Mowbray for Ewood Park

Championship toilers Blackburn Rovers have appointed Tony Mowbray as the club’s new manager.

The 53-year-old has signed an 18-month contract and succeeds Scot Owen Coyle, who was sacked on Tuesday.

Former Celtic and Hibs manager Mowbray, most recently in charge at League One club Coventry, will prepare the team for a crucial match away at relegation rivals Burton Albion tomorrow night. At Hibs, he twice led the Scottish club into Europe while at West Brom he lost the Championship play-off final in 2007 before getting the Baggies promoted to the Premier League as champions the following season.

He will be assisted by David Lowe, while former Rovers midfielder David Dunn will take on the role of first-team coach.

Dustin Johnson has finally made it to world number one – not before time.

He took his time to finally win a major after knocking on the door on so many occasions.

When he plays his best golf, there aren’t many who can keep up with the American fella who hits the ball so far and so straight, but also has a lovely touch around the greens. To have the mix of those abilities is pretty special.

I can see him getting on a roll now and being number one for a while.

The man who ends 2017 top of the rankings will be whoever wins the most majors out of the elite players. Johnson made his major breakthrough at last year’s US Open and I wouldn’t be surprised if he adds at least one more this year.

I’m interested to know if there was any major change in the television ratings for the ISPS Handa World Super 6 Perth which finished on Sunday.

The new format combined stroke play and match play and I thought it was an exciting watch throughout the tournament’s four days.

There were a couple of things I would have changed as the format was slightly confusing at times.

Home player Brett Rumford was a deserving winner, having racked up a five-shot lead after 54 holes.

That disappeared as the tournament went into a match play decider for the final day, but he rose to the challenge.

Rumford ended up playing 17-year-old Phachara Khongwatmai in the decider after the Thai squeezed into the play-offs but managed to make it all the way to the final.

It was a very entertaining watch and I’m intrigued to see if it attracted a new, younger audience.

I don’t think this type of golf event will ever replace 72-hole stroke play tournaments, but a couple like this one every year would certainly be a welcome addition.