ASI Scottish Open Leaderboard
There is an old Scottish saying, "if you don't like the weather, wait a moment " After the most glorious, picturesque day on Friday on Scotland's Golf Coast, just 20 miles south east of Edinburgh, the weather changed completely overnight to a dull dreich morning, followed by a steady rain which has set in for the day.
" Dreich" is another of those descriptive Scottish words which means wet, cloudy, windy, uncomfortable all rolled into one.
With caddies taking a soaking trying to keep their boss's and their equipment dry, Ian Poulter and Robert Rock wearing a rare cap today are tied for ever changing lead early in this Saturday morning at -11 approaching the turn.
Lee Westwood is right behind at -9 with Aussie's Wade Ormsby and Lucas Herbert the overnight leader who made bogey's on his first two holes.
The greens have slowed right down in the rain, level par will be a good score -2 exceptional.
I am from this part of the world by birth, and have played so many rounds in this kind of weather and strange as it might sound, playing in the rain can be enjoyable as long as you have a good pair of shoes, waterproofs and a good big brolly. It's like you're staying warm and dry despite mother nature. It's quiet walking on the beautiful sand based spongy fairways. The gulls are often sitting down, just bobbing along on the incoming tide.
Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood echoed my sentiments during on course interviews this morning and I believe many Brits have an edge over guys I hearing complaining about the cold and wet like some of the Aussies who are used to the warmth of the sun.
Bryan Angus
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