That the US Open was still underway, and I hadn’t had an opportunity to write about it yet, did not deter The Professor from scolding me.
“So when are you going to give a shout out to former Cardinal golfer Adam Hadwin?
“He’s leading the US Open for heaven’s sake.”
He had me. I suppose.
Transparency here. As much as I love U of L sports, the golf team has never been on my radar. I had seen somebody mention somewhere that Hadwin was a former Cardinal, and thought, “That’’s cool.”
My next thought, and how I responded to Prof, “Well, isn’t there always some guy we’ve never heard of atop the leaderboard after the first day, only to fade into his own parade?