4 things you don't know about Chris Wood

Here's the lowdown on Lyoness Open winner Chris Wood

Chris Wood with the Lyoness Open title. Credit: Paul Thomas (Getty Images)

The Englishman came from behind to win on the European Tour on Sunday.

If you don't know who Chris Wood is, you will now.

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1. He's a tall, tall man.

If your ball gets stuck in the branches of a tree, you'd better hope your playing partner is Wood.

Wood posted a picture online last week showing one of his golf balls marked 'Rovers No1 in Bristol'.

The golfer joked it was a "sackable offence".

In 2008, Wood played the Open at Royal Birkdale as an amateur. For some that's more than enough to pass as an anecdote on a rainy Sunday.

He wasn't settling for just the kudos of playing the event, though.

Will Medlock graduated from UEA with a degree in Film and Television before completing a Masters in Sports Journalism at St Mary's in London. Will has had work published by The Independent and the Rugby Paper.