English golfer following a line beginning to dominate round (5)

I believe the answer is:

faldo

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'english golfer' is the definition.
'faldo' can be an answer for 'golfer' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'english' bit.

'a line beginning to dominate round' is the wordplay.
'a line' becomes 'fal' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
'round' becomes 'o' (o is a circular letter).
The initial letter of 'dominate' is 'd'.
'fal'+'d'+'o'='FALDO'

'following' is the link.

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(Other definitions for faldo that I've seen before include "Nick --, golfer" , "Winner of the 1987, 1990 and 1992 Open" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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