The financial meanderings of the golf business won’t ever be confused with the excitement of a Players Championship, but when one of golf’s leading companies changes hands, it reverberates in its own special way like a eagle-birdie-birdie finish at TPC Sawgrass.
Just seven feet of smooth-as-felt Augusta National green separated Justin Rose on the 72nd hole of the 81st Masters from being able to seemingly slip his arms into sports’ most famous jacket.
Sergio Garcia of Spain buried the major championship demons that have haunted him for most of his career by beating England’s Justin Rose on the first hole of a playoff on Sunday to win the Masters.
A packed leaderboard entering the final round of the 2017 Masters means a couple things. For one, fans should expect an exciting finish. For another, Jim Nantz has a lot of options when it comes to giving his winning play-by-play call.
Justin Rose is more than familiar with starting strong at the Masters, having been the first-round leader three times in 11 career starts, and been in the top-five five times through 18 holes. But has he gathered enough experience over the years to figure out how to finish strong as well?