I was reading some article the other day about mindfulness, which is the quality of being present and fully engaged in the moment. And then I got bored.

What was I talking about again? Oh yes, mindfulness. Apparently, research has shown that the average brain has up to 70,000 thoughts a day. Blimey. I often struggle to rustle up one meaningful thought for this bloomin’ column.

In that respect, it’s perhaps unsurprising that I once received a letter from a cheesed off reader who suggested that I was, “shallow and cheap.”

Given the on-going cost of living crisis – the cost rose again just there, halfway through typing the word ‘cost’ – I consoled myself with the theory that it’s better to be shallow and cheap than deep and expensive.

Funnily enough, that’s what the sports editor said when he handed me my wages in used 50 pence pieces.

Anyway, we certainly all got our money’s worth at the 106th US PGA Championship, didn’t we? The second men’s major of the season was full of intrigue and incident both on and off the course.

Xander Schauffele, who’s had more close shaves than Victor Kiam promoting his Remington razors, was a wonderfully deserving champion, while the kerfuffle and subsequent arrest of the world No 1, Scottie Scheffler, provided a startling snap........

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