Will I ever forget the complete cods that Calcavechia made of the par 3 at Kiawah Island in his match with Montgomerie when the Ryder Cup was held there? I can't wait to see how he handles it in the upcoming event. What ghosts will haunt him?

My best memory of Calcavecchia differs somewhat from that.

I remember him hitting a driver off the deck just short of the burn on the 16th in 1989 to reach the par five in two. Into the wind and around 280 yards. The birdie helped get him in the playoff with Greg Norman and Wayne Grady, which he then won.

I watched it on BBC while sitting in the Golf Hotel at Royal Dornoch after playing 36 holes that day. A very fond memory indeed.

The USPGA could be interesting this year, particularly at Kiawah Island.