Adaptation key as Scottish summer set to play usual tricks

This is coastal Scotland in the summer. Don’t like the forecast? Stick around, we’ll have a new one any minute.

Ireland's Shane Lowry on the 12th during a practice day ahead of The Open at Royal Troon. Pic: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire.

Royal Troon Predictions? A mug’s game. This of all weeks. 

When Shane Lowry was asked for his take on how the 152nd Open might unfold it was Tuesday afternoon.