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Montgomerie making a move - 4 under for 5 holes and 5 under for the tournament - he couldnt could he.....

The only time i can remember Woods really struggling with the weather was Carnoustie, when all and sundry suffered as the conditions were horrendous. At this time of year at St Andrews the weather can turn but is never as bad as it was at Carnoustie. To me, Woods chance will increase if he is in front and the wind blows - it is more likely challengers come out of the pack if the conditions are benign

Phenomenal tee shot from Woods on the 10th - 380 yds and he knocks it on the green pin high

391 yards apparently, compared to Olazabal's 288, amazing.

Incredible stuff!

1612: Tiger Woods lines up an eagle chance at the 380-yard par-four 10th, landing a huge tee shot onto the green.

Woods drives his 3rd par 4 in a row

Tiger has just driven another green.

Ditto, at least we are both enjoying the golf.

Scrip

flicking between the cricket and the golf - given up trading the horses for this afternoon.

Have a look at the chart on the surrey vs hampshire cricket match - i greened up at 1.08 and was tempted to turn it round - wish i had now

Tiger misses a birdie chance - He's human after all!

Fantastic moments at St Andrews as Nicklaus finishes his round.

Scrip

the guy got the reception he deserved - a true champion - a wonderful moment

Funny old game this trading - spent all afternoon barely trading as i couldnt see anything to trade - sit down to look at a few of the evening races and get a cracking drifter - made 3 times my afternoon profit on the 1 race lol

Well done it's funny like that isn't it.

Just removed my new head bandage this evening. Wish I hadn't its a mess. I hope it gets better than this. I don't think I realised just how bad my head injury was now I can see it clean. I feel lucky this evening to have not done worse after seeing that. I'll probably put something back on tomorrow before the kids see it.

Scrpit, Big boost in Halfords shares this week - anything to do with increased sales in helmets and bike repairs :-)

I am a walking advert for safety gear at the moment. Maybe I should sell my forehead on Ebay. Seems popular at the moment.

I'm all green on the Open by a heathly amount after laying Goosen twice. Such a wonderfull finish to the final day. I am going to leave it at that and watch the finale.

Scrip

not turned betfair on today as decided just wanted to watch the final round without trading. Woods has been awesome, but no one managed to mount a challenge to him which was disappointing.

Well done re Goosen

Would have been great for Monty to pull if off but with Woods in the lead never really looked like it.

Scrip

see the tie rules have caused some probs on the cricket again tonight.

Surrey vs Warks in 20-20 qtr final - official result is a tie (based on Duckworth Lewis) according to ECB. The tie is then decided on a bowl out (crickets version of a penalty shoot out) and Surrey proceed to the semis (after sudden death). There was no tie market on this match.

Despite the match being officially a tie, Betfair have paid out on a Surrey win.

Just to confuse the issue, on the televised match (Lancs vs Derby) there was a tie market - so on the basis of the Surrey game, how exactly could the Lancs game end in a tie???

ROFL, It's just not cricket is it. I have to say that it would seem sensible to add in all variations then its only the punters fault rather than all this finger pointing. What a mare.