Every time I read or remember Seve won his last major at 31 I shake my head. Hard to believe and a little sad. As a kid I thought he'd been around forever and would never stop winning. But really his major-winning period was like a piece of magnesium set alight by your chemistry teacher - the brightest flash you'll see but quickly fizzles and vanishes.
Impossible to predict where Koepka goes from here. He seems a little injury-prone and fatherhood might be a factor someday. But right now, I think he starts majors as the favorite.
So true, Tony. I love your analogy. It was certainly like that for Seve and some others. (Happy I was there in 1988 when he won what turned out to be his last major.) As you say, so many variables for Koepka and others, but I think he does start majors as the favorite.
Every time I read or remember Seve won his last major at 31 I shake my head. Hard to believe and a little sad. As a kid I thought he'd been around forever and would never stop winning. But really his major-winning period was like a piece of magnesium set alight by your chemistry teacher - the brightest flash you'll see but quickly fizzles and vanishes.
Impossible to predict where Koepka goes from here. He seems a little injury-prone and fatherhood might be a factor someday. But right now, I think he starts majors as the favorite.
So true, Tony. I love your analogy. It was certainly like that for Seve and some others. (Happy I was there in 1988 when he won what turned out to be his last major.) As you say, so many variables for Koepka and others, but I think he does start majors as the favorite.