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Kevin Markham investigates some of the strange rituals of the world’s best golfers.

Everyone knows that Tiger wears a red shirt on the final day of competition. And that Rickie Fowler wears enough orange to be adopted by every Dutch mother, but it is unlikely that Phil Mickelson’s Friday accessory is going to become part of his ritual.

He may have played a starring role in the final day at Royal Troon, but standing in the wind and the rain on day two of the Open Championship, the bulldog clip attached to his baseball cap caused considerable bemusement. Given the amount of money he earns and the sponsors he has behind him, you’d think they might have found him a cap that fits.