Thompson and Lewis are favorites at the Aussie Ladies Masters

Before Round 1 at the 2012 RACV Australian Ladies Masters, most bookmakers have Lexi Thompson and Stacy Lewis as #1 or #2 favorite to win at between 9-1 to 11-1. Skybet has Hedwall as co-favorite with Lexi. After Hedwall are Hee-Kyung Seo and So-Yeon Ryu. After last week's win, 14 year-old amateur Lydia Ko is anywhere from 20-1 to 28-1.

Of course, the bookmakers odds are not a precise estimate of the actual probability of each player winning. The odds reflect the bettors' psychology, as estimated by bookmakers. Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see how well Lexi does with increased expectations. Screen shot of odds shown below