Woods heads all-star cast

Six of the world’s top 10, seven major winners boasting 21 major titles, three former champions, nearly half of next week’s European Ryder Cup side.

After years of talk about who is not playing rather than who is, there is no question of the strength of the 16-man field competing from tomorrow for golf’s biggest first prize of £1m (€1.5m) in the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth.