Stella and I were lucky enough to get to the first day of the OPEN (not the British Open). and to watch Rory McIlroy stride though 15 to 18 on the way to the first of two consecutive 66’s.

Two holes behind ,our Eton neighbour, Sir Nick Faldo, a hero of yesteryear but still a champ. We are currently using his hoover as we share the same house cleaner
I suppose it’s inevitable that old gives way to new, but these pictures say to me just how time moves on!

At the time of blogging, McIlroy is six shots ahead of the field after this masterful sequence of shots bought him an Eagle at the 18th.

And who’d have ever foreseen the organisers of an open championship tweeting the final day pin positions!