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Stenson listed as betting favorite to win Olympics

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According to the odds, Henrik Stenson is the man to beat next week when golf returns to the Olympics.

At No. 5 in the world, Stenson is the highest-ranked player in the 60-man field. The Swede was listed by the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook as a 9/2 favorite following his T-7 finish last week at the PGA Championship in his first start since winning The Open.

At 7/1, Spain’s Sergio Garcia is the player with the next-lowest odds.

Here is a look at each player’s chances to win gold next week in Rio, courtesy of the Westgate:

9/2: Henrik Stenson

7/1: Sergio Garcia

12/1: Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, Justin Rose

15/1: Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, Martin Kaymer

20/1: Danny Willett

25/1: Emiliano Grillo, Rafael Cabrera-Bello

40/1: Byeong-Hun An

50/1: Padraig Harrington, Danny Lee, Bernd Wiesberger, David Lingmerth, Thongchai Jaidee, Soren Kjeldsen, Thomas Pieters, Jhonattan Vegas

60/1: Graham DeLaet, David Hearn, Gregory Bourdy, Joost Luiten, Nicolas Colsaerts, Anirban Lahiri, Kiradech Aphibarnrat

80/1: Scott Hend, Matteo Manassero

100/1: Ryan Fox, Jeunghun Wang, C.T. Pan, Thorbjorn Olesen, Mikko Ilonen, Jaco van Zyl, Brandon Stone, Ashun Wu, Felipe Aguilar, Fabrizio Zanotti

125/1: Alex Cejka, Ricardo Gouveia, Fabian Gomez, Julien Quesne, Yuta Ikeda

150/1: Marcus Fraser, Adilson da Silva

200/1: Haotong Li, Nino Bertasio, Seamus Power, Miguel Tabuena, Shingo Katayama, Espen Kofstad

250/1: Wen-Tang Lin, Gavin Green, Roope Kakko, Jose-Felipe Lima, Siddikur Rahman, S.S.P. Chawrasia

300/1: Danny Chia, Rodolfo Cazaubon