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The reigning Masters champion didn’t take such treatment quietly, clapping back at times with profanity or gestures of his own.

Most of them come to the UK to do post-graduate Masters degree courses.

Masters champion McIlroy was in the spotlight as the crowd - mainly children but also plenty of adults - battled for his attention on the walks between greens and tees.

The mercurial Spaniard had become the first European to win the Masters in 1980, adding to his 1979 Open triumph, but was at loggerheads with the tour over appearance fees.

Indeed, after winning his first title in seven years at the British Masters last month, there is an argument that Noren ought to have been making his second playing appearance for the team.