Im afraid the only way he is going to shut Butch up is to win the Grand Slam in a calander year. Its the only way to exceed the standard set when he was with Butch. This argument will run and run. I think Vijay will probably scoop it this year as well. Although I would have a side bet on Phil, he might well come hot out the traps this year and get the breaks this year that he didnt last year.

Finally I really hope we have a big name winner of the British Open in 2005. No disrespect to Messrs Hamilton and Curtis but you can almost hear the chuckling from the US governing bodies. Their two flagship events go to two of the best players of the last decade and ours goes to an unknown rookie who hasnt done anything else of note since and a journeyman US pro who only made the grade on the PGA Tour recently after years of playing abroad. I look forwards to a Goosen win at St Andrews (I hope).