"It would be preposterous to play an event week before Wimbledon on a clay court but such is the commercial reality of the golf tour"
/Mike Clayton offers his thoughts on the weekend in golf, but leads with an item on the absurdity of playing a soggy American-style layout for the Scottish Open the week before the Open on a links. Apparently his design partner, Geoff Ogilvy was listening as he withdrew to prepare for the Open by playing a week's worth of links golf.