faldo reveals woods plan

By Phil Casey, PA Sport

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Nick Faldo has revealed his cunning plan to profit from his feud with Tiger Woods.

The pair fell out after Faldo was critical of the world number one's swing at the Buick Invitational last year, but were paired together for the first two rounds of the Open championship at Hoylake.

Woods added fuel to the fire by claiming he did not know if they would even shake hands on the first tee on Thursday, but Faldo took matters into his own hands on the practice range on Wednesday.

"He was walking to the range on Wednesday afternoon and I heard the bookies were offering 25/1 that he chinned me," Faldo joked.

"So I said to him, 'We can cut a deal.' Typical Tiger he said, 'I'll put £2million on it!' and I thought, 'That'll do nicely.' If I can get just 5% of that I'll win more than I'm going to make at the Open."

Faldo missed the cut after rounds of 77 and 71 while Woods leads on 12 under after adding a 65 to his opening 67.

"It was absolutely great," Faldo added on the BBC. "I let him get on with it. He was deep in concentration as I would have been in that situation. We just talked about bits and bobs, the upcoming season, his thoughts on the Ryder Cup... we had a good chinwag.

"He was upset about my comments over 18 months ago and I'm surprised he hung on to them.

"I think he was upset I didn't understand what he was working on with his golf swing. We had a good chat about it and I know what he would like me to do."

However, six-time major winner Faldo could not resist adding: "He is still struggling with the 3-wood and driver. The odd swing gets a little steep."