OUTRIGHTS:
Colin Montgomerie(40/1)(1/4 for Top 4) e.w. @ Bet365
GL
Edit:I managed a bleary-eyed viewing of my VCR tape of the first round, but I made it to a computer for the first time in 30 hours just 5 minutes before posting this play. Consequently, I missed all the lines and betting opportunities for today, and have yet to get busy reviewing the written media coverage. Tiger(-450) to Win looks intent on stretching his lead and spoiling any excitement, but regardless . . . The mistake in my golf capping from the entire 2004 season that I chastise myself over the most was failing to play Phil Mickelson(50/1) e.w. on Friday at Troon, and the final outcome doesn't change my rating of that mistake. One of the two mistakes in my golf capping from the entire 2003 season that I chastise myself over the most was failing to play Thomas Bjorn(50/1) e.w. on Friday at Royal St. George's, and the final outcome doesn't change my rating of that mistake . . . I don't know what I would have played earlier in the day if other committments had not exhausted me, but I I knew the mistake I was not going to make this Friday within 100 seconds of contemplation after turning on my computer . . . If Monty isn't in the mix to the death for a finish he can justly chirp about (10/1 for Top 4 makes it a 5 to 1 proposition), then Monty will end up surprising me far more than anything else I can contemplate seeing over the next 45 holes of the championship . . . I wouldn't even mind pairings with Tiger for the final 36 holes, to see what answers Monty could conjure up . . . I played it large.
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