Sky Sports Sarah Stirk on asking the tough questions beyond the 18th green

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano is interviewed by Sarah Stirk of Sky Sports at The Barclays in 2014. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

Even 4,000 miles removed from her normal environment at Augusta National during the Masters, Sarah Stirk can sense the additional tension and prestige that comes with one of golf’s major championship weeks.

These strangest of circumstances for what would usually be the opening major of the golfing year are not lost on the Sky Sports presenter having forsaken her usual on-course posting where she conducts post-round player interviews.