HE was in contention at Troon, in the last game going out and was the leading Briton last year.
He knows what it is all about, has the experience and is coming into form having won the European Open last week.
He must have a better chance than Lee Westwood who is going through a crisis at the moment and struggling to even make the cuts.
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