There have been a lot of "before and now" comparisons in Erik Compton’s life, let alone golf career, but as television audiences in the US found out on Saturday evening, no mention of the latter can avoid the context of the former.

Andres Romero savoured an “almost perfect” round at Oakland Hills today as he put himself in contention for tomorrow’s final round at the 90th US PGA Championship.

Johnny Miller claimed three-time major winner Billy Casper had the “greatest pair of hands God ever gave a human being”. Even at 76 that was evident last week when the former Masters winner showed he had lost little of his subtlety around Fota Island in Cork. He spoke to Tom Aherne.