Where did all the good English football managers go?

It’s not easy for most right–thinking people to care much about golf and golfers apart from gasping in wonder at the size of their bank balances. Right now the Saudi–backed LIV tour and the American and European tours are making occasional grunts of peace towards each other. Soon the various professional golf bodies will have so much money they will be able to club together and buy Saudi Arabia. But what you can be certain of is that no one has ever watched a LIV event of their own free will or is ever likely to, despite the presence of some of the world’s best players, like Jon Rahm, Bryson de Chambeau, Cam Smith and Brooks Koepka, plus quite a few who are past their best, such as Ian Poulter, wacky trousers and all, and Lee Westwood.

At the moment the exiled LIV players are allowed back for the Majors, which means that amid the azaleas and manicured lawns of Augusta National, the world’s best golfers will be up against each other next month over the four rounds of the Masters.