Phil Mickelson faced a relatively straight-forward bunker shot on Quail Hollow’s fourth hole and decided to have the pin pulled out by his brother and current caddie.
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.