Kindle Pick of the Week: Tiger Woods Back and Tommy John's Elbow

Injuries play a big role in sports.

Dr. Jonathan Gelber has compiled a list of impactful injuries and tragedies in Tiger Woods's Back and Tommy John’s Elbow: Injuries and Tragedies That Transformed Careers, Sports, and Society and the ripple effect they have had on players across several different sports and on society in general.

Among the athletes featured in this book are:

• Tommy John and how the surgery that bears his name may have led to a youth injury epidemic
• Dale Earnhardt and how his devastating crash led to new rules and safety concerns for NASCAR and changes in privacy laws
• Lyle Alzado and how the conversation on steroids was driven underground
• Len Bias and how his death shaped today's drug laws
• And many more!

If you are a sports fan, a player, coach, gambler, you'll want to read this!

2019 PGA Championship Odds

2019 PGA Championship Odds

Tiger is the favorite!

Tiger Woods 10-1
Dustin Johnson 10-1
Brooks Koepka 10-1
Rory McIlroy 12-1
Rickie Fowler 16-1
Jon Rahm 18-1
Justin Rose 18-1
Jason Day 20-1
Francesco Molinari 25-1
Tommy Fleetwood 25-1
Xander Schauffele 25-1
Bryson DeChambeau 30-1
Tony Finau 30-1
Jordan Spieth 40-1
Patrick Cantlay 40-1
Hideki Matsuyama 50-1
Adam Scott 50-1
Patrick Reed 50-1
Paul Casey 50-1
Matt Kuchar 50-1
Phil Mickelson 60-1
Louis Oosthuizen 60-1
Bubba Watson 60-1
Sergio Garcia 60-1
Henrik Stenson 60-1
Gary Woodland 60-1
Kevin Kisner 60-1
Ian Poulter 60-1
Marc Leishman 80-1
Webb Simpson 80-1
Cameron Smith 125-1
Si Woo Kim 125-1
Charley Hoffman 125-1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 125-1
Rafael Cabrera Bello 125-1
Lucas Glover 125-1
Aaron Wise 125-1
Scott Piercy 150-1
Ryan Palmer 150-1
Jason Kokrak 150-1
Jhonattan Vegas 150-1
Shane Lowry 150-1
Jason Dufner 150-1
Byeong Hun An 150-1
Emiliano Grillo 150-1
Brandt Snedeker 150-1
Keegan Bradley 150-1
Charles Howell III 150-1
Branden Grace 150-1
Thomas Pieters 150-1
Zach Johnson 150-1
Alex Noren 150-1
Matt Wallace 150-1
Sungjae Im 150-1
Billy Horschel 150-1
Tyrrell Hatton 150-1
Haotong Li 150-1
Ryan Moore 150-1
Daniel Berger 150-1
Cameron Champ 200-1
Jim Furyk 200-1
Thorbjorn Olesen 200-1
Lucas Bjerregaard 200-1
J.B. Holmes 200-1
Martin Kaymer 200-1
Lee Westwood 200-1
Jimmy Walker 200-1
Kyle Stanley 200-1
Eddie Pepperell 200-1
Jorge Campillo 200-1
C.T. Pan 200-1
Pat Perez 200-1
Joel Dahmen 200-1
Julian Suri 200-1
Sung Kang 250-1
Max Homa 250-1
Kevin Tway 250-1
Brian Harman 250-1
Andrew Putnam 250-1
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 250-1
Kevin Na 250-1
Adam Hadwin 250-1
Abraham Ancer 250-1
Justin Harding 250-1
Corey Conners 250-1
Luke List 250-1
Adam Hadwin 250-1
Russell Knox 250-1
Joost Luiten 250-1
Graeme McDowell 250-1
Chez Reavie 300-1
Steve Stricker 300-1
Tom Lewis 300-1
David Lipsky 300-1
Michael Thompson 300-1
Richard Sterne 300-1
J.J. Spaun 300-1
Chesson Hadley 300-1
Erik Van Rooyen 300-1
Kurt Kitayama 300-1
Ross Fisher 300-1
Padraig Harrington 300-1
Danny Lee 300-1
Beau Hossler 300-1
Adam Long 500-1
Brandon Stone 500-1
Mikko Korhonen 500-1
Sam Ryder 500-1
Harold Varner III 500-1
Alexander Bjork 500-1
Ryan Armour 500-1
Brian Gay 500-1
Patton Kizzire 500-1
Shugo Imahira 500-1
Adrian Otaegui 500-1
Lucas Herbert 500-1
Jazz Janewattananond 500-1
Mike Lorenzo-Vera 500-1
Troy Merritt 500-1
Bronson Burgoon 1,000-1
Brendan Jones 1,000-1
Martin Trainer 1,000-1
John Daly 1,000-1
Vijay Singh 1,000-1
Y.E. Yang 1,000-1
Satoshi Kodaira 1,000-1
Shaun Norris 1,000-1
Michael Kim 1,000-1
Tyler Hall 3,000-1
Andrew Filbert 3,000-1
Cory Schneider 3,000-1
John O’Leary 3,000-1
Craig Hocknull 3,000-1
Justin Bertsch 3,000-1
Craig Bowden 3,000-1
Rob Labritz 3,000-1
Ryan Vermeer 3,000-1
Brian Mackey 3,000-1
Casey Russell 3,000-1
Marty Jertson 3,000-1
Jeffrey Schmid 3,000-1
Rod Perry 3,000-1
Rich Berberian Jr. 3,000-1
Ben Cook 3,000-1
Jason Caron 3,000-1
Stuart Deane 3,000-1
Danny Balin 3,000-1
Alex Beach 3,000-1
Shaun Micheel 3,000-1
Rich Beem 3,000-1

