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Tiger-mania
Australia has gone beserk since Tiger Woods touched down in Melbourne to contest this week’s Aussie Masters. And one punter is so convinced that the world number one is a shoo-in for victory that he’s wagered 100,000 Aus dollars on a Woods win. Sportingbet Australia betting manager Bill Richmond said the man had placed the wager at 2.60 and stood to take home 260,000 Aus dollars if the 14-time major winner triumphed at Kingston Heath. “We’ve seen a huge increase in terms of the number and sizes of bet from the punters. Certainly it’s more than double what we would normally do,” added Richmond. In the UK, Sky Bet are particularly keen to dodge Woods and are an industry shortest even money about the great man.
Gorge Lucas!
Lucas Parsons was once a standing dish in the Aussie Masters. Not any more though. These days he runs his own cafe and earlier this year took part in the Australian version of MasterChef with golf/food fans offering regular updates on his progress in chatroom forums. “Lucas got into the top three in last night’s Masterchef with a Chinese dish of Braised Oyster Mushrooms with Tofu. The judges declared it as “subtle but memorable” said one poster. And a few days later… “Another success for him last night. During the judges tasting they complemented the chicken dish he made.” And there was a genuine feeling of aggrievement when he crashed out. “Shame to see our boy knocked out of Masterchef last night. Personally I thought he was robbed. The challenge was to create 2 pies, and (his rival) Julie didn’t even produce that.” Lucas attended the pre-tournament Masters Gala dinner alongside Tiger Woods and Shane Warne on Tuesday night. And what makes us think he’s more a breast than a leg man?
Mickelson the Tiger slayer
Here’s a stat for you. The last seven times Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have been paired together, Lefty has shot the lowest score five times, with one tie when they both shot 64s. One of Mickelson’s moral victories over Woods came at Augusta earlier this year and punters were sniffing out his Augusta odds after he again claimed the scalp of Tiger in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai last weekend. Mickelson, the Green Jacket winner in both 2004 and 2006, is as short as 6/1 in places but VC Bet and Paddy Power are both offering 8/1. Tiger is the 5/2 favourite but the idea that Augusta is his playground might have to be revised. The world number one has won just one of the last seven Masters and it appears the toughening up of Augusta has gone against him.
Judas Priest Pt II
Good news. Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing liked the feature we did on him and has invited us down for another game next year when the second nine of his course opens. Since our interview and round of golf we can’t stop hearing references to Judas Priest. BBC 6 Music are currently running a Heavy Metal World Cup – a knock-out competition decided by debate that will crown the greatest metal band of all time. Judas Priest have already beaten old rivals Def Leppard in the first round and now have a very winnable last eight clash against Slayer. And whilst flicking through Sky last night the Comedy Channel were showing a vintage set from the late, great Bill Hicks, who was discussing Judas Priest and the subliminal messages controversy.
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