Caddie Billy Foster: ‘The Ryder Cup makes the majors look like monthly medals’

Preparing for a record 15th edition, the Yorkshireman talks Darren Clarke, Seve Ballesteros and the absence of Lee Westwood

Nobody has been involved in more Ryder Cup matches than Billy Foster. One stands out.

Darren Clarke's participation in 2006 had been in serious doubt following the death of his wife, Heather, just six weeks earlier. Ask Foster, the esteemed caddie, whether it is hard to pick a memorable moment from a Ryder Cup connection stretching back to 1987 and the answer is immediate.