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All odds courtesy of the Westgate SuperBook

Tiger and the Medal of Freedom

Highest honor for a civilian.

Tiger Woods Social Media Mentions

It's no secret that Tiger has been tearing up social media over the last 48 or so hours.

Data courtesy of Talkwalker.

This is the first wave of social media analytics surrounding Tiger Woods' historic comeback victory Sunday at the The Masters Tournament - the data represents the peak buzz of the past 48 hours across all social media and illustrates brand affiliation and the power of a player once dropped by many sponsors because of his problems on and off the golf course.

New Golf Major Odds

Following Tiger Woods' historic win, SportsBetting.ag quickly adjusted its odds to win next month's PGA Championship. Two weeks ago, Tiger had 12/1 odds to win.
 
Tiger is also the favorite (9/1) for the U.S. Open while Rory McIlroy remains the favorite (8/1) for the Open Championship.
 
Golf odds come courtesy of SportsBetting.ag (www.sportsbetting.ag, @sportsbettingAG).
 
 
2019 PGA Championship odds
 
Tiger Woods 8/1
Dustin Johnson 9/1
Justin Thomas 12/1
Rory McIlroy 12/1
Brooks Koepka 14/1
Justin Rose 18/1
Bryson DeChambeau 20/1
Francesco Molinari 20/1
Jason Day 20/1
Jon Rahm 20/1
Rickie Fowler 20/1
Jordan Spieth 25/1
Tommy Fleetwood 25/1
Hideki Matsuyama 33/1
Patrick Reed 33/1
Tony Finau 33/1
Xander Schauffele 33/1
Bubba Watson 40/1
Henrik Stenson 40/1
Patrick Cantlay 40/1
Phil Mickelson 40/1
Cameron Champ 50/1
Louis Oosthuizen 50/1
Paul Casey 50/1
Sergio Garcia 50/1
Adam Scott 66/1
Alexander Noren 66/1
Brandt Snedeker 66/1
Gary Woodland 66/1
Marc Leishman 66/1
Thomas Pieters 66/1
Webb Simpson 66/1
Branden Grace 80/1
Ian Poulter 80/1
Kevin Kisner 80/1
Thorbjorn Olesen 80/1
Tyrrell Hatton 80/1
Zach Johnson 80/1
Aaron Wise 100/1