After losing out to Colin Montgomerie in the headline stakes on Friday, Tiger Woods is back where he belongs after his eventful second round at the Open. The nation's scribes all agree that the Tiger is firmly back in the hunt for the Claret Jug - despite a rather embarrassing four-putt at the 12th hole at Sandwich.
The Sun relives the world number one's second "horror hole" of the tournament with pictures of each putt, while the Daily Mirror says it "would have made a weekend hacker cringe".
"Technically I didn't four putt - though I hit the ball with the putter four times," Woods reminds readers.
"Showdown", declares the Daily Mail, which bills the climax to the championship as a probable shootout between Woods and last year's winner Ernie Els.
 | THE HEADLINES The Daily Telegraph: Things turn lucky for Love The Times: All fair for leader Love in war with trials of Sandwich The Sun: Mad 4 it: Tiger stunned by putt blunder The Guardian: Tiger lurks with intent Daily Mirror: Cut-price Christian (Vieri) Daily Express: Let it be Love Daily Star: Blues fear Duff raid Daily Mail: Showdown The Independent: Woods fights back as Love takes advantage |
Davis Love's position at the top of the leaderboard gives the headline writers a chance to show off.
And the tabloids have a chuckle at Fredrik Jacobson, whose unfulfilled need for a toilet break on the back nine apparently drove him to distraction.
The status of Manchester United's move for Brazilian star Ronaldinho depends very much on which paper you want to believe.
The Independent says Sir Alex Ferguson is angry with the United board for refusing to increase their offer to Paris St Germain.
The Mirror says Fergie has won his battle with the board, while the Mail claims United's final bid of �23m has been rejected, leaving Ronaldinho set to join Barcelona.
The build-up to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone continues in earnest with some words of warning for Michael Schumacher.
Never one to keep his own counsel, Schumacher's former Ferrari team-mate Eddie Irvine tells The Sun that the German can forget about a record sixth world title if he loses out to Williams in Sunday's race.
If his impromptu pitlane net session with some of England's cricketers is anything to go by, however, Schumacher seems destined to hit his rivals for six.
Schumi apparently impressed fast bowler James Anderson by dispatching a delivery over a crowd of photographers and past the nose of an unsuspecting Ferrari mechanic.
MMIX
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