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Confirmed to be at the Masters next month.

Will probably play the Imperial Cup next week too.

Could be interesting to see his prices and specials surrounding the event.

What is the Imperial Cup?

4/1 sounded like it could be worth a pop?

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I may have the name wrong lol

2 Golf Clubs take on in each other in a charity event.

Just so happens that most of the top 10 are members of these two golf clubs.

On at 4's.

Ah the tavistock cup i think it is.

me too

also taken the £4 that was available @ 20.0 on bf for him to not play just in case

i wouldnt touch 4-1 with a barge pole for the masters

doubt i would even touch 16-1 for this years masters

Thats the one ...... I was close ;)

Feeling pretty smart that i laid no majors @ 1.6

lay me 12's?

I've got to be with iron here.

Tiger is the best golfer who has ever lived but if he wins this after such a long break and with the huge media and public scrutiny he will be under he would have to be a demi god.

Not impossible but vvvv unlikely imo.

Confirmed as not playing the invitational so he will be going into the major "cold", without playing a competitive round.

Cant have him at 4's what with all the added pressure on him and all extra press pressure etc.

but its tiger

Ive laid 5.1, if he comes back from all those troubles and wins on a course that they will prob trick up again, not playing competitive for months, surviives all the media furor and the crowds that might be luke warm plus what must be a great deal of embarassment and shame on his part then I will be happy to pay and call it one of the great sporting achievements of our time.

How much do you think going without a round of competitive golf will affect the most experienced golfer in the world?

It will have a massive effect.

Remember golf is mostly a game of mental strength, pressure on Tiger will be immense.

His head has been all over the place this year.

10-1 is a fair price for this event.

well, in terms of hitting most shots not at all but competition sharpens the mind and skills more than just practice rounds can. It just adds an extra hurdle for him to get over in a tourney that will be a long way from the events where he has proven to be the best player in the world many times over.

Hope there is a "specials" market ... first obvious "Tiger scores another birdie" headline etc etc

I can't imagine a more mentally strong competitor, i actually think playing the masters will be less of a mental challenge than the proceeding 4 months of his life, he can just get down to doing what he is the best in the world at.

'I can't imagine a more mentally strong competitor'

This is all true before but we dont know if he is or will ever be that strong again, I suspect he will but first time out with those doubts I think its a big ask.

From a golfing perspective, not much as Tiger frequently takes a longish break and then wins first time out.

But this is somewhat different.......

meh i am getting on

im on him, but this thread is making me second guess.

but then i just think, its tiger mfkin woods. he aint losing.

il decide nearer the time.

Tiger finds himself in another divot.

Maybe Tiger should leave the three iron to his wife.

Tigers driving is still erratic.

Tiger is still good at finding the hole.

Tiger gets another awkward bounce.

Sandy

He could well win, but cannot be backed.

this basically

ok, he may not win but there's no way he doesn't win it one time in five

first off flushy i aint got money to burn so why would i lay you 16-1 when i could lay on betfair at 5-1 i know i might not look the sharpest tool in the box and often act a little dim but this fool and his money aint easierly parted


2nd for those with bets on either way in this i wish you all luck

wtf kinda bullshit is that? How can you genuinely wish 2 groups of people luck when they have opposite ends of a bet?

Oh and if he is out to 5-1 now i am getting on and getting paiiiiid

never said i want them both to win infact i dont really care as i aint got a bet on but i wish you all the best of luck just as i wish the muppet that calls my all in on a draw luck even thogh secretly i am hoping they royally flushed (or words to that effect)

Ah you see when i wish someone luck in gambling it means i hope they win, not i hope they lose, guess its just me.

Anyone who has backed him, gl.

Anyone who has laid him, i hope you lose it all.

Well he hasn't won the last 4 years....

He looks like a broken man, far worse than he did when he did the statement a couple of weeks ago:

http://proxy.espn.go.com/blog/sportscenter/post/_/id/38891/tiger-woods-interview-with-tom-rinaldi

No way I will be backing him until he proves he is the player he was.

plz make price drift!

