“I expect to make at least seven mistakes each round. Therefore, when I make a bad shot I don’t worry about it.

“Many of the DTC (Direct-To-Consumer) companies like Snell and Vice offer volume discounts. Many of the bigger brands offer early season incentives to encourage you to load up for the season. We suggest you commit to a ball and take advantage of the savings.”

“Woods' gum chomping drew attention all week.

Rory McIlroy discusses with Luke Kerr-Dineen, 5 books that have helped him play better golf however stop reading now if you’re thinking it will include classics like Harvey Penick's Little Red Book because Rory’s selection could be classified as self-help genre.

“What I do manage to obsess about, even when asleep, is my inability to get the club away due to a bench blocking my backswing.

“Talking purely in terms of ‘dough’, year after year the best drivers make more money than the best putters,” writes Mark Townsend who has some very interesting facts to state his case that, drive for show putt for dough is a myth in the case of professional golf.

“Isn’t it time that someone emerged from the shadows to fill his shoes?

“Using his travel-sized Neuropeak Pro brain-training unit, DeChambeau pops in the DVD, then attaches a gold-plated silver EEG sensor to his head.