There's an American comedy, and I use that word in the loosest possible terms, called Archie Bunker that follows the exploits of a drunken slob with a propensity for saying outlandish things.

There's an American comedy, and I use that word in the loosest possible terms, called Archie Bunker that follows the exploits of a drunken slob with a propensity for saying outlandish things.

It was good to see that his fan club was out in force at the US Open over the weekend, although it seemed to be on for weeks as the lashing rain and near darkness made it hard to tell whether we were in New York or in Larne.

Fans of Happy Gilmore would be familiar with the sort of goings on and it simply isn't cricket. Or golf.

You expect the usual ‘you're the man', ‘get in the hole' and other works of literary genius but with nothing to do other than swig bottles of Bud in between storms what did they expect would happen?

Sky Sports had brought in their own Danish special brew in the shape of Thomas Bjorn, the quietly spoken European hitman to Butch Harmon's Dr Evil and on Saturday he said he'd just been driven to the commentary box and was greeted by a crowd that he hoped wasn't driving home.

Carlsberg don't do drunken slabbers, but New York does. Probably.