DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Never before in the long history of the Masters has England — or indeed any country outside the host nations — fielded as many as a football team’s worth of representatives but it could easily happen when the season’s first major gets under way next month. The hardest major to get into because of the relatively small size of the field is seemingly proving no barrier to the growing corps of Englishmen now plying their trade at the highest level. The nine who have already guaranteed themselves an invitation is set to rise to 10 following Tommy Fleetwood’s brilliant performance in finishing runner-up to Dustin Johnson in the WGC-Mexico Championship on Sunday. ...read
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That a professional golfer should find himself pilloried for accepting an invitation to play 18 holes with the President of the United States underlines that the campaign against Donald Trump has now become as crazed and irrational as some of the actions of the man himself. A political gesture to say yes, as some of the more bilious argued? Quite plainly, the political gesture would have been if McIlroy had said no and, thankfully, the Northern Irishman opted to show respect for the office, in the nation where he lives for six months every year, that was clearly due ...read
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DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: 'The most talented player in the game,' according to Jordan Spieth, was seemingly in danger of squandering it all. For anyone who loves a story of a man gratefully accepting a second chance, therefore, it was all there on the 18th green at Riviera on Sunday as Johnson wrapped his arms around his pregnant fiancee Paulina Gretzky, hugged his son Tatum and savoured the honour of being known as the world's best golfer for the first time. 'I don't know how it works, it's way too complicated for me, but I'm looking forward to getting up in the morning and having a look at the rankings,' said the 32-year-old. 'I mean, I understand 1-2-3.' ...read
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