Jordan Spieths Collapse Also Required A Great Comeback
1987U.S.Tom Watson5.48Scott Simpson0.045.44 Spieth isn’t the first golfer to experience an unceremonious meltdown on Sunday at a major championship; YouTube is littered with the bones of players snatching ignominy from the jaws of victory. That doesn’t make it any less jarring to see a player as good as Spieth, leading by 5 midway through the Masters’ final round, fresh off of one of the greatest seasons at the majors in modern history last year, fall apart in such spectacular fashion. And that he was beaten by Danny Willett, who had just one career top-10 finish at a major before this week, made Spieth’s defeat all the more stunning.In measuring Spieth’s performance in majors last year, I used “major shares,” a statistic that estimates how many majors a player would have been expected to win given his scoring relative to the field average in past majors. Fractional “shares” of wins accumulate over time for good players; the number is nailed right around zero for the also-rans. Going into the Masters, Spieth had 1.48 career major shares,1A few notes, since I tweaked the methodology a bit since last season: Instead of using z-scores, I’m now basing major shares on a player’s strokes above the field average in a tournament. (Research by Daniel Myers shows that converting those to z-scores needlessly adds statistical noise to a player’s rating.) I also listed two versions of major shares last season — one that adjusts for other performances in the field, one that does not — and I’ve averaged those together here. the 10th-most of any active player; Willett, on the other hand, had 0.01 major shares. That difference, 1.47 major shares, was the 17th-biggest disparity in résumés between a major’s third-round leader and the player who eventually overtook him since 1958.2Out of the 139 instances in that span where the leader after three rounds didn’t go on to win the major. In other words, there have been less likely candidates to come from behind, but not many. STROKES GAINED AGAINST FIELD 1997Tiger Woods+3.7+5.8+7.2+4.2+11.5+21.0 1977BritishJack Nicklaus12.50Tom Watson0.8511.65 2010Phil Mickelson+3.9+1.5+5.6+4.9+10.5+16.0 1985Bernhard Langer+1.2-1.3+6.0+4.8+10.8+10.6 STROKES GAINED AGAINST FIELD 1978PGATom Watson1.78John Mahaffey0.531.25 YEARPLAYERR1R2R3R4WEEKENDTOTAL 1978Gary Player+1.2-0.4+3.1+8.2+11.3+12.1 YEARPLAYERR1R2R3R4WEEKENDTOTAL Considering Spieth’s immense potential, the difference between the two golfers would likely have been even higher if Willett had pulled this upset later in Spieth’s career. Spieth is no Tiger Woods, but before Sunday, he’d developed a reputation for steadiness, particularly in majors. After he birdied the ninth hole on Sunday to go up 5 strokes, a third major — and second Green Jacket — in the span of 12 months seemed imminent. (Ken Pomeroy — who maintains a golf win probability feed on Twitter in addition to his indispensable college basketball stats site — gave Spieth a 92 percent chance of winning at that point.) Then, a pair of bogeys to give a few strokes back. Then, quadruple-bogey.But epic collapses such as Spieth’s are often accompanied by incredible comebacks. And for all the water-cooler chatter about Spieth’s disastrous final trip through Augusta’s back nine, Willett also had to play tremendous golf over the weekend, particularly on Sunday. In the final 36 holes of the tournament, Willett outplayed the field average by 9.4 strokes, the ninth-best weekend enjoyed by any Masters winner since 1958. And 5.7 of those strokes were gained against the field in Round 4 alone, representing the eighth-best final round performance by a winner since ’58. 