DEREK LAWRENSON’S BETHPAGE DIARY

EDDIE TAKES A SHORT CUT...

GOLFERS missing the cut by miles is not usually the signal for a laughout-loud remark but trust the erudite Englishman Eddie Pepperell to break the mould. Asked about his experience at Bethpage following rounds of 76 and 75, the 28-year-old Oxfordshire golfer replied: ‘If someone had given me a golf buggy to ride around in, I’d have driven to the clubhouse.’

BUT NO JOY RIDE FOR DALY

IT IS not surprising that the man who was given a buggy to drive around in simply made up the numbers. Yes, John Daly, who shot rounds of 75 and 76, is entitled to enormous sympathy for his chronic osteoarthritis. However, following all the deserved criticism, the PGA of America have hopefully got the message it does not entitle him to a place in the field.

PRIVACY ON PARADE

IT IS often remarked that Americans have no appreciation of irony. No surprise, therefore, to see hundreds of New Yorkers, who preferred a morning stroll to the golf in nearby Oyster Bay, taking photographs of a boat belonging to Tiger Woods that just happens to go by the name of ‘Privacy’.