Mickelson’s wedge in on 12 isn’t all that. Short and left, and he’s left with a 25-footer to save his par. Unlikely, you’d think, and indeed he doesn’t make it, but only for the want of one turn of the ball. So unlucky, but that’s punishment for his travails back down the hole. His first bogey of the day, and he slips to -9.

Matsuyama, coming off the back of consecutive bogeys, is struggling with his game all of a sudden. His tee shot at 13 finds deep rough to the left of the hole; his second caroms off a poor punter and disappears into a miniature jungle atop a bank. He can only slash out, short of the dancefloor, and the Masters champion’s PGA bid is currently hanging from a shoogly peg.

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