An eagle-eyed TV viewer called in to complain that Thompson had placed her golf ball, after marking it, about half a centimetre from its original place on the 17th green. He had come close on several occasions but his fear of losing ensured that he did. Rooney, as the face of a conservative franchise in a conservative league, had never been one to celebrate his politics. “We’re aware there’s an ongoing dialogue between players of whether to form a union or organized group,” Duffy said.