I'M not best pleased with the European Tour's meteorologist at the moment, who got the forecast for last Sunday in Beijing horribly wrong.
It might surprise you to learn that the Tour employs a meteorologist (actually we have two) but the caddies always pay attention to what they say so we can pack accordingly.
It was supposed to be sunny with a few showers for the final round at the Volvo China Open, at least that's what they told us, but instead it poured down all day.
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Heavy rain is a caddie's worst nightmare because it makes a difficult job twice as hard.
I always keep a few spare towels in the bag but when it rains that hard you just have no chance.
I had to wipe the clubs, ball, make and read notes and try to keep David dry all at the same time.
Also David was really struggling to swing the club and it made for a pretty miserable time.
Looking back at the tournament I have to say it was an incredible four days. After three rounds we had made more birdies than anyone else, but also had plenty of others' on the scorecard too.
David is still getting to grips with the changes his new coach Jamie Gough has made, and he did well to battle on because it could not have been much fun for him.
We are in Shanghai this week for the Asian Open and I have to say I'm glad to have left the smog of Beijing behind us.
We travelled here on a train which took around 10 hours, but it was absolutely brilliant. There were three of us to a cabin and we even had our own slippers!
Shanghai revives nice memories for David because he beat Tiger Woods down the stretch to win the HSBC Champions event in 2005.
He wasn't playing too well before that week either, so it just shows how quickly it can change.
Here's hoping for another successful week. Stay away rain!
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