Justin Rose

Ewen Ferguson in salvage operation during roller-coaster first round

THE Brabazon course at The Belfry is named after Lord Brabazon of Tara, who was a keen golfer and a pioneer of the aviation industry. But you knew that didn’t you? Anyway, Ewen Ferguson’s early efforts to take flight over this stretch of storied golfing land in round one of the Betfred British Masters were so turbulent, they should’ve been accompanied by an emergency holler about adopting the brace position.