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Danny Willett: “Suddenly, I was three shots ahead at the Masters”

From Le Temps · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Interview Named sources Context piece
  • Danny Willett recalls his 2016 Masters victory, which came after he had initially planned not to play in the tournament.
  • The English golfer discusses discovering during the final round that he had taken a three-shot lead and how the win changed his career and life.
  • Willett spoke with Le Temps at the Omega Masters, where he was competing for the 16th time as an ambassador for the watch brand.

Danny Willett had planned not to play in the 2016 Masters. He left Augusta National with the green jacket and a place in golf history.

A decade after that remarkable week, the 38-year-old Englishman is looking back on the victory at the Omega Masters, an event he was contesting for the 16th time as an ambassador for its watchmaking sponsor. His recollections center on the moment he realized, in the middle of the tournament, that he had moved three shots ahead in the most famous event in golf.

The Masters victory transformed Willett’s career and his life. Le Temps presents a conversation with a golfer described as “normal”, except that he owns perhaps the most famous green jacket in the world.

The interview revisits the approach to the 2016 Masters and the extraordinary turn that took Willett from an unexpected participant to the champion of the men’s most prestigious major.

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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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