Bud Cauley has broken through for his first PGA Tour win at the RBC Canadian Open, closing with a strong back nine and crediting a four-leaf clover from his grandfather as his lucky charm.
There are good misses, and bad misses. And at Aronimink Golf Club on the opening day of the 2026 PGA Championship, there was one miss that was worst of all.
Of all the players who hovered on either side of the bubble in the battle to advance to the second stage of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, the most compelling story belonged to the man whose career has been on a bubble for seven years.