It is two weeks until Team Europe walk into the storm of an away Ryder Cup, and all is calm. The players are gathered for the BMW PGA Championship here at Wentworth, and it is an apt choice for a little peace: the long driveway winds through mature beech trees and giant oaks hiding sleepy mansions on either side before opening out onto the course, which sprawls over hundreds of acres of Surrey heathland.
The privacy and grandeur of the Wentworth Estate evidently still hold great allure for the rich and famous. Harry Kane commissioned a family home on the estate, and he will soon have a new neighbour when Rory McIlroy’s £9m property is finished, which will act as his family’s summer escape from the Florida heat.
