Tailor-made for trigger-happy Tiger

AS Jack Nicklaus finally departs the scene he has graced for so long, Tiger Woods stands poised to narrow the majors gap on the Golden Bear when the 134th Open Championship dawns at 6.30 this morning.

Love it or hate it, no Open venue carries anything like the same cachet as St Andrews.

Ernie Els admits he would: "happily ride off into the sunset" if he could win here and certainly there is something special about previous champions from the Home of Golf, players like Tiger Woods, John Daly, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros and Nicklaus.