Great to see Alvaro Quiros doing well. Followed him round a Challenge Tour event at Worsley Park a few years ago. A real nice bloke, chatted to him between shots and I even got a mention in his winners speech! Been following him pretty closely since. Would love him to have a good week.

I love Freddie Couples' swing! Effortless.

Forgot to post up my picks. Went with the following last night, shame Goosen fell away at the end of his round or I was laughing!

Rory McIlroy £2 E/W @ 28/1
Martin Kaymer £2 E/W @ 22/1
Bubba Watson £2 E/W @ 40/1
Jonathon Byrd £0.25 E/W @ 125/1
Tom Watson £0.25 E/W @ 1000/1
Retief Goosen £1 E/W @ 70/1

£5 win Watney @ 12/1
£2 ew Kuchar @ 33/1
£2 ew Choi @ 66/1
£1 ew Kim @ 80/1
£2 ew Couples @ 100/1
£1 ew Snedeker @ 125/1
£1 ew Wier @ 200/1

It really is isn't it!

He seems like the most layed back person I have ever seen, just turns up and plays in his trainers(due to his bad back) and cba wearing a glove, and is still a great player to boot

I would too. He hits such a long ball. Was it last year at the Open where he hit 2 drivers 650 yards onto the green with 20mph winds blowing into his face? I can hit it a fair distance but I reckon Id still be a good 100-150 yards off

He hits a mighty long ball. When I saw him, he hit an iron onto the green on a (short) 300 yard par 4. I asked his caddy what club it was - it was a 4 iron! Quiros turned round and said "down wind, easy swing!".

My missus is sick of me going on about it!

Tigers lurking at -1 today. He'll be there or there abouts on Sunday.

Yeah that's about average for Tiger at Augusta. No ones going to shoot -7 consistently here so I reckon he can have another steady one tomorrow follows by a Saturday charge.


Just checked out my bet btw. Ishikawa has dropped from 272/1 to 150/1. Anywhere top 5 will do me for a nice 130+ quid

Fred Couples has just finished at -5 after 2 rounds(-4 for the day), only 4 off the lead of McIlroy although he has a fair few holes to go.

Looks like there is still a few birdies to be made on certain holes but it is getting tougher as the day goes on as usual.

Is it just me that thinks Ian Poulters attitude stinks?

He walks around as if he owns the place and pishes and moans and wonders why no-one likes him

If he spent half as much time practicing as he does getting his driver covers to match his trousers he would be #1 in the world by now!

Tiger starting to get moving. Think McIlroy will regret some of those chances he missed on the back 9 today with Woods breathing down the back of his neck!

Rory finishes -10 after 2 rounds and has been excellent, but now is when it get's tough but I hope he can do it it will be great for the European golf. Tiger as I type is -6 and playing absolutely superb in patches, when he takes a 3 wood from the tee and/or just swings normally he looks unbeatable but when he tries to leather it and miss the fairway more often than not he is struggling, makes you wonder just how many more tourneys he could have won if he had just played like this for the last few years cos he hasn't been that far away no matter what the media will tell you!

The player I am most impressed with so far is Jason Day, not only is he -8 and 2nd at the moment but after 11 holes yesterday he was +3 and looked like he was going to miss the cut, he had 4 birdies in a row just after to give himself a chance and then today has just blew the course away.

Should be a great weekend