Silver lining for Woods

TIGER WOODS may have lost his Western Open crown last weekend but there was a silver lining for the world number one.

Woods, who finished tied for seventh at the Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, was trying out a new graphite driver and though things did not click immediately he was a far happier man by the end of the tournament.

And with the Open less than a fortnight away that could spell trouble for the likes of Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson.