"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.