PGA Tour needs stars to build momentum with wins amid drought of big-name champions to start season
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With football over and major championships upcoming, the PGA Tour could sure use a bit of momentum
One year ago -- entering the Arnold Palmer Invitational -- it may have been fair to say that Chris Kirk was the least-exciting winner the PGA Tour had among its first events of the new season. Fast forward 12 months, and Kirk might be the most-exciting at the same juncture.
Kirk had just won the 2023 Honda Classic, which ended an insane run that saw Jon Rahm, Max Homa, Justin Rose, Si Woo Kim and Scottie Scheffler emerge as tournament winners. Kirk recently won the 2024 The Sentry, which kicked off a run of ... Grayson Murray, Nick Dunlap, Matthieu Pavon and Austin Eckroat as champions.
Sure, Hideki Matsuyama and Wyndham Clark have also won tournaments this year, but Kirk (No. 55 in the Data Golf rankings) is at least in their ballpark.
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