The Masters is the first of the four major golf events of the year, and some would argue it is the most prestigious. This year’s favourite is going to be Rory McIlroy, with Tiger Woods as second favourite and of course Charl Schwartzel from Blair Atholl just outside of Lanseria, will be defending his title. We’ve had amazing South African success in this tournament in the last three years, with Trevor Immelman also winning it, and one can only dream that a South African will win it again, but my personal favourite is Tiger Woods.

I am a big Tiger Woods fan and I invariably tip him, and am wrong again and again, but there are some good reasons why he should go very close here. Firstly, in the last two years he has been in terrible form, but he still managed to do well at Augusta where The Masters is played. He is clearly in much better form in the last few months than he has been in the last two years. Secondly, it is the one major tournament that he has always done well at, and however few events he wins in coming years, I still believe he is going to win at Augusta again. When I last looked his odds were 8/1, which I thought were fairly fair, as I would expect him to win at least one out of nine majors held at Augusta – if not three or four. In short, for those who don’t understand golf, I am basically saying this is like a home course to him and he is in good enough form on other courses and if he carries that through to this particular course, which he knows so well, he will win.