Monday, March 17, 2008

Wood you believe?

Tiger Woods won again at the weekend.

This is hardly news or even a surprise to anybody anymore.

However the run of form he is on now makes watching him even more enjoyable than ever before. Watching a true genius at work is always enjoyable.

Whether it was his enormous drives, his incredibly powerful ripped shots out of the rough or putts from huge distances there was always something in each round to make you gasp.

The great thing about Woods now is that he is stringing these moves together and absolutely destroying the best players in the world.

This weekend he was 7 off the lead after Friday. But two rounds of 66, crushes the resolve of the rest of the field and he wins by one stroke, following a massive putt on the 72nd hole for another birdie.

Now sport is nothing without uncertainty. If the result is pre-determined it is no fun, that's why the WWE isn't covered by Paddy Power.

And of all games golf is one where a single mistake, over 4 days, can knock you out of contention. Which makes it unbearably difficult to play but usually fascinating to watch, a sort of high wire act in a brightly coloured jumper and slacks. So while Woods seems invincible it is still worth watching.

The US Masters is on in 3 weeks. Woods is evens to win it. The next is Mickeson at 8/1. Evens in a race with 70 competitors over one of the toughest golf courses in the world. He is 5/4 for the US open in July and 6/1 for the Grand Slam. These are WWE type odds.

I don't mean that these odds are not justified, without doubt he is miles ahead of everybody else in the world. But watching to see if he can do the Slam could be the sporting highlight of the year, ahead of Euro 2008 and the Olympics.

I can't wait.....

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