Tiger Woods wins the Masters in one of sports all time great comebacks (Image: GETTY) The crippling sum was the largest payout for a golf bet in the company's history. The bet was placed on Woods to win The Masters at the price of 14/1. William Hill’s director of trading in the US Nick Bogdanovich was philosophical, he said: “It’s great to see Tiger back. Related articles Masters notebook: Poulter boost, McIlroy plan, Molinari-Woods joke Tiger Woods: Brooks Koepka makes Jack Nicklaus prediction “It’s a painful day for William Hill, our biggest golf loss ever, but a great day for golf.” Following the win, Woods said: "It's overwhelming, I think because of what has transpired. "Last year I was just very lucky to be playing again. "The previous champions' dinner I was really struggling. READ MORE: Tiger Woods WINS The Masters after thrilling final round at Augusta Tiger Woods one the green at Augusta (Image: GETTY) "I missed a couple of years of playing this great tournament, now to be winning it. "It's unreal to experience this.” In general, bookies were the biggest losers after this year’s masters as odds on Tiger to win were low, yet this did not deter punters from believing that he could make the spectacular come back that he did. Outsiders performed better than favourites, who failed to perform, such as Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy failing to make the cut on the last day. Related articles Tiger Woods children: How many kids does Masters winner have? TWO words Masters champion Tiger Woods said as he put on Green Jacket Tiger Woods wins his fifth Green Jacket at The Masters (Image: GETTY) But, the final day of the Masters was all about Tiger Woods, the troubled golfer gained complete redemption. After a long road to recover the 43-year-old, who was ranked as low as 1,199th in 2017, clawed his way back to dawn the illustrious Green Jacket. In an exciting conclusion to what is considered Golf’s top tournament, Woods trailed by two shots but produced the goods to win his fifth Green Jacket. After a series of perfectly timed birdies on holes 15 and 16 victory beckoned and the golfer, who has suffered both on and off the fairway in the last ten years, was visibly emotional as he embraced his family on the green.All rights reserved for this news site express.co.uk and under his responsibility