The next time I cry about golf it will only be with joy. It's not worth crying over golf for any other reason. After all, it's only a game.

I'm sure there was an educational angle to the trips (I think one was to the Ulster Museum) but it was the fun and banter I had with my friends I remember the most.

Sport was an obvious favourite of mine, and not only golf. I was, and still am, a big rugby fan.

Of course, money matters to everyone even if some don't want to admit it. If I won the Race to Dubai, I look at that prize money and think it could pay off my new house or the range I'm building. I am privileged to play golf for a living - look around St Andrews, that's my office.

Everything is firing on all cylinders for me.

I realise that every time my face is on TV or I'm playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well.

I'm afraid there are no replays or second chances in amateur or professional golf, and that's the way it should be.