DORAL, Fla. — It’s been a year of steady gains by Englishman Danny Willett. No. 45 in the Official World Golf Ranking when he left the WGC-Cadillac Championship last March, he arrives at this week’s event 15th.
“We’re in great position, obviously, now to really push on,” said the 28-year-old.
But as Willett prepares to tee it up in his eighth World Golf Championships event, it is a gain on another front that may disrupt his plans for the upcoming Masters.
“I’m looking forward to Augusta,” Willett said. “If I get to go play.”
The “if” is because his wife, Nicole, is pregnant with the couple’s first child and the due date is Sunday, April 10 — which just so happens to be the due date for Round 4 of the Masters.