"As it happened on Friday, Tomas Francis is already a couple of days into the protocols and has passed those so far, so he is currently on track. "We only have to look back at the two previous Ashes tours to know there have been injuries and this is a great opportunity for people to put their hands up and show what they are capable of doing in case anything like that happens again. DeChambeau's course form might be off-putting, but he is a man transformed and his way of playing the game is simply very different to when he missed the cut here three years ago. Now, his power and swing speed are huge assets whenever he meets conditions like these, and in his home state of California, they can make all the difference. Click on the link below to listen to this week's ITH podcast,