John Patterson began the second round of TEG 15 five points behind Gregg Williams in the Trophy. He set about the deficit immediately.

It did not begin well. A double bogey at the 1st, a bogey at the 2nd, and the morning looked lost before it started. Then came a birdie at the 3rd, the hardest hole on the West Cliffs course. It drew him level with Williams at the top of the Trophy. For a few minutes, the tournament had a contest.

Holes 6 to 8 removed it. Patterson dropped eight shots across the three holes, including a quadruple bogey at the 6th. The initiative was handed back with both hands.

By the close, Williams still led both the Trophy and the Green Jacket, and both gaps had widened rather than narrowed. The Trophy deficit went out to nine points. David Mullin's Green Jacket gap grew from eight to fourteen. Patterson's brief share of the lead at West Cliffs remains the high point of the day. It lasted three holes.

West Cliffs Golf Links, on Portugal's Lisbon Coast, made its TEG debut in round 2 of TEG 15. Two holes did almost all the work.

The par-five 6th, stroke index 11, produced four blow-ups in a single round. Alex Baker took 11, a sextuple bogey and his worst score against par of the day. David Mullin and Stuart Neumann both managed quintuple-bogey 10s. John Patterson, showing restraint, settled for a quadruple-bogey 9. Baker's afternoon then unravelled further, a 9 and a 7 completing a stretch of holes 6 to 8 in which he dropped 13 shots and did not record a single net par.

The par-four 17th, stroke index 6, took its turn later. Alex Baker posted a sextuple-bogey 10 there, part of an 11-shot bleed across the closing three holes. Jon Baker went one better, or rather one worse, with a septuple-bogey 11. It was his worst hole of the round, which by that point was a competitive field.

Quality did appear once. At the par-five 15th, one of the easiest holes on the course, David Mullin made an eagle. On that same hole, Gregg Williams made a quintuple-bogey 10. The course was evidently open to interpretation.

Stuart Neumann's second round at West Cliffs was not a collapse. A collapse implies a structure that stood first. This was a procession.

It opened at the 4th with a quadruple bogey 8. It deepened at the par-5 13th with a sextuple bogey 11. The decisive damage arrived at the 14th, one of the hardest holes on the course, where a quintuple bogey 9 dropped him to last in the Wooden Spoon standings. He took the position off David Mullin with the gap between them at zero. Nobody wants to win anything by that margin.

The closing stretch offered no relief and, one suspects, was never going to. A double bogey at the 16th. Another quintuple bogey at the 17th. A double bogey at the 18th to finish. Nine shots bled over the last three holes, delivered with the unhurried consistency of a man who had stopped negotiating.

He signed for 26 points, matching the worst Trophy score of the round, and a gross 115. It was his first visit to West Cliffs. The course will remember him.