I think to come back and horseshoe out for a birdie summed up my week really. I don't know whether it was the heat or the long week, but I had just no good feelings at all. I couldn't get anything going, but hopefully I can learn from it.

Sometimes the bogey can get you fired up. I think that bogey at 16 fired him up to go birdie-eagle on 17 and 18.

I have worked with Carol for three years, and I think my opinion of her can be summed up with three words: an outstanding principal.

As golfers, we rationalize everything. You hit a bad shot and think, 'I can make birdie from there.' That's how you're supposed to think. You should always try and look at the glass as half full. But any time your parents aren't doing well and their health isn't where it could be and you think it should be, it's always tough. Everyone has to deal with that at some point in time in their life and unfortunately, right now it's our time.

I have to admit that I was a bit down when the surgeon rang last week to say that he was advising me to go back into hospital.

I didn't birdie any of the par-5s and it prevented me from shooting a low score. But I think I played very patiently until the end.