A young Rory McIlroy poses with his under-15 trophy at the Faldo Series Finals in 2004. Far from his successful amateur days the Northern Irishman become World No1 on Sunday after winning the Honda classic. With his first major in the bag, the 22-year-old is fast replacing Tiger Woods as the most watchable player on the circuit [GETTY]
Published On 7 Mar 20127 Mar 2012
And this youngster had better watch out. On the comeback trail Tiger Woods, pictured here in 1992, Woods gave McIlroy a run for his money at the Honda Classic and appears to be finding form ahead of the Masters [GETTY]
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Another world number one Novak Djokovic, pictured here with a bouffant Andy Murray in 2006, will defend his title at the Indian Wells ATP Masters this week. After coming off a blistering 2011 season, the Serbian began 2012 by winning the Australian Open crown but lost to Murray in last week’s Dubai Open semis [GETTY]
Standing in his way will be former World no1 Roger Federer. Coming of an impressive run of form since his seni-final loss to Djokovic at last year’s US Open, the Swiss champion has experience on his side [GETTY]
