KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) -- Tiger Woods has not played since winning the U.S. Open on June 16, and even he doesn't know when he will return. But British-based William Hill already has installed him as the 9-to-4 favorite to win the Masters.

The bookmaker lists Phil Mickelson at 10-to-1 winning the Masters, followed by Sergio Garcia at 12-to-1 and Padraig Harrington, going for his third straight majors, at 14-to-1.

One other betting option on Woods is how many majors he will win in 2009. William Hill offers 2-to-1 odds that Woods will win at least one major, 11-to-4 that he will win two majors, 14-to-1 that he will win three and 33-to-1 odds that he will win them all. In other words, the odds of Woods winning the Grand Slam are equivalent to Adam Scott winning the Masters.

William Hill also has 11-to-10 odds that Woods will not win any major this year. All of this is predicated on him playing the Masters.

DEFENSE OF DALY: John Daly made news for smashing a fan's camera against a tree at the Australian Open, written off as more bad behavior from golf's "wild thing." Geoff Ogilvy played the event, and said it could have happened to anyone.

"I think every player on Tour would have snapped, putting up with what he was having to put up with," Ogilvy said. "There was a guy with a flash less than three feet from his face for 20 minutes just going, 'Bang, bang, bang, bang,' right in his face, trying to get him to snap. And he did. I think a lot of guys might have grabbed the camera and thrown it in a marsh or something."

Ogilvy is the second player to defend Daly over the incident. Robert Allenby also blamed tournament officials for allowing the fan to bring a camera and continually take pictures so close to Daly.

"The Australian tour didn't even fine him (Daly) because the guy wasn't supposed to have a camera in the tournament, and he was flashing and trying to wind him up," Ogilvy said. "I don't blame him at all."

DIVOTS: Anthony Kim has a Nike bag, but no deal. Kim said his contract expired last year, but he declined to discuss negotiations for a new deal. ... The 16th green at the TPC Scottsdale apparently wasn't rowdy enough for the FBR Open. Tournament organizers have added general admission bleachers for about 3,000 fans to the right of the 162-yard hole, making it fully enclosed by bleachers and corporate boxes with capacity up to 20,000 people. ... Jack Nicklaus will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Golf Coaches Association of America. Nicklaus is the namesake for the GCAA players of the year in all three NCAA divisions, and he invites the winners to the final round of The Memorial to present them their awards. ... Carl Pettersson was No. 49 in the world after the Tour Championship. He played three times in the Fall Series, made all three cuts, and fell to No. 62. "I came to hate Monday," Pettersson said, referring to when the weekly world ranking was published.

STAT OF THE WEEK: The European Tour has more members in the top 50 in the world ranking than the PGA Tour.

FINAL WORD: "It was a great finish to the year. But on Thursday, we start from zero." -- Camilo Villegas, who won the final two PGA Tour Playoff events.

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