Calm

Gareth Lord, Henrik Stenson’s caddie, says that if you are drawn within an hour of Justin Rose (right) you might as well go home. That’s because Justin always seems to be in the wrong side of the draw.

Some years there is not a right or wrong side as the conditions are consistent, but usually it favours one half, no matter how slight. There’s not much you can do about that, except just to try and stay in touch until the weekend. With links, luck plays a big part. You can get an horrendous bounce, or a very kind bounce. That’s just the way it is. You need to accept what the fates give you on the links and you need to be patient. What it takes away it will give back. What’s the point of raging against bad luck?