Rory rallies and Graeme grinds

FRIDAY on Tour usually means everything to a professional golfer. For those who have posted good rounds on Thursday, it is a day of consolidation.

For those on or around the cut mark, it can be a particularly tense day, a day when you don’t know whether you should push that little bit in the hope of making something happen or simply play conservatively.

The back nine determines your fate. It determines whether you enjoy your evening meal or whether you frantically search for an exit strategy, preferably as far away from the venue as possible.