Our golf betting guru Dave Tindall is on hand for the whole of the 134th Open Championship. He'll bring you the very latest news and gossip from St Andrews.

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Saturday July 16

10.15pm: Over a 'Hot American' in Pizza Express, Dave and I discuss Tiger's two-shot lead. Is it enough? We think so although Dave reckons Monty has something up his sleeve. St Andrews is absolutely heaving, with people spilling out of the pubs and into the road. It's a great atmosphere and contrasts with the near quiet back in the press tent. It's mostly US journalists left now although I can hear a couple of Spaniards in the distance, clearly excited about the prospect of a win for Ollie or Garcia. It's time for us to hit the road. We'll back in the morning with an interesting snippet about Tiger, Monty and Singh.

8.15pm: The computer is frustrating us again so it's off for some supper and we'll have the day's wrap-up soon.

7.10pm: More dodgy computer problems in the last hour and some dodgy stuff from Tiger too. He bogeys 16 and has to scramble his way to a par at 17. In truth, his par at 17 is beautifully saved and he punches the air as it preserves his lead over Jose Maria Olazabal. Monty finds the bunker and bogeys so he's now three back. Tiger will now be out to birdie the 18th and stretch his lead to two.

6.05pm: Tiger drifted to 4/6 when his lead diminished to just one shot but is now as short as 2/7 again after pulling three clear. Monty is hanging in there and the final six holes will be crucial, starting with the par five 14th.

5.15pm: A gasp from the press tent as Tiger drives into a gorse bush. Woods takes a drop but shows his short game brilliance to escape with a par. However Monty makes a two-putt birdie and is now just two behind. And even more drama. Jose Maria Olazabal nails a huge eagle putt to move to -10 and just one back. There's a big roar to my right where the Spanish journalists are sitting.

5.00pm: The highs and lows of two-ball betting. When we go into the Campbell/Goosen press conferences, our 5/4 pick Graeme McDowell is three clear of Miguel Angel Jimenez with two to play. Then, to our horror, when we emerge and click on the scores on the IBM computers it shows that the Northern Irishman has taken a quadruple bogey eight on the 17th. Game over. But no. We click on Jimenez and he has taken a six so McDowell still leads by one. We dash outside to watch them play the final hole and when we arrive Jimenez is playing his second from just off the back of the green. He rolls his birdie putt to 12ft before McDowell leaves himself an eight footer. We're still in pole position but then Jimenez steps up and drains his birdie. Damn. Come on McDowell, don't let us down. He rolls his putt towards the hole and, arggghhh, it stays above ground. Game over. We're cursing all the way back to the press tent but suddenly, what's this? One of the scoreboard operators puts a 5 next to Jimenez's name. Dave checks the computer and Jimenez has indeed made a bogey. We must have seen him playing his third after, presumably, he made a horlicks somewhere. What an amazing reprieve!

4.40pm: We attend the back-to-back press conferences of Michael Campbell and Retief Goosen and the contrast is startling. Kiwi Campbell is full of easy charm as he talks us through his round but Goosen is his usual deadpan self. Typical exchange - Q: "Retief, what would it mean to follow in the footsteps of fellow South Africans Gary Player, Bobby Locke and Ernie Els and win an Open?" Goosen: "It would be great."

4.00pm: US Open champion Michael Campbell is now up to tied third after finishing with a birdie on 18 to go to -7.

3.45pm: I'd like to report that I've been out in the afternoon sun but the humdrum reality is that we lost our computer connection and have been trying to log in for the last 90 minutes. In the meantime, things have got a little more exciting at the top of the leaderboard with Retief Goosen getting to within one of Tiger. But a bogey at 17 has stopped the South African's momentum and Woods leads by two again. Still, it's hardly been a vintage start by the hot favourite. He's one over for the first four holes played. Monty hasn't been able to exert any pressure either and remains seven under.

2.15pm: Lafeber drops back to -6 so, alongside Monty, Tiger's nearest challengers are now Big John Daly and Little Tim Clark afer both start with a hat-trick of birdies.

