2026-03-29 13:30:19
Danny Willett found the attention that came with winning the Masters “quite intrusive”.
The 38-year-old golfer claimed victory at Augusta National back in 2016 and while he was prepared for his game to be in the spotlight more, he admitted he didn’t enjoy being “watched” and analysed continually during practice.
He told Bunkered magazine: “You prepare for the golf side of it, but you don’t prepare for the other side of it.
“The media side was mental. I didn’t like how much I was being watched on the range and practising.
“People trying to work out what you’re doing – it was all quite intrusive.
“Some people handle that better than others.
“I, at the time, liked just being me and doing my own thing and getting on with what I was doing.
“Not that it was uncomfortable, but at the time, I wasn’t happy with a few things I was doing and wanted to try and change them.”
In a bit to capitalise on his success, Danny played every tournament possible in the following year but things didn’t work out as he had hoped and he slumped outside of the world’s top 400 within two years.
He reflected: “It didn’t quite pan out as I wanted to.
“I went and played here, there, and everywhere and spread myself a bit thin in doing that. I got tired.
“Then swinging poorly on top of that and got injured. It just snowballed.”
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