They arrived at the famed island green — No. 17 at TPC Sawgrass — at 10:30 a.m. ET, the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 ranked players in the world staging a head-to-head-to-head showdown at the so-called "fifth major." It was a rare must-see moment for a divided sport that has spent the last few years with its best players spread around the world, rarely getting together to stage what professional sports are really about — the best facing the best to see who's actually the best.
But there was Scottie Scheffler (No. 1), Rory McIlroy (No. 2) and Xander Schauffele (No.