2.10pm: I hoped to find out this week how much ketchup Peter Alliss had on his morning bacon sarnie but the BBC have their own lunch area where Peter is fed and watered. Hazel Irvine keeps popping in though. She was born in St Andrews fact fans. And BBC Radio 5 Live's Rob Nothman has just been sat near us eating a sandwich.

2.00pm: A magical start from John Daly. He stiffs his approach to the first for a tap-in birdie and then holes a monster putt at two. The 1995 champion at St Andrews is now -6 and just five behind.

1.45pm: Birdies are flying in everywhere now and two of our tips - Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell - are both up to five-under alongside Retief Goosen and Adam Scott. Higher up, Maarten Lafeber is -7, tied for second with Colin Montgomerie, while Soren Hansen and Tim Clark are both six under. Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson are missing the party so far. Els has dropped back to -2 while Mickelson is still -3.

1.15pm: Els bogeys the first with a sloppy three-putt to slip back to two-under. Soren Hansen has vaulted up to tied third after an eagle at the last gave him a 66 - the round of the day so far.

1.00pm: Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson are on the putting green and even the crowds watching them prepare for their two-ball are four or five deep. Colin Montgomerie is also out there and looks absolutely full of himself. Head up, chest out, laughing away, Monty looks as if he's relishing the prospect of this afternoon's duel with Tiger Woods.

12.45pm: Dutchman Maarten Lafeber is the hot man out on the course and an outward 31 has taken him to six under and tied for third.

12.30pm: Okay, it's Saturday at St Andrews, but I've never seen crowds like this at an Open. It takes us nearly 15 minutes just to shuffle our way down to the first green and, of course, when we get there all we can see is the top of Faldo's head. Dave wants to turn back straight away but we plough on to the second before deciding to head off into town for a while. The proximity of the town to the course makes St Andrews my favourite Open venue and there really is a lovely atmosphere today with bagpipes playing and a fiddler on every corner. Their violin cases are filling up nicely with coins so Dave I consider performing a bit of human beatbox outside the Old Course hotel. Dave reckons the spread on our earnings would be about 7-9p and I'd be a seller at those prices. Not everyone is captivated by their musical surroundings however. As a lone piper strains away, an Aussie bloke says to his wife: "It makes a right old noise whatever it is." Before heading into the town we catch Geoff Ogilvy and Tim Herron playing the last hole. When we left the press tent earlier both were five-under for the day after 12 so we wonder if they're about to shoot a really low one. It's not the case. Ogilvy is still -5 for the day while Herron has dropped three shots.

11.05am: Dave and I have had a small punt on Nick Faldo at 7/4 to beat Darren Clarke in their two-ball today. We're off outside to see how the first few holes unfold.

10.50am: Playing partners Geoff Ogilvy and Tim Herron are now five under for the day after 12 holes. Could there be a 64 out there today?

10.15am: The likes of Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson, who lie eight shots behind Tiger, will be keen to find out if there's some low scores out there today. Given the good weather, there should be plenty of potential to go low and three players are already three-under for the day on their front nine. David Frost shot a tournament best 65 on Friday and Els and Mickelson may have to match or even better that to get in the hunt again.

9.15am: On our 15-mile journey into St Andrews from Collessie we pass through the small town of Cupar. It doesn't look as if much goes on there and that's confirmed by the front page story in the local press. The world exclusive declares: 'Open traffic sparks Cupar tailbacks'. Well, who would have thought! I'll take a wild guess at Monday's headline. 'Cupar traffic eases after Open finale'. or perhaps 'Cupar braced for 2010 Open traffic'.

9.10am: The early starters aren't cashing in yet with just one birdie so far from the combined 16 holes played.

8.55am: It's a gloriously sunny morning here in St Andrews and it looks as if it's going to stay that way. The latest weather synopsis reads: "Expect sunshine this morning with increasing clouds this afternoon as a warm front moves through the area today. Temperatures will climb into the low 20s with winds WSW 10-15mph." Sunday's forecast isn't as good though: "A cold front will approach western Scotland on Sunday spreading clouds and showers across our area. Winds will rise to 12-18mph."