
Driving is the strongest part of my game – okay, least weak – and surveying the hole ahead of me, I pulled out my driver. This hole was 120 yards and, although the day had some breeze – we were playing on a links after all – it was a fairly gentle wind.
I hit a full swing, made excellent contact, and the ball soared away dead straight, landed short of the green, rolled on to the green, and then rolled across it and ended up a few yards behind the green on the flat area there.