"Yesterday I didn't make anything, but I hit a lot of beautiful putts that didn't go in, because I didn't hit the putts hard enough, " he said.

CNN: Harrington keeps charging Woods at bay

And at a business event on Thursday afternoon, which had had to be relocated because of the weather, Mr Brown joked that "hand on heart, yesterday I didn't think I would be here today" before adding after a pause "we were due to launch this in Southampton".

BBC: Brown calls leadership plot 'storm in a teacup'

In fact I left the Radio Wales studio early yesterday rather aware that if Owen Smith didn't turn out to be Ed Miliband's choice, I had rather a lot of ground to make up with whoever had been favoured.

BBC: Owen Smith steps into the shadows

The one regret is that I didn't stand in front of them yesterday.

BBC: Vaughan quits as England captain

"I didn't expect it, to be honest, as yesterday I holed nothing and nothing went right, " said Hartlepool's Storm.

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Yesterday I had to stay home and wait for new credit cards to be shipped to me, and didn't have a laptop with me.

CNN: Blog: Getting by during the last week

Yesterday I had one chance that I did take and I won, and today I had one chance that I didn't take and I lost.

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