The Times of London may have thought they had a whopper on their hands when they got some Vegas insiders to talk about Tiger Woods' gambling habits. 

He bets up to $25,000 per hand of blackjack!  Oh no!

Guess what?  Golfers have a higher propensity to gamble than almost any kind of athlete.  And it starts early.  As Golfweek reported last month (and we shared), NCAA golfers are drastically more likely to gamble compared to any other sport.

It makes The Times' report of Woods' first appearances in Vegas immediately upon him leaving Stanford seems much less important.  (The Times inaccurately reports that Woods first showed up in Vegas after he graduated from Stanford.  He left school early, guys.)  A lot of collegiate golfers do it.  Gambling is a part of golf.

So, is it really all that shocking that Woods - a supposed billionaire of an athlete - has a taste for high stakes gambling?  And with a pal like Chuck Barkley, who gambles like it is his job, the likelihood of Woods gambling for big bucks increases drastically.

And what about guys like John Daly or reportedly Phil Mickelson?  There is a rumor out there that Mickelson made the move to Callaway because they would pay off his gambling debts.  Before golf's rumor mill became fodder for celebrity rags, they were very prominent in our sport.

Sorry, but the gambling thing just is not shocking.