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Faldo told Sportsmail that their friendliness with each other and the Tour's fabulous financial rewards had affected their hunger for glory, contributing to Europe's eight-year title drought.

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Donald: Difference of opinion

But Luke Donald and Nick Dougherty were among those insisting that being a loner is not necessarily a prerequisite for success.

Donald said: "Nick Faldo was notorious for keeping to himself and having his own goals and you have got to have that attitude to a certain degree.

"But it is possible to socialise a little bit while keeping it purely business on the course. It would be a lonely life otherwise."

Dougherty struck a similar argument, saying: "He is right to a certain point but I am different to him. He was known for his singlemindedness and was his own man 100 per cent of the time.

"Whether you have to be like that all the time I don't know. Even though I get on well with everybody, out on the course even if it's my best mate and he needs to win to pay his mortgage I want to beat him, and that's the attitude you need to have in any professional sport.

"There aren't many guys out there who aren't like that and if there are I want to play against them."

Ireland's Padraig Harrington backed them up, saying: "You have to have an instinct to win and I don't believe that just because they are nice guys they can't win a major.

"The young players' focus is totally on winning."