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Your support makes all the difference.TIGER WOODS looks a solid bet at 6-1 to win the Open, which starts at Carnoustie on Thursday. Woods has failed to dominate the game in quite the manner which seemed on the cards less than two years ago when his general pre-major tournament odds came tumbling down from 16-1 to around 3-1, a remarkably short price by golf betting standards.
However, even though he has failed thus far to establish himself as the Arkle of golf, Woods' recent form and his all-round game suggests he will be the one to beat at a venue which should suit him as well as any.
Bad weather often puts paid to American challengers on British soil but, contrary to yesterday's claims from Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal that high winds could results in scores in the nineties, latest information from the Met office suggests that, apart from a strong westerly breeze and the risk of the odd shower on the first two days, this year's Open promises to be conducted amid extremely clement weather.
Montgomerie, despite having missed the halfway cut in five of the last seven Opens, promises to be Woods' biggest danger. He certainly makes more appeal than Sergio Garcia, the progressive 19-year-old Spaniard, who may find the occasion getting to him.
THE OPEN
C H L S T
T Woods 6-1 6-1 5-1 6-1 6-1
D Duval 10-1 12-1 10-1 10-1 12-1
C Montgomerie 14-1 11-1 12-1 10-1 14-1
E Els 16-1 16-1 20-1 16-1 16-1
V Singh 14-1 18-1 20-1 20-1 20-1
L Westwood 22-1 20-1 20-1 20-1 20-1
S Garcia 20-1 20-1 18-1 20-1 25-1
J Parnevik 25-1 28-1 25-1 20-1 25-1
D Clarke 33-1 28-1 33-1 33-1 33-1
D Love III 28-1 33-1 25-1 25-1 28-1
P Mickelson 25-1 33-1 33-1 33-1 33-1
N Price 25-1 28-1 33-1 25-1 33-1
J Furyk 40-1 33-1 40-1 40-1 40-1
J Leonard 40-1 33-1 40-1 33-1 28-1
J M Olazabal 33-1 40-1 40-1 40-1 50-1
C Coral, H William Hill, L Ladbrokes, S Stanley, T Tote
n Suggested bet: pounds 1 on Tiger Woods to win the Open at 6-1 (Coral, William Hill, Stanley and the Tote).
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