The amiable South African has played exceptionally well in 2000, including seconds at The Masters and U.S. Open. The guy has won two U.S. Opens. Bettors think so highly of Woods and so little of last year's winner, Paul Lawrie, that the defending champion is 60-1. Els said after winning the Loch Lomond Invitational in Glasgow over the weekend. No, they simply know what everyone else does.
Weather conditions can be a major factor.
So can lurking pot bunkers. After all, this isn't Tiger's backyard at Pebble Beach. Everybody has a fair chance Thursday morning. Anything can happen. Anything can happen.