Hatrick For Tiger?

The British Open starts on the 19th of July at Carnoustie and World No.1 Tiger Woods will be gunning for his third consecutive Open title. Woods won his first Open title in 2000. The last Open to be held here was in 1999 where Jean Van De Velde's dramatic last hole led to a playoff where Paul Lawrie clinched the title. Woods as usual will be the firm favorite to take home the title but Els, Singh, Mickelson and a host of others will want the title for themselves. Woods who is chasing Jack Nickalus's record of 18 majors will be hoping to add No. 13 to his collection. Woods has played 10 tournaments this year winning three of them and finishing second twice. He has had seven top 10 finishes with all cuts made. Woods closest rival will be Mickelson who surprisingly has never performed well at the Open except for a third place finish in 2004. Ernie Els will be another favorite who has always produced good results at the Open with 9 top ten finishes in the past 15 Opens including a win in 2002. I'm sure this will be a great Open and one not to be missed.