BROOKLINE, Mass. -- This 2022 U.S Open week began with a discussion of the worst parts of professional golf and ended with a handful of moments that showcased the game at its best.
It was a performance marked by a power and presence we were unaccustomed to seeing from Fitzpatrick along with a closing kick worthy of the golf course upon which it was played.
When Phil Mickelson stepped to the microphone Monday morning to address the rebel LIV Golf league he helped launch, a pall washed over one of the grandest weeks of the year. His somber-sounding shame permeated the rest of the property and foreshadowed a future that remains undesirable.
Like it or not -- and many have exclaimed their positions loudly and profanely -- LIV Golf is here to stay. It's all players, caddies, agents, managers, media and staff discussed this week at Brookline. It has rattled the piers upon which professional golf currently sits.
Greg Norman's pet project, though, cannot (and likely will not ever) permeate the fortress built around the 16 days of the year in which major