ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Until the golf writers put the finishing touches to our groundbreaking teleportation pod – we’ve lost the Allen Key and can’t tighten the screws – the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship will always remain something of a guddle.
You can’t, after all, be in two places at one time, let alone three. So, you decide to base yourself at the Old Course in St. Andrews but then something starts brewing at Kingsbarns and you opt to tootle off there before news filters through of a dazzling development at Carnoustie.
By that point, of course, you’re halfway between St. Andrews and Kingsbarns with no chance of getting to Carnoustie and you end up birling about in a flustered fankle like the Keystone Cops on a dodgem ride. How’s that teleportation pod doing again, lads?
Alex Fitzpatrick putts on the third green during day two of the 2024 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns Golf Links. (Luke Walker/Getty Images)
In this here, there and everywhere palaver, at least Scotsman David Law is exactly where he wants to be heading into the weekend’s action.
A tidy five-under 67 for a 13-under aggregate left the Aberdonian in a share of third, just a shot off the lead held by Australia’s Cameron John and Belgium’s former Ryder Cup player, Nicolas Colsaerts.
It’s been a season of toil and trouble on the course for Law. In this game of fine margins, though, the small things can make a big difference.
For a casual observer, a share of 29th in last week’s Spanish Open may not have been a cause to hang out the bunting.
For Law, however, that morale-boosting result has given him the kind of shot in the arm that used to come in a blue envelope from the NHS.
He needs an injection of something, of course. At 141st on the DP World Tour rankings, and with events running out, Law is desperate to pull a big finish out of the bag soon to vault into the safety zone of the top 115.
On home turf this week, it’s a case of so far, so good.
“Tied 29th (in Spain) may not sound like a great week but the way things had been going, it was,” said Law, who has made just nine cuts in 24 events this season.
“It’s an amazing game. Something like that can just kick start you. Flying back from Spain, there was a feeling of optimism and momentum. And that’s something I’ve not felt this year at all.
“When you’re not playing well, you try to do everything perfectly. I’d been travelling a little bit earlier to events and playing…
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