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Punters' eyes are on the Tiger after Tiger Woods finally came in for support for the US Open. with Paddy Power, forcing the bookie to cut their odds to 3/1.
They had offered 7/2 on Tiger but had their hands bitten off by eager Tiger fans keen to take the world number one's biggest price for a Major in two years.
With six wins at Torrey Pines to his name Tiger has never finished worse than 10th on the course and Paddy Power face a significant seven figure payout should Tiger clinch his 14th Major on Sunday with the biggest single bet on him so far a £10,000 flutter.
Darren Haines, spokesman for Paddy Power, said: "We held the price as long as we could but at 7/2 punters were falling over themselves to back Tiger’s course pedigree over his dodgy knee.
"We’re already staring down the barrel of our second biggest golf payout ever behind Padraig Harrington's victory at last year’s British Open – and even that figure could come under threat."
