Justin Rose parting ways with TaylorMade to take up with Honma might not represent a tectonic shift in the equipment landscape, but it did produce a jolt.
This wasn’t the first near-miss for Rose in claiming the top spot back for the third time in the past six weeks after becoming world No.1 for the first time in September.
It will be a brief return to the top spot for Rose, however, as the closeness of the Official World Golf Ranking points system ensures Brooks Koepka will be No.1 again this time next week.
The odds of the two balls hitting are pretty slim, so to see this sight added an interesting twist to the dramatic charge that Schauffele was putting together.