Gifted player with a point to prove

IF not Tiger, who? Woods is almost unbackable but favourites can be beaten.

It happens all the time. And if he is to miss out on becoming the first golfer to win the green jacket in three successive years, then there's a queue of great players lining up to take over the mantle.

Chief among them has to be Phil Mickelson, one of the most gifted players ever to grace the game. He can do most things on the golf course drive it for miles, hit the most precise of irons shots, pitch and chip with the most sublime touches, putt like an angel.