Knowledgeable crowd sees the Woods from the tees

EIGHTEEN thousand seven hundred — a remarkable figure for a Thursday in September — flocked into Mount Juliet yesterday and left with nothing but the most treasured memories of a wonderful day’s golf.

Most, but not all, followed the match between the runaway world No 1 Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington, aka the People’s Champion for Irish galleries.

And they were not disappointed as Woods shot a sparkling seven under par 65 without ever being off the leash.