Indeed, something of a huddle developed, one joined at various times by Horschel, Rory McIlroy and various others eager to say hello.

Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, Patrick Reed, Louis Oosthuizen and Billy Horschel are just some of the players representing the two sides of golf’s civil war taking on three of golf’s most infamous venues.

Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, were grouped together in the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland on Thursday. The pairing is yet another sign that golf's great divide might be easing,