Tiger gives Bookies a Mult-million dollar headache

TIGER GIVES BOOKIES MULTI MILLION POUND HEADACHE.........Tiger Woods is once again the man the bookies fear as he prepares for the Open Championship. William Hill, who are predicting a record betting turnover of over £20million on the event, have taken a bet of £20,000 from a Scottish client and another of £8000 from a London gambler on Woods to win and have made him red hot 5/2 favourite. 'This time last year you could get 6/1 for Tiger to win the Open but he is coming into this year's event bang in form and our customers are backing him as though defeat were out of the question - if he wins the industry will take a multi million pound hit.' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.And punters are also backing Tiger to equal and eclipse the achievements of Jack Nicklaus, who retires at the Open with 18 Majors to his credit. A Hills client has staked £10,900 on Tiger to reach that total of 18 Majors by the end of 2010, at odds of 10/1, and stands to collect £119,900 - while Hills are now quoting odds of 6/1 for Woods to achieve a career total of 19 Majors or more.**William Hill make Tiger Woods 5/2 favourite for the Open and also offer 10/1 Els; 14 Singh; 16 Mickelson; 20 Garcia; 22 Goosen; 25 Clarke, Donald; 33 Furyk; Love; Scott; 40 Westwood; 50 Bjorn, Cabrera, Perry, Toms; 66 Campbell; Clark; Leonard; Montgomerie; 80 Cink, DiMarco, Hensby, Immelman; Jimenez; Poulter; 100 Appleby, Choi, Jacobson, Maruyama, O'Hern, Olazabal, Verplank, Weir; 125 Allenby, Ames, Campbell C, Couples, Daly, Faxon, Herron, Johnson, Kelly, Lehman, Levet, Lonard, McDowell, O'Hair, Ogilvy, Price, Webster.JACK NICKLAUS is a 3/1 chance with William Hill to end his Major career by scoring a birdie at his final hole - either at the 36th if he fails to make the cut, or at the 72nd if he does make the cut - a 10/1 chance.TIGER WOODS is 6/1 to score under 70 in each of his four rounds; 10/1 to miss the cut, and 14/1 to complete four rounds without finding a bunker. Tiger is 66/1 to shoot a hole in one.A BRITISH PLAYER to score a hole in one is 4/1 with Hills, who offer 6/4 a hole in one to be scored by any player during the tournament and 1/2 that none will be scored.ANY PLAYER TO SCORE 59 or better for a round is 33/1 with Hills.IAN POULTER to have a Union Jack hairstyle - 50/1.