Spieth is hoping to capture the same kind of attention that he has when it comes to Majors. Even though the Players isn’t one, the course demands as much.
The contenders from the 2017 US PGA – Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Hideki Matsuyama and Louis Oosthuizen – are among the favourites this week, and one of them will likely flourish. But, on the whole, history paints an ominous forecast.