According to an AP report, Annika Sorenstam will retire at the end of this LPGA season.

Sorenstam currently ranks third on the LPGA all-time wins list with 72.

Not that he would use this as an excuse for coming up second at the Masters but Tiger Woods went underwent arthoscopic surgery on the same left knee that has been worked on two times in the last five years.

Tiger will be grounded for at least a month and he expects to be ready for the U.S. Open which takes place in June.

Tiger struck out in the first step of grabbing golf’s Grand Slam as he finished as the runner-up in the 2008 Masters Tournament shooting Even on the day and -5 for the tournament.

Trevor Immelman finished on top, grabbing the green jacket, finishing at +3 on Day 4 and 8-under par overall.

It was Immelman’s first major victory.

Trevor Immelman sits atop the Masters leaderboard as of 2:12 PM EST at -8.

Tiger Woods, who just teed off, currently sits at -1 overall and 15th on the leaderboard.

Updated April 10, 2008 

Not exactly the start Tiger Woods wanted.

After one round, Woods is tied for 19th on the Masters tourney leaderboard at Even par.

Justin Rose is tied for the lead atop the standings shooting 68 at -4.

With the Masters set to begin tomorrow, SPORTSBETTING.COM has a number of Tiger Woods related matchup bets and proposition bets.

As mentioned, Tiger is listed as an underdog in the “Tiger vs. the Field” head-to-head matchup at +120 but is also the odds-on to win the entire tournament at +120 as well.

For more Masters related betting go here.

Looking for some plus money on Tiger in a head-to-head matchup? You can get it right now, as Woods is a +120 underdog at the Masters….against the entire field.

SPORTSBETTING.COM has Tiger listed at +120 vs. the field in this week’s Masters.

Woods is a -450 favorite in a head-to-head matchup vs. Mickelson.

The tournament tees off on Thursday.

Tiger wins his fourth straight PGA Tour win this year, as he rolls in a 25-footer on the final hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 

You can bet on Tiger to win the Masters, and the other Majors today at SPORTSBETTING.COM

The season’s first major, the 2008 Masters, is a little less than a month away from teeing off. All eyes will, of course, be on Tiger, who is the huge favorite. The way Tiger’s playing, talk of sweeping the four majors isn’t unrealistic this year. The opening round gets going on April 7th at the famous Augusta course.

You can bet on the Masters today at SPORTSBETTING.COM. They have Tiger listed at 10-11, followed by Phil Mickelson at 10-1 and Ernie Els at 12-1.

Tiger beat Henrik Stenson on Saturday in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, while Stewart Cink took care of Justin Leonard to advance to the final match.

This pits the #1-ranked player in the field vs. the #22 in the Sunday showdown.