Rinaldi makes me want to puke in that interview, as do most of Tiger's answers.

The South Park that is on comedy central, Sky channel 126 at half ten tonight is the one that aired in the US last week taking the piss out of Tiger and sex addiction.

v v funny if you can catch it. I loved the 2010 version of EA sports Tiger Woods golf skit.

just so you know, i back tiger online

Tiger practiced at Augusta today.

I cannont wait, this is the early coup of the year.

08 he was 6/5
09 he was 9/4
10 he is 9/2 i just can't decide whether to have 2 10 or 20 grand on!

I kinda think this but really looking forward to this years due to the circumstances in it...Keith what do you think of Layin Tiger to make the cut at 1.3???

I actually think the crowd may have a reasonable effect on him...dont mean to generalise but american golf fans are hardly the epitome of etiquette so he may get a bit of a hard time with some

I think the Masters crowd are a lot different to the average American golf crowd. Security at Augusta is a lot more stringent and anyone misbehaving will soon be removed from the course. Most people who are lucky enough to get tickets know that and behave accordingly.
For the record I doubt Tiger can win after so long out but I wouldn't be laying him at the current prices because if anyone can handle this pressure it's him.

gone 6.2. I couldn't hold out any longer.

I have no idea why he shifted so much, there must be a reason, if there isnt it will be my biggest ever bet, lets gogogogogo Tiger.

Right topped up another £1600 at 5-1 with skybet lets gogogogo

why are you so sure on this price? he hasnt won it in 5 years...and they years were when he was supposed to be at top of his game...now there is the added family problems/sex addiction/public humiliation & general hatred from a large portion of stiff middle class America

he will get the biggest cheers of his life when he steps up to the first Tee

who said anything about the 1st tee...i'm talking about all the other stuff that has been banded about up until now through the media/internet blogs/forums...in general he has lost more fans + respect than gained fans since all the storys have came out...the fact most major sponsors have dropped him would back this up. The media especially play the devils advocate in a lot of this of course:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/iaincarter/2010/04/woods_set_for_masters_grilling.html

I might be wrong but I just think it could have quite an effect on him...long term I definitely think he will get back into the groove and become as unbeatable as before-when the furore dies down(just think this may be a bit too early for him), and the news storys are still quite hot and will be for a few months yet I reckon.

If he does do it it would go down as one of biggest sporting achievments in history IMO

because

His first 4 practice round scores were 76/74/74/72 not sure what order. Reliable source (The Sun  ;D)

Wow 4 practise rounds in one day.

very keen

The only time Tiger missed a cut in a major was after his father died and he came back from a long lay off to play a US open without any warm up tournaments, I think he is more likely to miss the cut than win after several months away from competitive golf since his reputation died. i

[  ] you appear to have a clue what you are talking about.

Do you not think he is a highly focused athlete who for the last 10 years of his life has been surrounded by the media/fans as far as his eyes can see? I imagine he is feeling pretty damn great at the moment, knocking it about with his old friends gearing up for tournament he loves.

I look forward to this every year and this year is going to be better than ever with all the hype around Tiger.

I can't decide whether to have £20 or £40 on Tiger though!

Might have a coulpe of quid on Poulter and KJ Choi too


 Ad Ahrt

Thats the thing I dont think he will be highly focused with all this furore(that he's never had to deal with before) surrounding his private life. And I dont think he'll be feeling great yet...pretty sure there will still be a lot of issues going on in the background in his family/personal life that he's trying to sort out. Time will tell though- one things for certain it will make this years masters doubly as interesting

What is going on around him though? Everyone just says this i dont get it, he is giving the press some time today after that its happy days for Tiger, he doesnt have to talk to every single fan....they all will scream his name like usual, he will smile like usual then he will take his shot (hopefully like usual)

um well he f%**ed over his wife and kids by going with about a gazillion pornstars/hookers/mistresses which was displayed to billions of people worldwide. He lives at home with his close family facing them on a day to day basis-having recently been allowed back home- I think mentally his head will be "up his ar$e" from my medical term...obviously golf is as much a mental game as anythin.

would be pretty sociopathic if whats happened had not affected him mentally.

