Tiger seeks right bounce

THE unthinkable happened here yesterday when Tiger Woods was jostled

Even though four policemen accompanied Woods and close friend Mark O'Meara around the links for the four hours they took to complete a practice round that began at 6am, they had their eye off the ball when the incident happened. Woods was clearly annoyed, but apparently chose not to make an official complaint. R&A secretary Peter Dawson said: "I was unaware of the incident but we will now take steps to ensure there is not a repeat."

Woods has always been concerned about his personal security while the amount of protection he is afforded wherever he goes rankles with many of the other big names who believe there should be a similar arrangement for everybody. And there were red faces among Kent police last night at having allowed something like this to happen in front of four of their men.