Golf: Oldcorn tribute to his mentor

by DEREK LAWRENSON, Daily Mail

Andy Oldcorn fought back the tears as he celebrated the biggest moment in his golf career.

The 41-year-old Lancashire-born Scot won the PGA Championship at Wentworth yesterday after seeing off the challenge of a revitalised Nick Faldo.

Then, as he held aloft the trophy, he dedicated his victory to his former manager and close friend Alan Maxwell, who died two months ago from cancer.

Oldcorn, whose career has been blighted by the debilitating ME virus, said: 'It might sound corny, but I felt his presence out there. Alan was my guiding light, one of the friends who never lost sight of the fact that a day like this would come for me.'

The £333,000 win puts Oldcorn into contention for a place in the European Ryder Cup team to face America in September. Faldo could also make the team after rekindling the form of his all-conquering days in the late 1980s and early '90s. Significantly, he has teamed up again with Fanny Sunesson, his caddie when he won three Opens and three U.S. Masters titles.

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