CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Rickie Fowler’s victory last week at The Players ignited a conversation that suggests that along with Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, golf may be on the verge of a new “Big 3,” similar to the famous rivalry among Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player.
On Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Championship, McIlroy conceded the possibility of a prolonged rivalry.
“We had the ‘Big 3’ in Arnie, Jack and Gary. Even years ago we had Phil [Mickelson] and Tiger and Vijay, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els, that was a pretty good group as well,” he said.