Watch out for Wakefield

There is a tenuous link between the Open golf and cricket that may be of interest. Sitting in fourth place at the moment at Royal Birkdale is Simon Wakefield, a little-known Englishman who has played very steady golf and could be a shock winner in the Ben Curtis/Todd Hamilton mould. Wakefield's uncle, I learn, is Bob Taylor, the former England wicketkeeper.

Mind you, if Wakefield, the world No 252, wins it would say something about the other golfers who had a chance with Tiger Woods being absent. Could Wakefield be the Darren Pattinson of the links?