European Tour Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open leaderboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018058/leaderboard/index.html#/leaderboard
It has been an unusually warm dry summer thus far in Scotland, so expect to see a hard fast running Carnoustie, just north from Dundee along the north east coast for next weeks Open.
Further south, across the Forth Road Bridge you will arrive in the Kingdom of Fife and 40 minutes south east from Edinburgh you'll drive through a sleepy wee town called Gullane on your way to Muirfield and then North Berwick, Scotland's Golf Coast.
The world best have stopped at Gullane this week, which is dominated by Gullane Hill, the site for 3 courses, this Scottish Open consists of 16 holes from Course #1 and 2 from Course #2.
So far with the late wave out on the course in calm, sunny conditions, a grumpy little Englishman, Tyrrell Hatton is tied for the lead at -11, 65 64. However the man with the best hair in golf, Robert Rock is already at -11 approaching the turn.
Rickie Fowler opened with a 64, and is in the late wave today. For North American viewers, this is a truly International field reflecting the strength of this game around the world these days. Just look at the flags on my leaderboard link to see what I mean.
Although the weather forecast remains good for the weekend, the wind, which links courses rely on, is scheduled to appear on Saturday, which will separate the men from the boys..
If you ever get to Gullane, take a walk up to the 6th tee at the top of Gullane Hill for a spectacular view up the Firth of Forth to the north, and down the North Sea towards North Berwick to the south. You not only have to see it, but to smell the unmistakeable freshness of the salt see air, and the piercing cries of the gulls and albatrosses that command the air currents above.... magnificent...
Bryan Angus
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