Xander Schauffele travelled 12,000 kilometres from his home in Florida to Yokohama in Japan, but his emotional comeback victory at the Baycurrent Classic had the feel of a homecoming.
Unlike his leaderboard neighbours who’ve ridden hot putters – which are prone to overnight cooling – Michael Thorbjornsen has constructed his position on overpowering driving statistics.
Let’s take an end-of-year detour now and tip our caps to the moments that we’ve almost already forgotten, giving them one last moment in the sun before the calendar flips and they become even more distant in time’s rearview.
It is one thing for a friend to say he has your back when there’s nothing to be gained or lost. It is quite another to trust him with the very thing that means the most to you.