DANNY WILLETT got a slap on the wrist for talking to Joey Barton ahead of his Open Championship campaign. The Masters champion was nattering away with the new Rangers signing during a promotional stint at Ibrox last night. But the talk between the pair and Swede Henrik Stenson got a little bit too loud while […]
DANNY WILLETT can barely believe how much has happened to him since his last visit to Royal Troon. That was when he was a 16-year-old wannabe, caddying for his local club professional. Fast forward 12 years and Willett is the Masters champion, a multi- millionaire and one of the favourites to lift the Claret […]
ZACH JOHNSON was so desperate to hold onto the Claret Jug he had to ask his shrink for help handing it over. The American prevailed in a three-way play-off at St Andrews last year and gave back golf’s oldest trophy to R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers today. But two-time Major winner Johnson joked he had […]
COLIN MONTGOMERIE reckons hitting the first tee shot of this year’s Open on his home course gives him the “perfect” shot at glory – even with a 4.30am alarm call! Monty, who grew up a stone’s throw from Royal Troon and played the course as a kid, gets his bid underway at 6.30am on […]
ZACH JOHNSON grew up wanting to win football’s World Cup — not the Claret Jug. He described himself as an “American Messi” in the making before realising his fame and fortune lay on the fairways. And this week the one-time kid striker will look to mount a successful defence of golf’s oldest Major trophy after […]