The Eagle

Interesting to note that Matthew Fitzpatrick, the young amateur, is staying some way from the course at Duns. Nowhere available nearer? 
"I've got the whole family here and the house that sleeps eight for four grand isn't really 
what we are looking for." 
Lee Westwood, meanwhile, has a house that sits practically on the 18th green. The Eagle family is nested in a chic caravan with views over the Firth of Forth and a mound of underwear, pizza boxes and wine bottles.

The chaos over the cut continued. Basically, if one had scored under 200 for the first two rounds at Muirfield then one qualified for the final two rounds. Those on eight over had to come back to the course to continue to play after such as Paul Lawrie had gone home. Thongchai Jaidee, the Thai golfer, made it to Heathrow before discovering he had a tee-time at Muirfield on the Saturday.

Expense, of course, is no object. Lawrie pointed out he had paid up front for seven nights at Greywalls Hotel near the course. And the man who finished in last position yesterday after 72 holes picked up 12 grand.

In need of a polo shirt with Open branding and costing what he once paid for a small car, Bald Eagle made an expedition to the merchandising area only to 
find it as denuded as a Lady Gaga video. Attendance figures have been down at this year's Open but the big spenders have been at Muirfield. 
"They have just bought everything," said an attendant with a feeling of justifiable incredulity.

Bald diarist once thought 
Boo Weekley was a magazine about ghosts but he is a golfer from Florida who finds the Open rather quaint. 
His four-putt on the 15th at the Open was a surprise to those who see him draining singe putts on the US Tour every week. When was the last 
time he four-putted? 
"At the British Open last year," he said laconically.