BILL ELLIOTT

Lee Westwood’s just done it at 46 and so has Graeme McDowell at 40. Phil Mickelson, who turns 50 this summer, remains highly likely to do it again while Tiger Woods, 44, has done it at Augusta and who would bet against a repeat before he’s finished.

We’re talking triumph and age here, middle age, the time when sportsmen are supposed to be offering cliches about their game on TV, designing golf courses