2016Danny Willett+2.3-0.3+3.7+5.7+9.4+11.5 1995U.S.Greg Norman3.23Corey Pavin0.242.99 1989MastersBen Crenshaw2.09Nick Faldo0.851.24 2009PGATiger Woods10.85Y.E. Yang0.0010.85 2011Charl Schwartzel+2.0-0.5+4.1+5.7+9.8+11.3 2013U.S.Phil Mickelson4.58Justin Rose0.244.34 1994Jose Maria Olazabal-0.8+5.0+5.4+4.9+10.3+14.5 2008BritishGreg Norman3.45P. Harrington0.343.12 1995Ben Crenshaw+0.7+3.5+2.3+5.3+7.7+11.9 1986Jack Nicklaus-0.6+1.3+2.0+7.0+9.0+9.7 1965Jack Nicklaus+4.1+2.9+9.1+4.6+13.7+20.7 YEARMAJORPLAYERMAJOR SHARESPLAYERMAJOR SHARESDIFF 2016MastersJordan Spieth1.48Danny Willett0.011.47 LEADER THROUGH 3 RDSEVENTUAL WINNER SourceS: ESPN, Yahoo 1990MastersRaymond Floyd2.66Nick Faldo1.051.61 Best weekend performances at Augusta, 1958-2016 2016Danny Willett+2.3-0.3+3.7+5.7+9.4+11.5 1959Art Wall+0.8-1.6+1.8+7.4+9.2+8.4 1990Nick Faldo+1.1+0.9+6.6+4.2+10.8+12.8 1971MastersJack Nicklaus7.29Charles Coody0.097.20 1967Gay Brewer+0.6+5.1+1.7+7.2+8.9+14.6 1996Nick Faldo+2.1+4.8+0.8+6.7+7.5+14.3 1993PGAGreg Norman2.92Paul Azinger0.482.43 1973Tommy Aaron+6.0-0.5+0.2+6.1+6.3+11.8 Biggest major upsets since 1958 Few sports offer as much potential for dramatic, heartbreaking collapse as golf. Jordan Spieth learned as much on Sunday: 2009BritishTom Watson5.98Stewart Cink0.375.61 1984BritishTom Watson5.33Seve Ballesteros2.053.28 1989Nick Faldo+5.3+1.3-2.9+6.7+3.8+10.3 1985MastersRaymond Floyd2.22Bernhard Langer0.251.97 1987MastersBen Crenshaw1.84Larry Mize0.021.81 1983U.S.Tom Watson4.44Larry Nelson0.703.73 1986PGAGreg Norman1.60Bob Tway0.021.58 1978Gary Player+1.2-0.4+3.1+8.2+11.3+12.1 2005Tiger Woods-1.2+6.2+7.2+2.2+9.4+14.4 2006U.S.Phil Mickelson3.45Geoff Ogilvy0.033.43 2011Charl Schwartzel+2.0-0.5+4.1+5.7+9.8+11.3 2012U.S.Jim Furyk1.25Webb Simpson0.001.25 Best Sundays at Augusta, 1958-2016 The quality (or lack thereof) with which Spieth hit the ball at the 12th hole was shocking, but Willett’s weekend charge was also pretty historic. It took a combination of the two to generate a Green Jacket ceremony this awkward:
She said: “My parents are a Country and Western duo called The Daltons. They used to perform seven nights a week and when I was four I joined them on stage doing little dance routines. It wasn’t long before I was standing on a stool joining in the singing.”They don’t often have gigs at weekends now but if they do I’ll be there joining in. I love to perform. But these days it’s more likely we’ll all go to support my brother Damian’s gig. He is a guitarist in the band Torn.”The Royal Variety Performance is staged in aid of the Royal Variety Charity, formerly the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund, of which the Queen is patron.This year’s show will be hosted by David Walliams and has other big names such as Gary Barlow, Emeli Sande and Britain’s Got Talent winner and magician Lance Corporal Richard Jones on the bill. 
