2012 The Masters Third Round Odds To Win: Rory McIlroy Favored

Masters Third Round Odds

AUGUSTA, GA (TheSpread) – In an interesting turn, 52-year-old Fred Couples is tied for the lead halfway through the 2012 Masters.

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Couples shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to finished tied for the lead with Jason Dufner, as both sit at 5-under for the tournament. Dufner shot a 2-under 70 on Friday. Couples won the Masters back in 1992, his only major championship in his career.

Despit leading, Dufner and Couples each have just 16/1 odds to win this tournament. The favorite is now Rory McIlroy, who has 3/1 odds to win while Lee Westwood has 6/1 odds and Phil Mickelson has 8/1 odds.

McIlroy is at -4 overall after shooting a 3-under 69 on Friday. He finds himself in a tie for third place with four other golfers.

Westwood led after the first round, but shot a 1-over 73 on Friday to fall to -4 overall and in a tie for third. Westwood had a double bogey on the final hole of his round.

Mickelson is tied for 11^th at -2 overall after shooting a 4-under 68 on Friday.

Tiger Woods is at +3 overall and in 40^th place after shooting a 3-over 75 on Friday. Woods birdied two of his first three holes in his round but then struggled mightily after that. Woods now has 20/1 odds to win the Masters.

2012 The Masters Odds to Win - Who Will Win The Masters?

Rory McIlroy 3/1

Lee Westwood 6/1

Phil Mickelson 8/1

Bubba Watson 12/1

Fred Couples 16/1

Jason Dufner 16/1

Louis Oosthuizen 16/1

Sergio Garcia 16/1

Tiger Woods 20/1

Matt Kuchar 22/1

Nick Watney 28/1

Miguel Angel Jimenez 33/1

Hunter Mahan 40/1

Henrik Stenson 50/1

Paul Lawrie 50/1

Aaron Baddeley 66/1

Justin Rose 66/1

Peter Hanson 66/1

Adam Scott 80/1

Charles Howell III 80/1

Gary Woodland 80/1

Vijay Singh 80/1

Y-E Yang 80/1

Ben Crane 100/1

Ian Poulter 100/1

Jim Furyk 100/1

Padraig Harrington 100/1

Sean O'Hair 100/1

Francesco Molinari 125/1

Jonathan Byrd 125/1

Luke Donald 125/1

Zach Johnson 125/1

Charl Schwartzel 150/1

Bill Haas 200/1

Geoff Ogilvy 200/1

Sang-Moon Bae 200/1

Webb Simpson 200/1

Fredrik Jacobson 250/1

Kevin Na 250/1

Steve Stricker 250/1

David Toms 300/1

Stewart Cink 400/1

Hideki Matsuyama 500/1

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