Golf mailbag: Why the PGA Championship was the major we all got wrong

PHILADELPHIA — This was the major we all got wrong.The one that had Jon Rahm deep in his worries that something was wrong with him Monday and Tuesday, puzzled by the fact that everybody from players to pundits projected a 15-to-20-under winner at Aronimink, while he saw the challenge.The one we all just assumed would be won by a superstar, the way the previous seven PGA Championships were. It would be dominated by a bomb and gouge strategy, right? Four of golf’s biggest talents hovered near the top of the leaderboard with nine holes to go. None could grab it, or even really get a hand on it.Advertisement