AFTER A summer watching the football in Portugal and soccer in America, I returned home to a heatwave at Canford Magna where I thrashed around the golf course in aid of the Wessex Heartbeat appeal.

The highlight of the day was a golf clinic by the wonderful John Jacobs, coming into his 80th year and now installed in American golf's Hall of Fame as well as recently becoming only the 15th member of the Royal and Ancient.

As John said, they found they had enough Royals already.