Books know the public will always bet Tiger, so they can't make him too high in case the Tiger who has won here 8 times shows up and they get killed[/Q
no I don't think that's true.
Every analyst, every piece of evidence, and every historical fact about Tiger's current woes say that he is a tremendous long shot simply to play well enough to not miss the cut by multiple shots. Tiger was chipping with 4 irons last week. He's not gonna come out and display a game that's ready to win against an elite field.
I don't think vegas is worried at all about the public cashing in on Tiger this week. I think vegas is licking their chops at all the futures wagers that are going on him blindly b/c they've never seen this price before.
And I'll disagree with you here, I think it's nuts to jump on Tiger one tourny removed since declaring himself healthy. He had glimpses in the Phoenix open of his greatness, but overall we were subject to his current mediocre play. It would be better to look at him at the end of the season, we'll probably see him get better and better as the season goes on and hopefully he notches another major this year (yea I'm a fan, but who isn't or atleast who isn't a closet fan?)....It's tremendous to see a guy like Phil come out and say Tiger will be just fine...
You and Law agree on one thing though and that's that Vegas still has their eye on Tiger.
Regarding the 4 iron chip shot it's nothing new for Tiger, he's done it before just not recently, he even wrote an article about it in the past
http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-instruction/short-game/chipping/tiger_tips_gd0908
