Lowry currently holds the sixth slot, but it’s not a done deal, and he could yet be leap-frogged by Rasmus Hojgaard ...

Stuart Grehan’s standout season on his return to the amateur ranks, which saw him complete the AIG Irish Close and Flogas ...

Then again, such is the unmissable, compelling nature of the Tuesday column, you probably ignore everything else that is going on in the world and turn straight to this back page tour de force.

Westwood won the title in 1999, a year after the event was launched, and will be bidding to claim his 10th victory in Asia.