Golf: The Open Championship

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Re: Golf: The Open Championship I found this posted on the web. Interesting if your in two minds about backing Tiger. Horrid weather forecast this week. I'll be looking to back a few rather than tiger Eliminated golfers, step-by-step 1. Only one golfer has won in his first Open appearance dating back to 1976. (33 eliminated, 120 left) Eliminated: Jaco Ahlers, Briny Baird, Gaganjeet Bhullar, Mark Brown, Marc Cayeux, Rhys Davies, James Driscoll, David Drysdale, Rafa Echenique, Peter Ellebye, Oliver Fisher, Daniel Gaunt, Josh Geary, Branden Grace, Stephan Gross, Thomas Haylock, Yuta Ikeda, Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson, Richard S. Johnson, Jeremy Kavanagh, Martin Laird, Matteo Manassero, Bryce Molder, Koumei Oda, Alvaro Quiros, Elliot Saltman, Tim Stewart, Steve Surry, D.J. Trahan, Daniel Wardrop, Bubba Watson, Timothy Wood. 2. The previous 10 and 21 of the past 22 winners have been under the age of 40. (33 eliminated, 87 left) Eliminated: Stephen Ames, Peter Baker, Markus Brier, Paul Broadhurst, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Darren Clarke, John Daly, Ken Duke, Nick Faldo, Retief Goosen, Paul Goydos, Todd Hamilton, Miguel Angel Jimenez, James Kingston, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Davis Love III, Sandy Lyle, Prayad Marksaeng, Billy Mayfair, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Gary Orr, Kenny Perry, Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, David Toms, Bruce Vaughan, Tom Watson. 3. Thirty of the past 33 winners had a previous top-25 finish at the British Open. (45 eliminated, 42 remaining) Eliminated: Thomas Aiken, Fredrik Andersson Hed, Luke Donald, Nick Dougherty, Johan Edfors, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Richard Finch, Ross Fisher, Brian Gay, Lucas Glover, Mathew Goggin, Peter Hanson, David Higgins, Charley Hoffman, J.B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Ryuji Imada, Thongchai Jaidee, Shingo Katayama, Martin Kaymer, Soren Kjeldsen, Tomohiro Kondo, Kenichi Kuboya, Matt Kuchar, Pablo Larrazabal, Damien McGrane, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen, Jeff Overton, Terry Pilkadaris, Richie Ramsay, Rory Sabbatini, Jeev Milkha Singh, David Smail, Brandt Snedeker, Richard Sterne, Graeme Storm, Camilo Villegas, Nick Watney, Boo Weekley, Liang Wen-Chong, Oliver Wilson, Michael Wright, Azuma Yano. 4. The previous four and 16 of the past 21 winners were in the top 19 in the World Rankings entering the event. (31 eliminated, 11 remaining) Eliminated: Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Angel Cabrera, Chad Campbell, K.J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Ben Curtis, David Duval, Ernie Els, Richard Green, Anders Hansen, Soren Hansen, Peter Hedblom, David Howell, Fredrik Jacobson, Raphael Jacquelin, Zach Johnson, Justin Leonard, Hunter Mahan, Graeme McDowell, Carl Pettersson, Robert Rock, Andres Romero, Justin Rose, Lloyd Saltman, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Anthony Wall, Mike Weir, Chris Wood. 5. Nine of the past 12 winners finished in the top seven at the Masters. (10 eliminated, 1 remaining) Eliminated: Paul Casey, Jim Furyk, Sergio Garcia, Padraig Harrington, Anthony Kim, Geoff Ogilvy, Sean O'Hair, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood. Your winner ... Tiger Woods.