CHARLOTTE, N.C. – There’s always next week.
The defense mechanism employed by Chicago Cubs fans for the better part of a century is just as common in golf circles, particularly on a Sunday like the one that transpired at the Wells Fargo Championship.
A final round that featured more lead changes than a NBA playoff game has a tendency to produce a more measured assessment from those not involved in the trophy presentation.
Consider Rickie Fowler, the 54-hole leader and consensus favorite. He has four worldwide titles in the last 12 months, but Fowler stumbled early on Day 4 with bogeys at two of his first four holes, fell even further back when his “mud-ball” addled approach at the seventh sailed wide right for a double bogey, and yet he still finished just two strokes out of a playoff won by James Hahn.