I started with £30 at 5.6, then topped up another £20 at 6.0, then another £20 at 6.2!

Price is just to tasty!!

Clearly he will triple bogey the first now tho.

If I did this I'd be buzzing like fuck, did you see some of the birds he was with, and some of the shit they go up to?

After typing that and thinking about it, I might go in again! The guy should be on cloud 9!

I love it Dave, i bet thats exactly how he did feel before he got caught. The press conference tonight should give us a decent insight into his well being or lack of it.

It is interesting to see how this develops.

The last few times Tiger has played golf he has been distant, prone to tempur tantrums and very off with the media.
It is quite possible that he was bricking it with the knowledge that it was only a matter of time before it all came out.

with his problems now out in the open it may take some of the pressure off?

This press conf later will reveal a lot

Tiger looks good to me.

Yes Tiger is looking good

Yes his Biceps were looking pretty impressive.

Tiger is going to win this, end of.

your right he missed the cut at last years open as well my point was that his mental state in my opinion will be similar to june 2006 when he missed the cut at winged foot. hope im wrong for the sake of your bet though.
 oh and i have played golf since i was 10 and played competiviely as a teenager against/with 5 or 6 guys who went on to be touring professionals 3 of them tour winners.

I have just done 20 quid for now and ill c how it gets on.

good luck

 Ad Ahrt

Nice one mate. who are these 3 winners your talking about, hows your Handicapp nowadays ?

Did you watch the press conference this evening, he looks pretty good to me

I did like this.

He made his first full public appearance since mid-November on Monday at Augusta National, and while he has been out of the mix for a while, the photo array in the possession of a security guard assigned to his group did not contain his mugshot.

You can't tell these players without a scorecard, and in this case, players isn't a term being used to describe the 97 competitors.

As Woods played his practice round, a woman camped near the fifth tee was approached by a member of Woods' considerable security detail and was asked, "Ma'am, are you the stripper?"

The woman looked at the guy like he had a 3-iron growing out of his forehead. Thus, the security guard reached in his pocket and produced a sheet containing the color mugs shots of Woods' alleged mistresses, who are clearly on his watch list. It was a rogue's gallery, indeed.

"We've just got to be extra careful," the guard told the woman.

She wasn't quite sure how to react. But it was hard to view the inquisition as flattering.

"I'm not sure how to feel yet," she told a TV producer who watched the entire episode.

Welcome to the 2010 Masters, Year of the Tiger, where at least one security guard has a list of American's least-wanted. Four-plus months since he struck his last competitive golf shot, Woods faced the fans and the global media and came away surprised and gratified that he wasn't Public Enemy No. 1.

poulter, brian davis and i was taught by phil golding who won the french open a few years back dont play so much anymore stilll a fairly solid 5 though, was 2.6 at my best but i could compete with the scratch players without to many problems, Brian was different gravy though i remember playing the county under 21's in a gale i shot 2 over in the morning and was met by brian after my round and he asks me how i did so i said 73 he starts telling what a great round that was and how not many people will beat that yada yada, so my chest is all puffed out my head is swelling and i ask him how he did... he points to the 1st says see those trees down the left i hooked it in there tried to play out and fresh aired it chipped out knocked it on 2 putted for a double bogey six great start huh, not the best say i so what ya shoot oh 67 it was at precisely this point i knew i would never play golf for a living i just couldnt comprehend shooting 67 in thoose conditions after starting with a 6 Brian turned pro about 2 weeks later and has been a money making machine pretty much ever since.

yeah i know tl;dr and cool story bro
cheers
Moon

what happened to John Kettley?

