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There seems to be a lot of talk at the moment about Tiger Woods winning the US Open and also missing the rest of the golfing season. What I would like to say is does it really matter? Surely this takes the edge off the British golfers and Irish golfers knowing that Woods won’t be taking part. Isn’t it time that we got behind our own golfers and stopped worrying about Tiger Woods and his knee?

There are similar trends in other sports, like football for example. There are a large number, if not more Manchester United supporters that either do not live in or come from Manchester. Whatever happened to supporting your local team or local sports players? You can look at this in two different ways. Firstly, it is always easier to support the winning team or player and this can usually be applied to people who don’t really have any genuine interest in the sport. Secondly, it would appear that celebrity has crept into the sports we follow and therefore become engaged with their lives due to the number of column inches and news minutes they receive.

So yes, Tiger somebody or other is out for the rest of the golfing season, but let’s not forget, there are a fair few British golfers and Irish golfers in the top 100 all hoping to better their position and give us all a good round of golf to watch. These British golfers and Irish golfers are Justin Rose (9^th), Padraig Harrington (13^th), Lee Westwood (17^th), Luke Donald (18^th), Ian Poulter (39^th), Paul Casey (43^rd), Oliver Wilson (46^th), Nick Dougherty (58^th), Steve Webster (85^th), Alastair Forsyth (91^st), Bradley Dredge (97^th) and Darren Clarke (100^th).

When The Open begins in 3 weeks time remember, golf’s not just about Tiger Woods.

*Positions correct as of June 23rd 2008.

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