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Teh One Who Knocks
07-14-2014, 10:27 AM
The 2014 season's third major is upon us, and a loaded field will head to Royal Liverpool for 143rd edition of the British Open Championship. For many casual fans, however, it's the first major of the year because it's the first time Tiger Woods will be teeing it up with a chance to cut into that gap between his 14 and Jack Nicklaus' record 18 majors championships. Woods is almost always the favorite in any event he plays, regardless of health, recent form, venue, or the rest of the field. Even if he's not an overwhelming favorite, he's still at the top with the lowest odds.

But that's not the case at the start of the week, as his Nike partner, Rory McIlroy, has been installed as the early favorite at 10/1. It's understandable that Woods would be a bit down the list for the oddsmakers, but still surprising to see him there. Tiger's record this year is basically n/a, and the last time we saw him, he was bombing out early and missing the cut at his own event at Congressional. That was largely treated like more of a competitive warm-up for this week, but we saw some of the old Tiger short-game slip-ups that were there before the injury, and not necessarily caused by that back issue. He's had a few more weeks now to get what he calls his "feels" right, but based on his incomplete record, Woods is rightly down the board and not the favorite.

Tiger's not too far though, with only four players listed with lowers odds and still ahead of the defending champ and his top contemporary, Phil Mickelson. Woods is currently 16/1 while Phil, who has had just as underwhelming a season without being injured, is 20/1. Adam Scott has finished second and third in the last two Open Championships and is at 14/1, alongside Henrik Stenson and Martin Kaymer right behind Rory. Scott said on Sunday that the conditioning (not setup of course) at Royal Liverpool is just like Augusta right now, with not a blade of grass out of line. Given his recent track record at this event, Scott is a very good bet to pick up his second major title if he can just keep his putter rolling at an average to mediocre level.

All four majors have their identity and quirks, but the Open Championship is way out there on its own. The links-style venues and weather conditions make the tournament so unpredictable in so many years. The last time this major was held at Hoylake, Tiger Woods won it and didn't hit a driver all week. That club has historically gotten him into trouble, and he'll probably attempt the same general gameplan this year. But depending on the wind, everything can change from hour-to-hour at the Open and often your chances are simply a luck of the draw, which side of the tee sheet -- morning or afternoon -- you land on through the first two days.

Goofy
07-14-2014, 05:06 PM
Since Rosey won yesterday i'll have a couple of quid on him :tup: And maybe a few pennies elsewhere......

Goofy
07-14-2014, 05:10 PM
Victor Dubuisson to have a good week :tup:

DemonGeminiX
07-14-2014, 05:16 PM
:hand:

Nobody watches golf.

Goofy
07-14-2014, 05:18 PM
:hand:

Nobody watches golf.

I do :-k You saying i'm a nobody? :-s

DemonGeminiX
07-14-2014, 05:22 PM
:-s

Do you get fed intravenously while watching it?

Goofy
07-14-2014, 05:26 PM
Nope......... but that would be cool as fuck :tup:

DemonGeminiX
07-14-2014, 05:34 PM
:lol:

Teh One Who Knocks
07-14-2014, 05:34 PM
Since Rosey won yesterday i'll have a couple of quid on him :tup: And maybe a few pennies elsewhere......

Think that Tiger will make the cut? :-k

Goofy
07-14-2014, 05:54 PM
Think that Tiger will make the cut? :-k

You can never really tell with Tiger........ i'd never totally rule him out! It's unlikely, i mean, he's only really been hitting at full swing/power for a couple of weeks and even previous to the injury/surgery he was hardly firing on all cylinders :) Now that i've said that he'll probably go and win it :lol: tbh the part of his game that's looked a lot weaker the last few years for me has been his putting......... he used to make 10-15 footers for fun, every pressure putt was in the middle of the cup! Doesn't seem to make as many of them these days......

Teh One Who Knocks
07-17-2014, 10:52 AM
Looks like Tiger is off to a poor start so far

Goofy
07-17-2014, 11:37 AM
-1 through 14, not that bad :-k

Goofy
07-17-2014, 11:38 AM
Rory off to a flier, -5 after 12......... he usually shoots around 80 on a friday though :lol:

Goofy
07-17-2014, 11:38 AM
Gallagher and Warren going well :scotland:

Teh One Who Knocks
07-17-2014, 11:38 AM
-1 through 14, not that bad :-k

Must have been an early story I was reading that hadn't been updated

Goofy
07-17-2014, 09:12 PM
Tiger finished at -3, only 3 off the pace :tup: Rory leading with young Matteo 2nd!

Goofy
07-18-2014, 04:59 PM
3 shot lead for Rory atm, not having his usual "freaky friday" then :lol:

Goofy
07-18-2014, 06:16 PM
Rory's running away with it now, -11 with a 4 footer for birdie at 18 coming up!

Goofy
07-18-2014, 06:21 PM
Made the putt, -12 now, 5 shot lead!

Goofy
07-18-2014, 06:51 PM
I bet Alyson Hannigan could shoot a really low score around here :-k

Hugh_Janus
07-18-2014, 07:25 PM
how is phil micklson doing?

Goofy
07-19-2014, 06:29 AM
how is phil micklson doing?

He made the cut :tup: Only 12 shots back :lol:

Fodster
07-21-2014, 01:20 AM
Rory


http://adamsarson.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/07-20-14-rory-final-putt.gif?w=980

200 on @ 10/1 :tup:

Goofy
07-21-2014, 06:09 AM
I had 99 on him :)

Goofy
07-21-2014, 06:10 AM
Victor Dubuisson to have a good week :tup:

Tied 9th :ok:

Fodster
07-21-2014, 06:48 AM
I had 99 on him :)

Shame I went for TW in real life :lol:

Goofy
07-21-2014, 11:51 AM
I had a fiver e/w on Dubuisson at 80/1........ so nearly got a nice payout :(

Teh One Who Knocks
07-21-2014, 12:36 PM
There's a story this morning saying that Tiger thinks he should be picked for the Ryder Cup team...even after his performance this past weekend :facepalm:

Hugh_Janus
07-21-2014, 10:47 PM
and I agree with him :tup:

Goofy
07-22-2014, 06:35 AM
I agree too, get him in there - easy points for us :ok: