in the hole

Mr McNamara, who lives in Lowestoft, Suffolk, said he thought he had been alerted to the Gorleston gig by a fax from the band's press team - and was pleased his stock of live photos had given him an "ace in the hole" for his story in the freesheet.

Whether by writerly intention or inattention, this will be no more of an emotional issue for Vince than it will have anything to do with the rest of the story, apart from sending him back to NYC, where he is $140,000 in the hole over gambling debts.

However, things could have been much worse for the Dane, who birdied the 17th and then remarkably eagled the 18th - blading his attempted chip from just off the green and watching it cannon into the flagstick before dropping in the hole.

This week excavators were slowly filling in the hole and the council insisted it was sticking to its timetable to finish the repairs by Christmas.

Then we just walked up to the green and it was in the hole.