Chubby Chandler says new Master Willett will keep Irish Open promise

Augusta Masters champion Danny Willett will add to the cast of homegrown major winners when he keeps his promise to play next month’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open at the K Club.

Willett was last night doing the customary New York media tour of late night chat shows that is one of the first duties of a Masters winner as his shock victory at Augusta National on Sunday night began to sink in.

Now he has joined golf’s elite the Englishman, 28, has plenty of new demands, obligations and opportunities to navigate along with the €1.574m pay cheque he collected following his dramatic three-shot win over fallen champion Jordan Spieth and fellow countryman Lee Westwood.