The rapid six-year gap between Opens is nothing like the wait from 1951 to 2019 and a further endorsement of the triumph of that staging two years ago.
Collin Morikawa is a multiple-Major winner, Jordan Spieth remains the best show in golf, and the Open Championship scratched a links-golf itch two years in the making.
While nothing is official, multiple reports in the UK and Ireland last weekend hinted that the R&A is leaning towards returning to Royal Portrush after the Northern Ireland course hosted most recently in 2019.
Only a few players per generation ever reach Major-count territory that early. Tiger was one. Jordan another. After conquering the game’s oldest test in his first go, Collin is there, too.
