As Francesco Molinari exited stage left, skirting round scenes of joy engulfing Tiger Woods at the 2019 Masters, little did the Italian know he was to endure the longest of waits. Almost 600 days have passed since Molinari’s painful implosion as Woods, the resurgent hero, seized the chance to claim a 15th major title. This week, Molinari will relish putting some demons to rest as Augusta National stages a Masters like no other.

“It would have been good to go back after a year and get that closure, to move on,” Molinari admits. “It has been harder not to have been back there yet. Hopefully this brings that sense of closure and it will be easier to move