Before he struck a ball in the 2008 season Tiger was unusually bullish.

“Do I see it as a possibility? I say yes,” Woods said. “For most of my career I’ve won more than four tournaments a year. It’s just winning the right four. If you put it all together, have the stars line up, I certainly think it’s possible.”

World No 2 Phil Mickelson has also suggested it’s a possibility while Arnold Palmer, the man whose PGA Career wins of 62 was matched by Tiger this week has also stated that Tiger can win the modern grand slam.

After his demolition job at the Buick Invitational last weekend the odds are being slashed on Tiger doing the Slam. On Betfair he is available at 14.5, is that value??

So what do you think – how many Majors will Tiger win in 2008. Vote in the sidebar and leave your comments below.

The St Andrews Trust is opening a new course at the home of golf. The Castle Course opens in the summer of 2008. I have always been a fan of the trust, and once again they are to be congratulated for making the course open to the public. What’s more they have not implemented any handicap restrictions on The Castle Course, so the novice golfer can experience golf at St Andrews; though from the back tees the Castle Course plays 7200 yards which will test the very best. The course is designed by David McLay Kidd of Bandon Dunes fame.

Also just to be aware all 7 courses can now be booked online at www.standrews.org.uk

Or is he a golfing genius… Ok, so the headline may be a bit disingenuous, but having watched Rory on CNN’s Living Golf program I have to confess to being a bit confused as to what to make of him. What got me thinking was when he was asked what his goals for the year were – basically he seemed to imply nothing short of a starring role in the European Ryder Cup Team would do (he didn’t actually say that mind, but I felt it was implied). (Click here to read the article in full)

Odds courtesy of Betfair

Tiger is even money this week at the CA Championship at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Miami. It’s simply incredible that even money is on offer for any golfer in a field with 19 of the top 20 golfers in the world. But Tiger and more importantly his recent form has been incredible with 7 wins on the bounce. The talk of the grand slam and the chase of Byron Nelson’s 11 consecutive PGA Tour wins from back in 1945 have the world’s media focused almost solely on him. Coming up a long way behind in the odds are the usual suspects Els, Mickelson, Singh et al. While they have all had there moments so far in 2008 consistency has been poor.

The case for Woods is irrefutable. Unbeaten in 6 months, in WGC stroke play events such as this week’s, he has won 12 from 17 since the passing of his father. While Doral isn’t all that its Blue Monster name suggests, it favours a long hitter like Woods.

So this week the advice of The Speculator is to LAY Woods, and to have a small punt on Justin Rose at 45/1

What’s the rational?
Well firstly Woods was off form in the first two rounds last week and with a stronger field that may well count against him. Secondly and more importantly from an odds perspective Woods invariably drifts over the 4 days, at the World Match Play Tiger drifted to over 20.0, for anyone who has layed the hedge becomes very rewarding.

As for our punt on Rose, he played well last week in Florida and if he can sort his putting he can make a challenge.

Odds courtesy of Betfair

TeamEgoli’s William Wilson is flying into Johannesburg for the month of February on an exciting mission to add more great golf courses in the Gauteng Region of South Africa to the EgoliGolf website.
William says, ”This is going to be extremely hard work. Apart from playing the new courses I wish to add to the site, I will be doing extensive photoshoots with my Sony Alpha DSLR and, by using a variety of lenses and filters, hope to create outstanding images of some of the finest golfing landscapes in the world!”

Readers will be able to both see and download my work when I return to the UK in early March – until then, don’t worry, Spring is almost upon us!!!

Hi, I am Cindy Miller ; welcome to the Fairway Golf Blog, what follows are a few humorous golf quotes to start this blog the way we mean to go on.

Putting isn’t golf, greens should be treated almost the same as water hazards: you land on them, then add two strokes to your score.
- Chi Chi Rodriguez (Click here to read the article in full)

Hi, I am Barry Lotz; welcome to the Fairway Golf Blog, what follows are a few humorous golf quotes to start this blog the way we mean to go on.

The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is – don’t.
- Tony Lema (Click here to read the article in full)