Els may have already played his best golf, while Garcia hasn't won in two years. Woods has won 20 tournaments during that span. Duval and Mickelson seem psyched out by Woods. Duval proved that by missing a five-foot putt Sunday on No. 18 that cost him any chance of winning. Woods, no matter what the circumstance, doesn't blow that putt.
People are comfortable betting Woods.
They don't care what the odds are. All they know is they cash with him. Woods might draw so much money for the U.S. Open that many books will end up closing him less than even-money. All rights reserved.