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  Bookies backing Tiger Woods for Open Championship13 May 2013

  William Hill believe that Tiger Woods could well be back to his best and after victory at the Players, and that could be an ominous sign for his rivals. Tiger is the 4/1 favourite to win the Open Championship, with Rory Mcllroy second favourite at 9/1. William Hill are 40/1 about Woods winning the ...

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  Ernie Els tips Branden Grace as potential 2013 Open Championship winner8 Oct 2012

  Ernie Els believes Branden Grace, his fellow South African, could follow him as Open champion in 2013. Grace notched up an impressive victory in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, his fifth win of 2012 and fourth on the European Tour. The 24-year-old went into the final day at St Andrews with a...

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  Couples books 2013 Open Championship berth30 Jul 2012

  Veteran Fred Couples is already looking forward to the 2013 Open Championship following his two-shot win at the British Seniors Open on Sunday. Couples started the final round a stroke behind Germany's Bernhard Langer but came through on the back nine at Turnberry, finishing in style with birdies a...

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  Ernie Els tips Adam Scott to win five Majors23 Jul 2012

  Open champion Ernie Els believes Adam Scott will bounce back from his Royal Lytham heartbreak – and win more Majors than his four. The Big Easy capitalised when Scott bogeyed the last four holes to throw away a four-shot lead, Els’ birdie at the 18th enough to secure victory without the need for a ...

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  Open 2012 final day sees 1/150 Adam Scott throw away title22 Jul 2012

  Ernie Els benefited from Adam Scott's final day collapse at Royal Lytham & St Annes to win the 2012 Open title and save the bookmakers from some big payouts. Adam Scott was as short as 1/150 for the Open title with StanJames.com before his dramatic collapse handed Ernie Els his second Open titl...

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  British Open 2012 Final Round in Pictures22 Jul 2012

  Ernie Els was crowned the 2012 Open champion but the South African owes his fourth major title to the collapse of Adam Scott in the last four holes. The South African finished with a two under par round of 68 on a windy Sunday at Royal Lytham & St Annes and, on a day when scoring was difficult,...

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  Adam Scott chokes to bust odds of 1/50 at Royal Lytham & St Annes22 Jul 2012

  Ernie Els won the 2012 Open Championship but the story of the day was Adam Scott's collapse after being as short as 1/50 to win the tournament with just an hour to play. Ernie Els's dramatic Open victory saw betting in play turnover records at Ladbrokes smashed in the final hour of play at Lytham.&...

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  Ernie Els win 2012 Open Championship22 Jul 2012

  Ernie Els has won the 2012 Open Championship after an incredible collapse from Adam Scott who dropped four shots in the final four holes at Royal Lytham & St Annes.  Ernie Els claimed his second Open Championship title after a dramatic final day's play at Royal Lytham & St Annes in wh...

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  Adam Scott odds-on favourite to win The Open22 Jul 2012

  Adam Scott is the odds-on favourite going into Sunday's final round at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Adam Scott is odds-on at 4/6 to go on and secure Open glory at Lytham, according to Ladbrokes. The Australian holds a 4-shot lead over the chasing pack which includes Major winners in the shape ...

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  The Open Championship Round Four tee times21 Jul 2012

  Graeme McDowell will play with Adam Scott in the final pairing on the last day of 2012 Open Championship. Brandt Snedeker could not maintain his position at the top of the Open leaderboard on day three at Royal Lytham & St Annes with the American finishing three over par on Saturday. Snedeker ...

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  Open golf 2012 - pictures and scores from the third round21 Jul 2012

  Masters champion Bubba Watson has charged up the leaderboard on ‘moving day’ at the Open golf 2012, rising into a tie for fifth as he compiled a superb third round. The big-hitting American, level par overnight after rounds of 67 and 73, began with a brilliant tee shot at the opening hole that prod...

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  Open golf 2012 - Tiger Woods in prime position to clinch 15th Major title21 Jul 2012

  Tiger Woods is ready to seize the challenge of landing a 15th Major title after putting himself bang in contention at the halfway stage of the 2012 Open Championship. The former world No 1, three times a winner already on the PGA Tour this year, is in third place, four shots behind leader Brandt Sn...

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  Open Championship 2012 Third Round tee times20 Jul 2012

  Adam Scott and Brandt Snedeker will tee off in the final pair at 3.20pm on Day Three of the 2012 Open Championship. The Open Championship has reached the halfway stage with the field now reduced to just 85 players who will compete for the coveted Claret Jug trophy. The leader after the first two d...

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  The 5 best bets at The Open Championship this weekend20 Jul 2012

  The field at the 2012 Open Championship has been halved and it's time to have a look at what are the best bets for the crucial final two days play at Royal Lytham & St Annes. So, your outright picks on The Open Championship haven't even made the cut but you still want an interest in the tourna...

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  Golf WAGS - image gallery of the most popular golfers' wives and girlfriends20 Jul 2012

  Rory McIlroy has faded out of contention in the 2012 Open Golf Championship – which will not please his celebrity girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki. The 2011 US Open champion will have to do something special over the weekend if he is to end his wait for a second Major title - and the bookmakers have p...