QUOTE OF THE WEEK

‘We know how important it is to everyone in the golf world to see play conclude on the Sunday of a major championship, and to award the trophy to the champion.’ The much-derided 18-hole play-off at the US Open — staged on the Monday if two players are tied after 72 holes — is no more after executive director Mike Davis announced a two-hole version instead beginning, if necessary, at this year’s edition. Who’d have thought it — an outbreak of common sense at the United States Golf Association?