The terrible beauty is that in the brotherhood of golf we are all the same - certifiable.

Either what we hold to be right and good and true IS right and good and true, for all mankind, or we're just another robber tribe.

There are women who take it to the wire. That's what they are looking for, the ultimate confrontation. They want a smack.

There's always a new challenge to keep you motivated.

But as a Scot with a lifelong love of Scotland and the arts, I believe the opportunity of independence is too good to miss. Simply put there is no more creative an act than creating a new nation.

I like women. I don't understand them, but I like them.

The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game."