Except, Willett was not a five-time major champion like Faldo was and that is what made his nerveless round all the remarkable; that and the fact that he did not arrive at the course until Tuesday. The previous week his wife, Nicole, had given birth to their first child, Zacharia, and on “a tired cloud nine”, Willett’s preparation had at the best been hurried. To think, Zacharia was actually due on this Masters Sunday, but the necessity for a C-section meant he came 12 days early.

Now his father has arrived in the big-time. Willett is in the game’s top nine, with the world at his feet and the PGA Tour, with all of its billions, banging at his door. England has a new sporting hero and with four other players in the top 10 - including the resurgent Lee Westwood in third - England must believe it is at the start of a golfing golden age.

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World number one Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from this week's Shell Houston Open in order to rest ahead of the Masters.

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