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Got there at 6:00 a.m. and was 5th in line for the singles list. Hit a few 5-irons on the beach to warm up.

The first guy on the list, a guy from Iceland, was called but was nowhere to be seen. They told the second guy on the list he was next when the first guy came running up. The starter told him forfeited his position and was now last behind all of us, but we unanimously said he could go.

I got into the next group when all four R&A members failed to show up. All of us were Americans. I remember picking a line off the tee was impossible as you couldn't really tell where to go on many holes. Fortunately the other three had caddies (my wife carried my bag) so they pointed out the correct lines.

Shot 41 on the front, our group took two hours and we got a slow play warning, even though the stated pace of play was four hours. I drove the 10th green and made a two-putt birdie. The tee shot on #12 is impossible with bunkers scattered everywhere in the "fairway," but I got lucky and somehow avoided all of them. Hit my 110-yard approach on #18 to 1 foot and got a nice round of applause from the 30-40 people watching around the green. 41-35 - 76. Round cost only £75 back then, today it's £250.