CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Instant analysis is such that anyone with a laptop and hi-def television sat down Sunday night declaring Rickie Fowler golf’s new alpha male following an inspired victory at The Players.
From the game’s most overrated to overlord in a single news cycle. Only in sports.
To be fair, Fowler never deserved the most overrated crown he’d been saddled with in a recent player poll on Golf.com. To be historically accurate, Jordan Spieth was declared the heir apparent following his Masters victory last month, and world No. 1 Rory McIlroy certainly made a statement with his marathon triumph two weeks ago at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play.