Ally, the matchplay was respected this year because it had Tiger and Furyk in the field as well as those troopers who have long supported it, Els and Goosen. In recent past years it has not had the world stars such as Tiger and i began to worry (as an HSBC account holder) where my money was going and how soon it would be before HSBC pulled out when it realised that it was pumping in an awful lot of money for a very average cast list. It may have helped that this year's tournament was played a month earlier than normal and that one or two people were happy to use it to get over vtheir jet lag before the Ryder Cup. Tiger was spotted at Chelsea's football match yesterday. Federer one week, Shevchenko the next. Who will it be next?