More money was bet on Dustin Johnson to win the Masters than any other golfer at multiple Las Vegas sportsbooks. Some of that money will be refunded; a lot of it will not be.
Johnson, who slipped and fell down a few stairs Wednesday night, pulled out of the tournament with a back injury shortly before his scheduled tee time Thursday.
Johnson was the consensus favorite, at around 11-2, before news broke of his fall Wednesday. Jordan Spieth went off as the favorite at 13-2 at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas, followed by Rory McIlroy at 7-1.
Sportsbooks have varying policies in place when a golfer does not start. The SuperBook, for example, will be refunding all bets on Johnson, since he did not tee off. Other Nevada books, however, have an "all bets are action" stipulation on futures bets, like the odds to win the Masters, and will not be refunding bets on Johnson.
The sportsbook rule also came into play with Tiger Woods' decision not to play. The SuperBook took more than 100 bets on Woods to win the tournament, before he announced last week he wouldn't be playing at Augusta.
"We've already started the refund process," SuperBook assistant manager Jeff Sherman said of the bets on Woods, "but still have over 100 that are outstanding on him."
