Ah, the auld haunts. Having made it across the water for this week’s Open, the diarist has been reacquainting himself with a few of Portrush’s various establishments and eateries.

Scottie Scheffler was in such a contemplative mood at his press conference, he may as well have been perched on a plinth like Rodin’s sculptor of The Thinker. As he mulled over his Open prospects, and ...