To the seventh at Muirfield where Bald Eagle finds John Inverdale, of BBC fame, crouched and whispering beneath a communications tower.
There is just time to mutter in the great man's ear: "Marion Bartoli is looking for you."
Todd Hamilton, winner of the 2004 Open, was asked how it had changed his life. This, unfortunately, came out in the transcripts as how did it change his wife? This is a much more intriguing question and raises all sorts of possibilities about credit cards, rows and scissors.
A brilliant example of a journalist searching for a line and coming up short. How often do you get mistaken for Zach Johnson, his namesake Dustin was asked. "I don't think anybody has ever misrecognised me for Zach," replied Dustin. Do you ever get his mail? "No." No-one ever calls you Zach? "No." Bald Eagle breaks in to say: "Thanks for your time, Zach."
John Paramor, head honcho of enforcing golf rules an' that (official title), was blasting about in his special turbo-charged blue buggy yesterday with a bit of yellow rope hanging off the back. Asked what this was for, Mr Paramor told an Eaglet: "It is for hanging players for slow play." He may have been joking.
Don't say Tiger Woods is only focused on his game. After a round in the sweltering sun, the great golfer, obviously catching the scent of burning Scotsmen and women, said: "There are a lot of red people out there."
Much scratching of heads among the Eaglets over Steve Stricker's decision to miss the Open to celebrate his 20th wedding anniversary. "I go to the Open to miss my wedding anniversary," squawked one Eaglet while Googling Clinton Cards on his computer.
Bald Eagle's tribute to Tiger Woods was to wear his Nike T-shirt to accompany the great man on his tramp across East Lothian. It went somewhat awry. "It is inside out," he was informed by the man from the Daily Express.
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