This is it, then. The Open. The one event every British player wants to win. I have dreamed about holing the winning putt hundreds of times. I am not in particularly good form at the moment but I am sure my golf will improve and that I will play better in the future than I ever have in the past.

To be honest about today, my last practice round, I was intent on making sure I did not hit any slack shots as I did on Tuesday. Practice rounds can take a long time and I am afraid I went awol for a few holes. Today the course looked beautiful at that time in the morning. The sea was like a millpond. Today I fully appreciated what a beautiful course Turnberry is and how difficult it is, too. It is a great golf course.

I hope that over the next few days the weather will be tough. That would suit me. I like it when the going gets tough. That is when I seem to do well. It was almost too calm when I played today with Paul Casey and Jeff Overton. Normally my golf bag is full of waterproofs, fruit and bottles of water but today I put in sun cream. Having spent four or five hours out in the sun I must say feel a little pink now.

I got up at 5.30 this morning, drove to the golf club after breakfast and did a good warm-up in the locker room. This is not a few minutes waving my arms around. I do about 20 minutes stretching. I do some core stability work and I do some lunges and that sort of thing. Then we walked out to the 8th tee.

I hit the ball fine but perhaps not great today. It is hard to flush the ball seven straight days. Today I concentrated on reading my putts. It is so easy to hit putts to the four corners of a green, where you think the flags will be for each day, and then go to the next tee. But it is important to try and read the putts on the course, to remind yourself of how to do it. There is a lot of artistry in putting.

I have decided how I am going to play the 9th. Because the landing area is shaped like a hog's back, your ball can roll either to the left or to the right. Even if you hit four really good drives, two will go to the left and two to the right so my view is it's best to whack the driver. Besides, the left rough is not quite so long.

Kate and Leo travelled up independently to meet us here when we got back from Ireland. My Mum drove up separately. Fooch is staying in the house with us because we had a spare bedroom. And Margi [Justin's sister] and Mike, her boyfriend are coming to stay as well. The house is in Girvan, south of Turnberry, and though it is only a few miles away, the speed restrictions imposed by the police for this event mean it takes us 15 minutes to get to the course.

I am hoping for good things this week. I know I need to start producing good golf. I am ranked 53rd in the world at the moment and that means there is only way to go and that is up the rankings.