Golf / the open

Francesco Molinari's victory at The Open for the European game ahead of the Ryder Cup and the challenge Carnoustie presented. With all due respect to Francesco, he wasn't born with a golf club, it doesn't come easy to him, he's not built 6ft 4ins and hit it a million miles. He's had to develop and harness his skills so he's worked at it and he's built a good team around him and he deserves success. It's an enormous lift in the arm for us, clearly. We've all got our eye on the Ryder Cup and our group is looking marvelously solid, there's no uncertainty about that. So is America's no uncertainty, it will be an awesome week yet how about we appreciate this first. The Ryder Cup is going there in 2026 to Italy. It's not known as a playing golf nation Francesco presently will go on the guide, he will go on the front pages and it's extraordinary. They are the sort of things - you discuss developing the amusement - that unexpectedly currently there will be a seed planted in the brains of Italian individuals. Ideally we will get significantly more Italian players turning out onto the Tour and more individuals playing the diversion. What a complete he created however more imperatively what a two iron he hit into 17. That is the most troublesome opening on the end extend. He was tied for the lead at that stage. To simply tear it in there and give himself a possibility for birdie and after that play the eighteenth impeccably. He was never going to miss that birdie putt. He had that look about him. He was tuned in and he is a merited champion. Of all the folks up there hoping to win and with such huge numbers of individuals in the condition one person emerged and went out there and won the competition. What was so great about Carnoustie was we thoroughly understand how intense a test it was however there were four difficulties throughout the week.