What can coaching guru Pete Cowen do with one of the most aesthetically pleasing motions in sport?

Cowen took Lee Westwood from a ‘short and wild’ hitter to arguably the best driver of the golf ball in the world

In his lifetime of golf coaching, the late Bob Torrance only found two players whose swings he couldn’t improve: Ben Hogan and Rory McIlroy.

McIlroy, hammered 6&5 today by Ian Poulter in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, once visited Scotsman Torrance — who guided Pádraig Harrington to three major titles — and asked him for advice.