"Am I alone in thinking that Tiger Woods was rude and ungracious at the Masters last Sunday?"

Look out Tiger, the Internet Writer of the Year doesn't like your 'tude!

He was curt in his handshake with Phil Mickelson, his playing partner, brief in his comments to reporters and disrespectful to his competitors when he described his play. "I fought my swing all day and just kind of band-aided it and almost won the tournament," he said. One possible translation of that last statement could be: even with a band-aid on my swing I almost won the tournament, which is hardly complimentary to his rivals.

Good news Tiger. A) he didn't mention the possibility of physical attack costing you a run at the all time major record, and (B) next week's column will be filled with blow-by-blow accounts of his golf, so you're off the hook...

The following itinerary sounds good, wouldn't you say? Golf at Turnberry on Monday, the Old Course at St Andrews on Tuesday and perhaps the Castle Course at St Andrews on Wednesday. That's my schedule for the next few days. I will let you know how I got on next week.