The final group takes to the tee … and both Cameron Young and Rory McIlroy take 3-woods for safety. The way Rory has been driving all week, this could be a tactic we’ll see more than once. Time will tell. It’s not as though he’s giving up too much distance, and he’s just wedging in from 155 yards. He very nearly slam-dunks it, too, a couple of feet to the left. He’ll have a good look at birdie from 11 feet. That’ll hopefully put him on an even keel: remember he bogeyed Tea Olive yesterday, and infamously doubled it on Sunday last year. That, it is fair to say, is a marked improvement. Young, having found the fairway bunker on the right, finds the heart of the green and will have a putt from 20 feet or so.

Good ‘vibes’ give Budapest hopes for opposition win

Jakub Krupa

in Budapest’s 14th district

Making the most of a beautiful day in Budapest, I spent a large part of the day zooming Budapest (using the city’s great bike paths!) and chatting with voters.

In the 14th district of Budapest, I spoke with several people voting in the polling stations on Ajtósi Dürer sor.

Atilla, 35, told me that he was confident about the result because of “the vibes” in the city and the country. “It will be really big change,” he told me confidently.

But where was that confidence coming from, I ask. “[It’s] because of the vibes in Hungary,” he replied with a cheeky smile. “It’s the vibes, [everyone is] so passionate, and I’m hearing it’s not just in Budapest, like four years ago; it’s better.”

How much a potential change of government would mean to him?

No words to say how much. Too much.

Separately, Barbara and Margit, 21, also expressed some hope about the result – but they struck a more cautious note.

“I feel really hopeful. We finally have a chance to change the government,” Margit said.

But Barbara said she wanted to stay “realistic” before the results come in.

“I thought last time around that the opposition seemed pretty strong and it wasn’t [in the end]. I’m trying to not get my hopes up, but we will see. I hope something changes today.”

She added that if the opposition wins,

“It will mean a lot – not just for us as a country, but also for Europe in general. I have seen quite a few posts about the Czech Republic and different countries, all waiting for [the results of] our election.”