A rant Darren Clarke didn’t need

Darren Clarke may have his work cut out to limit the damage caused by Danny Willett’s brother but the European captain was working hard to do just that last night.

Clarke said yesterday Masters champion and European debutant Willett was “bitterly disappointed” by his brother Peter Willett’s inflammatory article penned for National Club Golfer magazine.

The schoolteacher claimed a share of his brother’s spotlight at this year’s Masters with his amusing tweets and this column, for a magazine circulated to golf clubs throughout the UK, went viral on publication yesterday as word spread of the author’s criticism of American Ryder Cup fans.