What you can learn from The Open

Turnberry's lighthouser and 10th tee as Saturday's drama unfolds

  The Saturday of a tournament is traditionally known as 'moving day' by the players, where the leading contenders jostle for position for the final 18-hole dash for the line.

Thursday and Friday are about making sure you're there for the weekend and as close to the lead as possible. On Saturday, a great round from the cut line, or a good round among the players who made the cut gives you a chance down the stretch on Sunday.

Mathew Goggin - unlikely Aussie in second place

Each of them is incredibly sound, tee to green and on a course where any error can cost two or three shots that kind of solidity could be the key to finishing ahead of the pack, currently led by the evergreen Tom Watson and Aussie journeyman Mathew Goggin.

But for me the performance of the day was by Steve Marino, the American who did not realise he was even close to playing this week until he was told during last week's US Tour event that he was already second reserve and he should get himself ready.

Club golfers can learn so much from his dogged resilience.

When Phil Mickelson pulled out and was followed by another player, Marino was in his first Open and had to have his passport brought to him so he could catch the flight chartered by the sponsors of last week's US event to bring Open qualifiers to Scotland.

He had done incredibly well with rounds of 67 and 68 to lead the championship but a wind of change blew across Turnberry's Ailsa course and this time was howling across most holes, the most difficult to handle for a pro golfers, especially one playing on his fifth links round.

Steve Marino - double bounce back

But to his credit he knuckled down and after an eagle at the 7th recovered to be one off the lead going into the par-3 15th. A 6-iron from 206 yards was pushed into the wind finishing ten yards right of the flag and needing at least 50 spectators and all but the allowed five minutes to find his ball. A triple bogey there followed by a three-putt double-bogey at the next shoved him back down the leaderboard again. But he wasn't done, yet.

He narrowly missed for eagle at 17 and then a drive and wedge at the last set up another birdie to put him only five behind the leader and still in with a chance!

His heroic 'double bounce back' says a lot about the man, his determination and his professionalism! It's why the best players in the world strive to play one hole at a time and just try to think about the next shot!

Club golfers can learn so much from Marino as they try to get the best out of their games in the monthly medal. Whatever happens on a hole, keep concentrating on the next one and you'll find out how much more you can do without dwelling on what's gone before!

If Steve Marino finds a 64 today and wins the Open, it will be down to the durability he showed on 'moving day'!

Andy Raitt is a former European Tour player who is currently top of the PGA Southern Region order of merit. Tell us one the forum: What's your best-ever 'bounce back' to win a competition after near disaster or merely to finish with credit and head held high?