"I guess the excitement/ adrenaline rush of getting another opportunity to play in the greatest golf event in the world clouded my judgement"

Kudos to David Higgins for authoring a first-person statement exclusively to GolfCentralDaily.com on his 15-club DQ during from Tuesday's Open Championship qualifying playoff.

I decided to go the range to warm up again and hit a few balls. I just took driver, mid iron and wedge. It was still raining really hard so I kept the rain cover on my bag.  My caddy for the day, Monty, a local man that knows north Berwick like the back of his hand, had done a great job all day and was up for the playoff.

We headed for the tee. I hit a good tee shot, and good second to about 15 feet. I was hunkered down reading my putt when the thought suddenly came into my head, "fu€k, did I take that other rescue out if the bag?"

I stood up and felt a bit sick in my stomach as I walked over to the bag to check. And there she was looking up at me! "Bollix"..........