If allowed a mulligan one year later, Paul Azinger would like to reassess an observation. That thing he said last year about “Tiger Woods being the lead story at every major until he quits.” Well, on the threshold of the 144th Open Championship at St. Andrews, Azinger concedes that isn’t the case.
Not with Jordan Spieth chasing the opportunity of getting three-quarters of the way to the Grand Slam. And not on the same day that World No. 1 Rory McIlroy announced that his sprained left ankle would keep him out of the lineup next week at the Old Course.