Didnt see the press conference flushy no was he asked any awkward questions ? his state of mind would worry me if i had a bet on him he gets a lot of his edge in this department  but his lack of tournament preperation would worry me more still i guess thats built into the price. looking forward to thursday will be interesting to say the least.

Lol mbn alright to be shooting 67's in gales, twas a good story, feel free to tell more about Poulter, was he wearing flash gear in them days too, did you beat him in your local Matchplay or anything?

Poulter i played when he was very young i think he was 13 or so i was a bit older we played a foursomes match i remember him being very good at such a young age his partner really let him down though so we won handily he was a bit flash not to the extent he is now though. I remember telling one of the selectors that i thought he would be a really good player but they said that they werent interested because they knew he would turn pro the day he turned 16 which he did, his brother Danny was one of the top assistant pro's in Hertfordshire at the time so they figured it was inevitable that Ian would follow in his footsteps. that was the only time i played with him though. played more with Brian and also Sammy Little and his brother Jamie who turned out pretty good too.

He looked mentally sharp, very fresh and says he is enjoying golf for the first time in years, pretty good signs.

My initial thoughts were that 9-2 was probably value about him in this field wherethere are only 60 odd players of which 10-15 cannot win but tonight I listened on the radio to a golf journalist who watched his practise round today and said he played dreadfully so if anything I think I would rather be against.  Apparently on two holes he shanked the ball so badly he had to retake his teeshot which doesn't augur too well.

5/1 nearly disappeared but can still get it with Stan James and Bet365 if you go to the "enhanced win only" market.

I feel kinda bad, i wanted to land a coup on SkyBet but i ended up doing some on Boyles as well and they lay good prices on the niffle so i do feel guilty when we sting them, VC wouldnt re-set my password in time, grrrrr.

Let's gogogogog Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiger

Either -£4k or +£19,377.14 could be a mev Sunday sweat!

He is my 'best losing result' now, if that makes sense, so I will no doubt be in a possie to trade him back into favour should he be playing well, either way mate I hope you get a good run for your £4k and how can I be too against him now when you got him as a 20k winner?

Would you look to trade some away if he gets short, just play it as you feel , or just let it ride?

Yeah if he gets down to 6-4/evens then i will prob just take it as a freeroll.

I notice sportingbet have gone 11-2 tonight, they will be made to paiiiii

    * Bet Type: Single
          o US Masters Outright Winner
                + Tiger Woods 6.50
    * Possible Payout 6,500.00 GBP

1 bet @
1,000.00 GBP

They will be made to paiiiiiii

plz Tiger don't make me do £5k, k thanks

Ha com, 11-2 no longer available with sportingbet, 9-2 now.

lol flushy the bookie basher!!

COME ON TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGER!

i'm with you buddy but not quite to that tune, gl us.

you taking any of the other field for savers or are the balls all firmly in one basket??

Losing £5k should be enough :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8607133.stm

Lads r 6-1 now.

More trouble at the mill for Tiger.

Timing of this story is pretty tez


http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2870322/tiger_woods_allegedly_had_sex_with.html?cat=14

lol @ them trying to make out that this is more shocking because she wasn't a stripper or hooker

todays the day.

GOOOOOOO ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN TIGER.

Air shot on the first tee imo

I'm going to get on Tiger for the first time ever as a sympathy bet purely because I don't think he has done that much wrong. Let he who is without sin etc, etc.

Anyway. The bookies are definately wanting to lay him as he is more like a 9/1 shot. Most high street bookies are now 6/1 and he may touch 7/1 before tea time.

It will be very interesting to see the reaction on betfair to his first tee shot. He has been known to fluff a few opening shots in majors before and a little of me hopes he duffs it as there may be a big overreaction on betfair and he goes out to 10s plus.

what time does he tee off?

20 mins ago

Currently trading at 5/2!