Dustin Johnson must stay in the moment at The Open

You could hardly blame the morning half of the draw for taking absolute advantage of what was probably the easiest St Andrews test I have witnessed in my lifetime.

All week, I had wondered about the condition of the course — the strategy that the players would adopt. I knew that it was playing soft but at no point did I ever imagine conditions that would afford the players the amount of control that I witnessed throughout the day.

Right from the off yesterday morning it was a birdie feast as players plundered a largely defenseless front nine holes thanks to almost redundant bunkers, a gently favourable breeze and soft receptive greens.