Mount Juliet promises magical sub-60

TIGER WOODS has laid it on the line.

The Jack Nicklaus designed course at Mount Juliet is there for the taking. There’s hardly a puff of wind and there’s none forecast. Even more significantly in the mind of the runaway world number one, “because the greens are so pure, I think the guys are going to shoot some really low numbers this week”.

Given just how good these players are, the benign nature of the weather and the truly immaculate condition of the layout, it is difficult to quibble with Woods’s view. Don’t be surprised if somebody gets a sub-60 round in their sights some time through the four days although it might be stretching things to suggest that achieving the magical 59 is really on the cards. But red figures are certain to abound and it all adds up to a thrilling four days for the fans, who like nothing better than seeing the stars shoot spates of birdies and eagles.