There is a direct correlation between my golf swing and my mood swing. If the former is good, so will the latter be. So when a surly mood was becoming the norm, her indoors took action. She sent me packing... on a weekend away to Malaga in Spain to learn to play golf. She even transported me to the airport to make sure I went. Bless her.

We were picked up from the Aztec Country Club bar by our tutor Mitch, a tall relaxed British pro from Derbyshire who left his homeland to set up Costa Golf Clinic on the Costa Del Sol. It was clear from the start that Mitch was determined to

4 July 2005