I must say with my own UK golf holiday coming up in a few weeks I wasn't sure if the Open TV coverage was something I even wanted to see. I've got visions of spending a week in a steady, cold rain on flooded courses slogging around on a death march because "I didn't fly 6,000 miles to lay up", so to speak.
Then I'm greeting this morning with scenes of a wonderfully presented links course, next to no wind and mild 15C temperature. Just the kind of weather one might expect on a July day in the north of England.
Tomorrow is another day (heck, for all I know this afternoon might be another day) but so far you gotta admit it's an encouraging sight!