David Duval, out of golf since last November and currently ranked 437th in the world, goes back in at the deep end this week after deciding to enter the United States Open.

IT is probably just as well that David Duval, one of the most perceptive players in golf, has always had a much wider world view than most of his peers.

TWELVE months ago, David Duval was atop the golf world, having erased the label of one of the best players never to win a major with a gritty victory at the British Open.