With his first win of the season under his belt after the recent Arnold Palmer Invitational, Tiger Woods has his eyes set on his first major of the season in the upcoming Masters tournament.
Woods is the odds-on to get the green jacket at +175 and listed at +1500 to take the grand slam this year.
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Well Tiger Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational and everyone is happy.
Woods erased a five-stroke deficit to win and NBC, which broadcast the tourney, scored a 4.9 overnight rating and a 10 share, according to ESPN.
The last time a golf tournament saw those kind of ratings was in last year’s U.S. Open, where Tiger won a playoff against Rocco Mediate.
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Tiger Woods continues to get rounds in with the Masters less than two weeks away.
Woods is in the middle of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and isn’t up to his normal Tiger self sitting at one-over-par through hole 7; that’s good for 52 on the leaderboard.
Tiger is listed at +275 to take the green jacket at the Masters in April.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Pro golfer John Daly claimed a Florida newspaper libeled him in a column suggesting he failed "the scoundrel sniff test," but a judge disagreed.
Duval County Circuit Judge Hugh Carithers dismissed Daly's libel lawsuit Monday and granted The Florida Times-Union's request for summary judgment. He ruled that former columnist Mike Freeman's statements were either true or constitutionally protected opinion.
Daly had sued in 2005, alleging a column by Freeman written during THE PLAYERS Championship that year defamed him.
Freeman's column said: "How does Daly not fail the scoundrel sniff test with fans despite possessing definite Thug Life qualifications. Look at the Daly blog. Domestic violence accusations? Yup. Substance abuse issues? Unfortunately, three different kids from three different moms, making him the Shawn Kemp of golf? Yes. A former wife indicted for laundering illegal drug profits? Roger that."
Carithers wrote in his opinion that the alleged defamatory statements were opinions based upon disclosed facts.
"The only possible basis for a defamation action would be if Daly proved that one of the four underlying facts was false, but there is no genuine dispute with respect to any of the underlying facts," Carithers wrote.
The judge also cited constitutional protections against libel.
"Under the First Amendment, public figures in defamation lawsuits are required to prove actual malice by clear and convincing evidence," Carithers wrote, adding, "there is no evidence of actual malice, much less 'clear and convincing' evidence."
Times-Union Editor Frank Denton praised the judge for reinforcing the First Amendment and established law.
"This has been a long and unnecessary process, but in the end it supports the importance of a free and unfettered press," Denton said.
Telephone messages left with Daly's agent and attorney seeking comment were not immediately returned.
After wins in Malaysia in November and his native South Africa in January, Retief Goosen has now triumphed in America as well with only another two weeks to go to The Masters. The 40-year-old, who had dropped from third in the world to 49th before his revival, made the Transitions Championship in Tampa his seventh PGA Tour success. Goosen won by a stroke from Americans Charles Howell and Brett Quigley, a closing one-under-par 70 giving him the $972,000 first prize over the demanding Copperhead course at the Innisbrook Resort where he also captured the 2003 Chrysler Championship. The twice US Open champion is 20 pounds lighter than he was last year, and said: "I feel better now than I've felt for a very long time. "Probably the last time I was this fit was when I was in the army so I feel pretty good about myself. "At the beginning of last year I was looking at myself in the mirror thinking I look a bit out of shape. I just thought I might as well try and turn everything around. "I started working very hard in the gym. I thought that instead of getting totally out of shape and struggling, I might as well be fit and struggling!" On ending a four-year win drought in the States, he added: "It's great. Eventually you wonder if you can still do it." Asked if he felt he could now regain a place amongst the game's elite, Goosen stated: "I see no reason (why not). "I always keep reminding myself that Vijay (Singh) started playing his best golf when he turned 40, so I'm looking forward to the next five years." His win was achieved despite the fact he took out a contact lens after six holes. "I had my right eye lasered a couple of weeks ago. I started off with a contact lens in the left and it didn't really help so I'm sort of playing on one eye at the moment." Having chipped in for a birdie at nine, a 17-foot eagle putt on the 575-yard 11th proved to be the decisive blow. From one behind he went one ahead and, although Howell caught him with his third birdie in four holes at the 14th, the Augusta golfer followed with back-to-back bogeys. Goosen failed to get up and down from sand on the 16th and found dense rough by the 17th green. However, he played a great chip to three feet and then holed from nearly five feet at the 18th after sending a slick 20-footer racing past the cup. Howell and Quigley both had birdie chances on the last but missed from 25 and 24 feet respectively. Quigley was also a joint runner-up in Puerto Rico last week and has now played 342 PGA Tour events without a victory. For Betting please click here : Online Golf Betting
Probably still stewing after a second-round loss at last week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play, Tiger Woods will play in next week’s WGC-CA Championship at Doral Golf Resort in Miami, Florida.
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At the WGC-CA Championship at Doral Golf Resort, Tiger Woods is currently -2 through seven holes and tied for 39th.
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After a less than impressive showing at the Accenture Match Play event, Tiger Woods is back for more at the WGC-CA Championship at Doral in Miami. Woods is listed at +2000 to take golf’s grand slam this year.
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