At the end of the junior Ryder cup’s opening ceremony at Blairgowrie golf club, I observed to the VisitScotland chairman that the weather forecast was fabulous for the Ryder cup and that Scotland would look wonderful to the international television audience. I added that, given how wonderful Scotland had looked during the Commonwealth games and the many live broadcasts I saw on the referendum campaign, there would be no need for him to have any extra money for his marketing campaign.