This was backed up by Colin Johnson, who runs a mail order company in Lincoln and who told the BBC his staff were happy to work part-time.

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And in the Forbes paper, Colin Boyd, Chief Information Officer of Johnson Controls, speaks of blending approaches for multi-year assignments.

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European team captain Colin Montgomerie revealed Westwood asked to follow Mickelson and Johnson's tee shots as part of the first group to tee off at 0745 BST on Friday.

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