Smith, 35, revealed in March this year that her father had been diagnosed with cancer. Following the news, she pulled out of a performance of the West End musical, Funny Girl.She shared the news with her Twitter followers writing: “Had s–t news 2day, sorry I can’t make the show for u loyal fans, if u ask they give u tix to the Savoy!”She added: “it’s one, hate missing shows but pappa needs me x”She spent nearly two months away from the show suffering ill health, said to have been suffering from “stress and exhaustion” among “very difficult” personal circumstances. The actress made a successful return in July, receiving rave reviews and selling out the Savoy Theatre. Sheridan Smith has pulled out of this year’s Royal Variety Performance following the death of her father, Colin, this week.The Funny Girl star was due to perform alongside other celebrities such as Sting and Robbie Williams in the show, which will take place in front of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.A statement said: “Sheridan’s much loved father sadly passed away this week.”We can confirm that she will not be performing at the Royal Variety Performance this Tuesday.”At this difficult time for Sheridan and her family we would ask that you please respect their privacy.” The cast of Cirque du Soleil’s The Beatles Love show will fly over from Las Vegas for a special performance to mark its 10th anniversary.The money raised from the Royal Variety Performance helps people from the world of entertainment in need of care and assistance.It will take place at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on December 6 and will be broadcast on ITV. 
The actress’s eldest brother Julian died from cancer at the age of 18.Smith starred in the BBC1 drama, The C Word, last year which saw her portraying blogger Lisa Lynch.Smith’s parents – Colin and Marilyn – formed the Country and Western duo, The Daltons.The band’s Facebook page describes their sound as being inspired by the work of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Dolly Parton.A young Sheridan often performed with her parents, and her brother Damian, who is part of the band The Torn, also often joined his parents on stage.In an interview with The Telegraph in 2010, Smith described her family as being “a bit like The Waltons”.
Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. Smith received rave reviews for her role in Funny Girl Smith playing Charmian Biggs in the ITV drama Mrs Biggs Smith on the Bafta red carpet in 2016 Smith attending the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in November 
Stephen Mooney, defending Griffin – a religious studies teacher and housemaster at Sedbergh for 17 years – told the jury the boy was “confused” after suffering an illness earlier in the day.The barrister suggested the first boy may have learned of the text and went on to use it to his advantage to invent a pack of lies about Griffin.Mr Mooney said the first complainant – described widely as “a difficult pupil” – seized on the moment to get himself out of his own problems at the school by fabricating the allegations against Griffin.”What he has done is an evil thing. He may not appreciate how evil it was,” he said.A jury took less than a hour to find the “highly regarded” housemaster not guilty of five counts of sexual assault.Griffin, of New Road, Ingleton, North Yorkshire, had earlier been cleared of a sixth count of attempted sexual assault on the directions of Judge Tony Lancaster because of “insufficient evidence”.Speaking later alongside Sally, his wife of 35 years, Mr Griffin said: “It has been a harrowing 13 months. I am delighted it is over.”Andrew Fleck, headmaster of Sedbergh School, said the school was “pleased” with the outcome and “committed to the highest standards of safeguarding for pupils”. 
Christopher Griffin who has been cleared of sexually touching the feet of two pupils in their bedrooms late at nightCredit:Scott Heppell/PA Carlisle Crown Court heard the second complainant had texted a friend over his concerns about Griffin shortly after the housemaster left his room.Griffin, 58, denied he had a foot fetish and said the contact had been innocent as he checked on students during nightly rounds at Sedbergh School in Cumbria – founded in 1525, with term fees of £10,590.The father of the second boy even provided a statement of support for Griffin to the court in which he said he had “nothing but praise for Chris Griffin’s pastoral care of my son”.
A private school housemaster has been cleared of abusing boys after one of the alleged victim’s fathers wrote to the court to defend him.Christopher Griffin, a housemaster at the prestigious £10,000-a-term boarding school, was accused of “sexually touching” pupils’ feet in their bedrooms late at night.Two teenage complainants said they were pretending to be asleep when they claimed the married teacher came in and placed his hand under their bed covers.An investigation was launched in March 2016 after a pupil told authorities that Griffin would regularly place his hand under his duvet after midnight and stroke his feet and massage his lower legs for up five minutes.A second boy then alleged that the year before he had both his feet stroked and “lightly squeezed” one night by the defendant with his door closed. He also described how he could feel the defendant’s breath on his feet as he lay in his cabin bed. Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings.
