Casey: I don’t want to be left behind

IT says everything about how strong European golf is going into this week’s British Open Championship that Paul Casey, the world number 10, talks of not wanting to be left behind.

This time last year, Casey was the one leading the way. Third in the world, three times a winner already in the season, a first major was the next step for him to take.

What the 32-year-old did not know at the time, though, was the rib strain he had suffered practising for Turnberry would turn into a torn muscle and would put him out of the game for months.