Ex-champion Danny Willett expecting ‘strange’ Masters at ‘deserted’ Augusta

Danny Willett won the Masters in 2016, just days after the birth of his son Zachariah. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA

Former champion Danny Willett expects this year’s Masters will feel “very deserted” due to the absence of spectators at Augusta National.

What is traditionally the season’s first of four major championships has become the third and final one of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the US PGA Championship and US Open having already taken place behind closed doors.