He said: “We are targeting the areas that need the most support through our Opportunity Areas and by investing £280 million over the next two years to target resources at the schools most in need to improve school performance and deliver more good school places.”Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said schools were struggling with Government policies, which had created problems with teachers’ pay and recruitment while driving up their workload. It is not about areas in particular, it’s schools that are still not able to raise their standards and raise their gameAngela Rayner, shadow education secretary 
Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretaryCredit:Lauren Hurley /PA Amanda Spielman, the head of OfstedCredit:Ofsted Ofsted’s annual report found that around 80 primary schools and 50 secondary schools have not recorded a good inspection in the last 10 years despite receiving “considerable attention and investment”.The report noted the similar characteristics of these schools, such as a high staff turnover and unstable leadership. Many of these schools had higher than average proportions of white British pupils from low-income backgrounds, and pupils with special needs. Speaking about the difficulties posed by certain faith schools which resist teaching children about British values, she said: “We have a proud tradition in this country of respecting religious freedom.“But there are occasions when multiculturalism can and does comes into tension with the expectation that students should be prepared for life in modern Britain.”School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said that standards are rising in schools, but added that more must be done to tackle “consistent under-performance”.
Speaking at the launch of Ofsted’s annual report, she said: “A few years ago, you couldn’t go into a school without being told the number of home languages spoken by pupils. “Now, it often seems that school leaders are constantly comparing notes about how high their pupil premium or SEND (special educational needs and/or disability) rates are.“Even more depressing, we still hear things like ‘If you met my pupils’ parents, you’d understand why results are as they are’.” Around 80 per cent had high proportions of pupils from deprived areas, the report said. “It isn’t that there aren’t many children facing disadvantage and difficulties: they are there in all our schools, and more in some schools than others,” Ms Spielman said.“But the narrative of disadvantage can become all-absorbing. Fixating on all the things holding schools back can distract us all from working on the things that take them forward. Schools with all ranges of children can and do succeed.”Ofsted published the names of schools which have not been rated good in the past ten years, but was forced to apologised after several schools were mistakenly featured on the list. Ms Spielman also used her speech to criticise “well-meaning” school leaders who are turning to conservative religious institutions for advice. Up to 130 schools have shown no improvement for the past decade, a major Ofsted report has found, as teachers are trapped in a narrative of “disadvantaged one-upmanship”.Amanda Spielman, the education watchdog’s chief inspector, warned that pupils from deprived backgrounds should not be used as an excuse for chronically under-achieving schools.She spoke of her “frustration” with the culture that has emerged in some parts of the country, where schools appear to compete with each another on the number of underprivileged pupils they cater for. Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings.
Ryanair is threatening to ground its planes after the UK withdraws from the European Union to persuade voters to “rethink” Brexit.The Dublin-based carrier’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said he wants to “create an opportunity” by making people realise they are “no longer going to have cheap holidays”.He told an audience of airline leaders in Brussels: “I think it’s in our interests – not for a long period of time – that the aircraft are grounded.”It’s only when you get to that stage where you’re going to persuade the average British voter that you were lied to in the entire Brexit debate.”You were promised you could leave the EU and everything would stay the same. The reality is you can leave the EU, yes that’s your choice, but everything will fundamentally change.” Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. Mr O’Leary warned that there would be a “real crisis” as flights between the UK and the EU are disrupted after Brexit.He said: “When you begin to realise that you’re no longer going to have cheap holidays in Portugal or Spain or Italy, you’ve got to drive to Scotland or get a ferry to Ireland as your only holiday options, maybe we’ll begin to rethink the whole Brexit debate.
