Before the first tee shot split the hot, humid air last week at Plainfield Country Club an informal poll of players seemed to quickly and quietly put to rest any thought of an actual race for this year’s PGA Tour Player of the Year Award.
“It’s [Jordan] Spieth, isn’t it?” Paul Casey shrugged when asked who would get his nod for Player of the Year. “There’s no one else even close, is there? He’s won like $11 million already, it’s obscene.”
Casey was hardly alone in his assessment of the 22-year-old’s season, which includes four Tour victories, two major triumphs (Masters and U.