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'I'm sat there thinking I'm playing rubbish, I'm f****** 300 in the world': Former Masters champion Danny Willett feeling comfortable among the greats despite decline Danny Willett is hoping to get back to elite level form at the Masters tournament  The former champion now feels he 'fits in more' with the greats of the game  Willett triumphed at Augusta but his form quickly suffered a sharp decline  He slumped outside the world's top 450 in May last year following injuries 

By Phil Casey, Press Association Golf Correspondent

Published: 17:27 BST, 10 April 2019 | Updated: 17:32 BST, 10 April 2019

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Former Masters champion Danny Willett feels he 'fits in more' with the greats of the game at Augusta National as he attempts to win a second green jacket.

Willett was ranked ninth in the world after winning his maiden major title in April 2016, but had slumped outside the world's top 450 in May last year after struggling with injuries and a subsequent loss of form.

The 31-year-old's decline had already started by the time he became the first defending champion to miss the cut in the Masters since 2004, his second round of 78 in 2017 starting with a demoralising quadruple-bogey eight on the first.

Danny Willett feels he 'fits in more' with the greats of the game at Augusta National

Danny Willett feels he 'fits in more' with the greats of the game at Augusta National

In 2018 he also made an early exit after rounds of 75 and 76, but made the trip to Georgia in far better spirits this year after November's victory in the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

'Everything's better,' Willett told Press Association Sport. 'The mind's a lot calmer and quieter because we've been able to do the

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