“They were misled and I think we have to create an opportunity.”EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren, who was on stage alongside Mr O’Leary, interrupted him to say: “If you start grounding your planes, I’m flying.”Carsten Spohr, the boss of German carrier Lufthansa, added: “In theory, if we could use this industry to prove to the British how wrong the decision was, that might be a good thing.”The single market for aviation, created in the 1990s, means there are no commercial restrictions for airlines flying within the EU.Mr O’Leary has repeatedly warned that airlines will be forced to cancel post-Brexit services from March 2019 if no agreement is reached in the Brexit negotiations by September, because schedules are planned about six months in advance.Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said in January that he is confident flights will not be grounded because “it’s in the interests of everyone” to maintain the open market for aviation.
Asked if she would take a case against the BBC over equal pay, she said: “If I find that I was entitled to have been paid at a different rate during the time I was there of course I would.”Fran Unsworth, the BBC’s director of news and current affairs, said the BBC is in a “big fight here for the best ideas, the best talent”.“We don’t think we have acted illegally in regard to equal pay,” she said.”That doesn’t mean, however, there won’t be instances and cases where there is inequality and we need to address those.”The gender pay gap has been in the headlines since the salaries of top BBC talent were revealed.Radio 2’s Chris Evans topped the list on more than £2 million, while the highest paid woman was Claudia Winkleman on between £450,000 and £499,999.A review commissioned by the BBC found a 6.8 per cent gender pay gap – but “no evidence of gender bias in pay decision-making”.Its conclusions were criticised by BBC Women, a group that includes presenters such as Jane Garvey, Mishal Husain and Victoria Derbyshire.Panorama: Britain’s Equal Pay Scandal, airs at 7.30pm on Monday on BBC1. She said: “I do know that I have sat beside men on TV doing the same job, probably (with) the same experience or I might have been even more experienced, and I know they were earning more than me.” BBC Sport said McEnroe’s role was of “a different scale”Credit:Karwai Tang/Getty “(I’m) not happy… It’s shocking… It’s still the good old boys network.”Navratilova, who was crowned Wimbledon ladies’ champion nine times, said that her agent will ask for more money in future.BBC Sport told the programme, to be broadcast on Monday that “John and Martina perform different roles in the team, and John’s role is of a different scale, scope and time commitment,” adding: “They are simply not comparable. John’s pay reflects all of this, gender isn’t a factor.” Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. 
“It was a shock because John McEnroe makes at least £150,000… I get about £15,000 for Wimbledon and unless John McEnroe’s doing a whole bunch of stuff outside of Wimbledon he’s getting at least 10 times as much money”, she said.Navratilova said that she was told she was getting paid a comparable amount to men doing the same job as her, adding: “We were not told the truth, that’s for sure…. Martina Navratilova, the tennis player and broadcaster, has accused the BBC of running a “good old boy’s network” which saw John McEnroe paid at least ten times the amount she receives for Wimbledon.Navratilova, who said she was “shocked” to discover the discrepancy after McEnroe appeared on the list of top-paid BBC talent, claimed the corporation had lied to her with assurances she was paid the same as men doing the same job.Saying she was “not happy” at the situation, she added: “The bottom line is that male voices are valued more than women’s voices.”McEnroe’s pay packet, which falls between £150,000 to £199,999, was revealed in a list of the BBC’s best-paid broadcasters last summer.Navratilova, 61, told the BBC’s Panorama programme she is paid around £15,000 for her commentator role at Wimbledon. Martina Navratilova won Wimbledon nine timesCredit:KAI-UWE WAERNER/AFP McEnroe is remembered for his “you cannot be serious” outburstCredit:Tony Duffy /Getty Panorama said it estimated that McEnroe, 59, who was crowned Wimbledon champion three times, appeared around 30 times for the BBC at Wimbledon last year, compared to Navratilova’s 10 appearances.The programme, which explores the pay gap at the corporation, follows damaging claims about unequal salaries paid to broadcasting stars. Carrie Gracie, who resigned from her role as China editor in protest at being paid less than male foreign editors and now works for the BBC in London, told the programme she may yet have to leave the corporation over the dispute.Former BBC news presenter Maxine Mawhinney said she is considering bringing a case against the broadcaster over pay.She had just left the BBC after 20 years when the pay list was published last summer.