Pity the poor fools that enter the US Open next year. If you think Torrey Pines was difficult this year you ain't seen nothing yet. "It's going to be one of the hardest Opens we'll ever face," declared Tiger Woods after finally pummelling the south cour… more »

A bit of reality crept into the markets overnight as punters grasped that this is no foregone conclusion. As Sunday dawned the price of Tiger Woods, which had gone as low as 1.68 during Saturday's play, slipped back over evens. Some think that is still g… more »

With most of my picks lying bloodied and battered below the cut line, it's time to run up the white flag and surrender to the force of Tiger Woods. He's been doing it again, playing with backers and layers alike, never quite doing enough one way or the… more »

Curses. The eagle landed to stuff my goose - well almost. An honourable draw was declared between layers and backers of Tiger Woods after day one. His price has moved in marginally from about 2.6 to 2.2, but only after skidding out to 4 at one point Thur… more »

Today a new name enters the pantheon of the world's greatest optimists: one Rupert Adams, a spokesman for the UK bookmakers William Hill, who declared Wednesday: "As always Tiger is the one we need to get beaten and we will be hoping for a genuine Tiger… more »

I think the PGA Tour should invest in wind machines. When it's one of those boringly flat days with the also-rans trailing home dutifully behind Tiger Woods, they should switch them on and give us all some fun. What a whacky day Sunday was - the Twilight… more »

They were like lemmings in their desperation to get on before the price went even lower. Down and down it went as the chaotic scramble gathered pace through evens and beyond. Even a bogey didn't deter our intrepid punters. 'Better value!', they cried as… more »

Justin Rose must be quietly smiling to himself as his American rivals whinge on about the awful, English-like weather. They all went to Palm Springs for a sun tan and must see this tournament as a celestial conspiracy to gift Rose the win. He has tried t… more »

This is where the Hope Classic starts to do your head in. You've got over the shock of starting a day early, but now you have to resist the urge to think its the halfway stage and there's just two rounds to go. Get back to normal Friday thinking fast!… more »

Heard the one about Justin Rose's hole in one on a par five? For a while the PGA Tour's infamous Shotlink scoring system was trying to convince us it was so. I doubt anyone was fooled by that, but there were plenty who got their fingers burned when Shotl… more »

I suspect there's a few people hoping Justin Rose puts me to the sword this week along with 127 of his fellow golfers at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. They probably won't believe that I hope he does well. C'mon, he's English. And I can still remember hi… more »

"That guy would have closed this tournament and won it." That was Charles Howell III Sunday on the difference between him and Tiger Woods (when he wasn't repeating "This one hurts" like a mantra). At least Howell has the consolation that this was not r… more »

Unless someone seriously raises their game among the chasing pack, this is a three horse race. Okay, this is wobbly Sunday and with the capricious wind playing its's part our leaders don't inspire great confidence. But surely one of them can take the top… more »

I wonder how boned up on Shakespeare Michelle Wie is. If so she might have thought appropriate the line from Julius Caesar about the unkindest cut of all as Tadd Fujikawa punctured her press conference with his celebrations Friday. Not that she wasn't ge… more »

Golf, like football (of the non-helmeted variety) can be a game of two halves, as a few leading lights discovered at Waialae Thursday. J B Holmes turned a few tipsters' faces red as he stuttered to six over after 8. It looked as if he was on the way to s… more »