"Absolutely,'' he says. "I'll just be clear: I'm a winner. I know how to win. I've won a championship. And that's who I am.'' But has it also brought down the curtain on McCarthy's time in Dallas?

Rory McIlroy ended his 11-year major drought by winning the Masters and completing the career Grand Slam - but one golfing legend does not have him in his top five ...