By Iain Carter BBC Five Live golf correspondent

Five Live's golf correspondent Iain Carter on the importance of Tiger Woods' caddie, why American domination of the Open should end and the correct way to refer to golf's most prestigious tournament.

The most revealing and rare interview after the Open was grabbed by Five Live reporter Rob Nothman, who managed to get Tiger Woods' caddie Steve Williams to speak into a microphone.

Whenever I've tried he's always rejected my advance with a curt: "I don't do interviews."

But in the wake of Woods' glorious and emotional victory Williams provided a fascinating and enlightening interview.

Caddie Steve Williams is Tiger's right-hand man

He talked about how much he loves golf, how privileged he feels to watch the world's best exponent at such close quarters and how he goes about helping the world number one.

Most interesting to me was that Williams also let it be known that Woods had been striving too hard to win this year's Masters because he knew it would be the last major his ailing dad would see.

This tallies with Woods' emotional disappointment at missing key putts on the 15th green at Augusta as the realisation that he wouldn't win hit home.

After Woods' Hoylake success, Iain in Scotland made a fantastic point that suggests American dominance of the Open is about to end for a while.

Iain points out that Woods made it 10 American wins in the last 12 Opens.

In the previous dozen championships non-Americans won 10 out of the 12. And if you trace it back a further 12 years to Lee Trevino in 1971, US players won 10 out of 12.

The sequence should therefore revert to one of less American domination. Spooky!

My in-box was jammed with complaints that too many people were referring to last week's tournament as the British Open rather than the Open.

Certainly, Five Live commentators were not guilty, but several players and reporters make this mistake.

It shows an ignorance of what the Open is about, because it is a truly global event and has international qualifying tournaments on every continent.

Meanwhile, Ged had no sympathy for the complaints that Europe's pros needed to drive 400 miles from Gleneagles to get to qualifying at Sunningdale.

He reckons it's another example of pampering. But I side with the players - the R&A should try to use courses close to where the players have been competing on the Tour. It's fairer and is just common sense.

Justin Rose has dispensed with the coaching services of David Leadbetter and has appointed Nick Bradley as his new swing guru.

Rose says he is very grateful for all that Leadbetter has done for him and still regards him as a mentor.

But the 25-year-old has struggled to make much progress this season and feels it is time for a change.

He and his new coach have known each other for years and Bradley, who was the long-time tutor of Phil Golding, has recently emigrated to the USA where Rose is based.

The R&A are wrestling with the issue of whether to ban mobile phones from the Open. By using them as cameras fans were interrupting the action and annoying players.

Will clicking away at the Open stars be a thing of the past?

But having mobiles provides essential communication links in emergencies. There was one fatality at Hoylake and a mobile response team was on the scene within minutes through the use of a mobile.

Sam e-mails to ask whether someone as young as 14 is allowed to try to qualify for the Open. There are no age restrictions provided your golf is good enough.

Finally, a question to which I don't know the answer: why is the Wales Open not the Welsh Open?

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