in with a chance of winning it all. He can’t be opposed.

Suggestions:
Brandt Snedeker @ 3.7
Angel Cabrera @ 7.0
Marc Leishman @ 23.0

Previously recommended:
Adam Scott @ 31.0
Tiger Woods @ 5.4
Dustin Johnson @ 37.0
Robert Garrigus @ 325.0


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