[Beanie]

Well almost, I've even given up the SPL for the time being after a dodgy half season so far.

I don't know tooooooo much about golf - but I sat down with a couple of websites full of stats earlier this year, as I knew that somewhere, somewhere in all those numbers there had to be some kind of indicator as to who was gonna surge up the leaderboard, as I was tired of punting on it as nothing more than a lottery.

So I decided to look at the winners scores a bit more, a pattern was hidden in there, with more often than not their 1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds involving a run of birdies after a bogey.

The mentality point is an obvious one if you've ever watched a run in in a major tournament - its one of the most mentally tough games in the world, and shouldn't be, given that you get time to set yourself up, do what youve done thousands of times before, with no other 'team' upsetting you or working against you.

So add them both together, the bouncebackability for the 3rd round based on round 1 and 2 scores, add in the mentality factor for round 4, and I think there is a very very real edge there.