the scene of Karabina great triumph last year when he backed Angel Cabrera.
The big question this year though is Tiger Woods ...... recent surgery on his knee for the third time in his career and he has only played one round of golf since ( using a cart) ....big question mark there.
Tiger woods price is drifting big style on the exchanges currently at 4.5 which is massive for someone who is normally 2.4 when he turns up.
on the positive side Tiger has a great all round game. A master at putting and chipping.
If Tigers knee does bother him he may ease of a bit on the TEE and find a few more fairways as a result which may improve his score ?
I am going to see what happens over the next few days and what news there before I reach for the wallet
Ive had a bet already on Garcia at 27 , Pod at 26 and Weir at 70 on BF over the weekend. With this being Micklesons local course and with the doubts about Tiger I have had a chunk on him at 9.4 too with the idea of laying it back before the start and having a free bet with the diff.
Two that might be best avoided are Adam Scott(laid at 44) who says on his website that he has been ill over the last couple of weeks but has actually got a broken little finger and Cam Villegas who had a virus last week and lost 12 pounds, he was complaining of feeling washed out over the weekend.
Reading Justin Rose's piece in the Times today he commented that the course heavily favours a fade off most tee's so Mick(hits the left handers equiv of a fade) and players like Ogilvy and Monty should like that, tho not so good for Garcia who mainly hits it the other way.
One bet i have had but could hardly get a bean on was Leonard to beat Toms in a 72 hole match bet, how anyone could make Leonard the evens outsider in that match must be mad, they have gone 4/5 Leonard and evens Toms now but as they are trading at 70 and 220 on BF. Leonard should be even shorter than that in my book given Toms is considering taking next year off on a medical exemption coz of his bad back and as a real low ball hitter should be totally unsuited to playing on lightening fast greens where the trajectory of his approaches will mean he has difficulty stopping the ball.
Do you ever bet golf spreads Chris??
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