The conditions on Friday were certainly more benign than the exceptionally dry and firm fairways and greens on Thursday. However, the competent leader, Justin Rose, was still playing to Thursday’s conditions and thus could not get going. He learnt better later but not before his timid putt from just off the green did not clear the fringe on the par three 4th near the green, and his putt on the par 3 sixth from 65 feet away tried its best to cross the ridge near the pin, just failed to make it, and rolled back 60 feet away. As a