FLOURTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA | How is this for a storyline?
The most popular golfer in the game, Rory McIlroy, finally wins the Masters with a heart-stopping, we’re-all-feeling-light-in-the-head victory that also completes his career Grand Slam.
Then Justin Thomas wins the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town, his first victory in nearly three years, validating his walk back from golf’s wilderness.
Ben Griffin and Andrew Novak, two popular guys searching for their first win, get it at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans before Scottie Scheffler shoots 31-under par to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson with a performance that should have been accompanied by a lion’s roar.
Now it’s the Truist Championship at storied Philadelphia Cricket Club followed by the PGA Championship next week at Quail Hollow Club, where every thematic thread is in place for a Scorsese-quality epic.
Pretty good run, huh?
It’s a bit like that T-shirt slogan that says, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans.”
The PGA Tour could hardly ask for anything more.
It doesn’t promise that every week will produce a stand-alone storybook tournament but after weeks and months of on-again, off-again chatter about what may or may not be good for the tour, the past month could hardly have been better.
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