The bettor who won $1.2 million when Tiger Woods won the Masters is shooting to get a larger score this summer. And he’s gambling Tiger can flip his $100,000 wager into $10 million.
James Adducci (pictured) placed a $100,000 stake on Woods to acquire the 2019 Grand Slam in 100-1 odds. Adducci flew from his home in LaCrosse, Wisconsin to set the wager at SLS casino in Las Vegas, where William Hill US affirmed the bet during its sportsbook. That’s the exact same casino and sportsbook at which Adduccti cashed in $1.2 million on his very first sports bet on Woods.
“[William Hill] told me it’s a bet that has never been seen before.” Adducci told Golf Digest. “To earn $1 million is a step. To create $10 million is leaping to a new level.”
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Adducci’s bet on Woods isn’t optimal, and he might have gotten longer odds than 100-1 had he shopped around or requested the bet to other sportsbooks such as Caesars. However, Adducci remained with William Hill US, and explained why he went forward with another big bet on Tiger to catch all four majors and complete that the 2019 Grand Slam.
“Tiger has history winning at Bethpage, and he won at Pebble, by the largest margin in history,” Adducci said. “This is a really distinctive situation. That is how I am considering it. We all know that with every triumph, the energy level will soon get amped up. His game becomes raised… he is the definition of excelling under pressure. That is the way my mind works.”
Woods winning the Grand Slam at a calendar year could be historic for both him and the bettor, Adducci.
Just three golfers — Koepka, Spieth, and McIlroy — have won two majors in precisely the exact same calendar year because 2010. Nobody has won three in the same year because Tiger in 2000, and no player has won the contemporary age Grand Slam in reference to the Masters, US Open, The Open Championship, and PGA Championship.
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