Danny Willett’s career has been a rollercoaster. For every glorious high, there has been a painful low. A sensational Masters victory, a Ryder Cup appearance, and six other European Tour wins have been offset by injuries and losses of form. The Englishman knows how it feels to slip on a Green Jacket, but just over two years later he’d slipped to 462 in the world. He’s now back up to 57, but again battling a dip in form.
“Scores-wise and results-wise, things haven’t been great,” Willett tells GM on the eve of his title defence at the BMW PGA Championship. “It’s been a bit disappointing from where the game felt like it was before lockdown, and we put in some good work during the lockdown, but it’s just not quite seemed to spark the same. I’m working hard but things just don’t seem to be matching up. We’re still doing our bits and hoping that we get a few good vibes back and we can get some results.
“It’s been relatively up and down [since winning the Masters]. There was a good amount of time down and then some nice sparks of some great things in there. It’s not been great for the last few months, but it’s not just golf, there are a lot of other things going on in the world right now.”
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