Who needs Tiger Woods you could hear America’s adoring Ryder Cup fans hollering as Anthony Kim produced one of the most impresive match-play displays for many a moon to take care of Sergio Garcia.

Trounced, thrashed, hammered are not the sort of words the Spaniard is used to hearing in defeat but they are just about the only ways to describe his 5 & 4 pasting to this future titan of the game.

Readers of these pages know just how highly we rate AK – we had him down as our top US Points scorer tip  – and although he fell just shy of that prediction we reckon this week’s Tour Championship is within his compass.

East Lake golf club is unfamiliar territory to this dual 2008 winner, but then again so was Valhalla and just look what happened there. Kim’s all round talents mean he has the tools to shine on any kind of lay out and the straightforward Georgia track, with its 23 under winning score from Woods in 2007, holds no fears.

We believe that the confidence instilled from his Ryder Cup expolits will set Kim on course for a Major victory within the next 18 months. Take him at tasty golf odds to bag this mini-major.

Another man on a Ryder high is Hunter Mahan who actually finished fifth at East Lake last term. Mahan was a huge success at Valhalla finishing as top points scorer and given his huge current confidence, outstanding present form and great course memories he is a must for the staking plan.

It is hard to think that many were calling for Mahan to be axed from the Ryder Cup following his controversial slaves comment. At the current online betting golf odds he looks a cracking punt.

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