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Woods Is Favourite To Win The US Open

Posted on April 13, 2011 by | Comments Off on Woods Is Favourite To Win The US Open

Tiger Woods is favoured by the bookies to win the U.S. Open, golf’s next major championship, even though he hasn’t claimed a title for almost 18 months!

Woods, a three-time U.S. Open winner, is 6/1  favorite at Bet365 to win this year’s tournament, which is scheduled for June 16-19 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland.

Woods tied for fourth place at the Masters last week in Augusta, Georgia, after taking a share of the lead in the final round. It was the best finish in six events this year for Woods. That success, along with his overall popularity, makes him the clear favourite at this stage.

Phil Mickelson is the second favorite at 10/1, followed by Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy at 16/1. Defending U.S. Open champion has odds of 33/1, while Masters winner Charl Schwartzel is out at 40/1.

The last of Woods’s 14 major championship titles came at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. His last victory was at the Australian Masters in November 2009. He remains winless since returning from his self-imposed break following the events that led to his divorce last year.

 

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Time To Practise! | Golf Needs Tiger

Posted on April 12, 2011 by | Comments Off on Time To Practise! | Golf Needs Tiger

Good morning – another great day in West London!

Great to see the sun shining and also to see so many people coming to play golf over the last few days. This often happens after major tournaments and the combination of this and the good weather means that the golf season has officially started – it’s time to get out there and practise!

Of course it’s also the Easter Holidays and we are running some great camps for the kids over at Dukes Meadows – please click on the link on my homepage for full details of these or contact me at james@jamesironsgolf.co.uk .

I’ve just read this great article on why golf needs Tiger Woods – give it a read and let me know what you think:

http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2011/4/12/golf-needs-tiger/

Have a great day 🙂

James

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My Tips For The Masters

Posted on April 6, 2011 by | Comments Off on My Tips For The Masters

So with The Masters starting tomorrow, a lot of golf fans will be getting ready to place their bets, and use their golfing knowledge to try and take a few quid off the bookies over the weekend!

I have placed bets on this famous tournament for the last few years (with varying results!) and these are my tips for this year.

I’ve gone for Phil Mickelson as my tip to win. He has had three top ten finishes out of eight events so far this season  and has won the tournament on three previous occasions, including last year when his winning score of -16 was one of the best Masters scores ever recorded. He will also be looking to equal the records of Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods, who have each won the tournament on four occasions. He is the favourite at 6/1, displacing Tiger,  who has been favourite every year for as long as I can remember!

You can see some press conference coverage of both Phil and Tiger by clicking here.

I also like the look of the American, Matt Kuchar. He is having a solid enough season and is great value at 33/1.

I have also backed the following players each way – Luke Donald (25/1), Hunter Mahan (28/1), Ricky Fowler (66/1), Brandt Snedeker (125/1), and Bo Van Pelt (175/1) so if a couple of those players can finish in the top five places I’ll be very happy…

Let me know who your money is on…

(All odds quoted are from www.bet365.com)

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Tiger Woods Still Getting All The Attention

Posted on March 30, 2011 by | Comments Off on Tiger Woods Still Getting All The Attention

(From NBC Sports)

So many people surrounded the first tee that it was hard to see who was playing. The gallery stretched down the entire length of the 461-yard opening hole and wrapped around the back of the green on a sun-baked Sunday at Bay Hill.

Now on the tee, Tiger Woods.

He was in a tie for 29th. He was 10 shots out of the lead, no serious threat to win.

About four hours later, the final group of Martin Laird and Spencer Levin approached the fifth green with under 100 fans tagging along.

This is nothing new.

A few weeks earlier at Doral, the PGA Tour decided to group players based on their world ranking. Someone estimated the gallery at 85 people for the “Big Three” of Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood and Luke Donald. On the other side of the course, there were too many fans to count in the group of players ranked 4-5-6 — Graeme McDowell, Woods and Phil Mickelson.

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Tiger Lags in a Movement He Helped Create

Posted on March 24, 2011 by | Comments Off on Tiger Lags in a Movement He Helped Create

When Tiger Woods smashes one off the tee at Bay Hill on Thursday — gets every bit of the club face on the golf ball — chances are he will not be strutting out to the longest drive in the fairway. In fact, he may not be walking to the second longest.

“I’ll be the Corey Pavin of my group,” Woods said, laughing about what it will be like to be paired with two of the game’s longest hitters, Gary Woodland, 26, and Dustin Johnson, 26, for the first two rounds of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

“Seriously, I’ll just kind of put it out there in play and put it up on the green and try and make putts,” Woods added. “Those guys will be bombing it way out there past me.”

This is the new reality on the PGA Tour. Gone are the days when Woods could shift into overdrive and, on command, blow a tee shot past his fellow competitors. Gone are the days when Woods made seemingly every important putt he looked at. And though he had only one three-putt green at the W.G.C.-Cadillac Championship outside Miami, Woods has not putted well this year and is ranked 101st on tour.

The tournament host, Arnold Palmer, 81, said all good players reach the point where “all of a sudden, once in a while, the bounces go the wrong way or the putts rim around the cup rather than going in the cup.”

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Tiger Confident He Can Break Nicklaus Record

Posted on March 17, 2011 by | Comments Off on Tiger Confident He Can Break Nicklaus Record

Tiger Woods still thinks he can break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 Major golf championships, telling CNBC in an interview during the annual Tavistock Cup, that his game is coming around.

“I know I can do it,” said Woods. “I just need to put all the pieces together and get it done.”

So far, Woods has won 14 Majors and 95 titles around the world, including 71 on the PGA Tour. But he hasn’t captured an event in 16 months. The 35-year-old golf legend is undergoing a swing change with new coach Sean Foley, and told CNBC, he’s searching for more consistency.

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