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Who, besides Rory McIlroy, would continue golf’s resurgence with a win at the Truist Championship?

Things hardly could have gone better for the PGA Tour, over the last month.

First, Rory McIlroy, the most popular player on the planet since Tiger’s demise, became the first golfer since Woods in 2000 and the sixth golfer in history to complete the career Grand Slam. The next week Justin Thomas, the former No. 1 who’d just reentered the world top 10 in February, ended a nearly three-year victory drought. Two weeks after that, Scottie Scheffler, the best golfer on the planet for the last three years, tied the PGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record.

Fans have loved it. TV ratings are soaring. So the question as players tee off today at the Truist Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club isn’t just about who might win, but who would best enhance the script by winning this signature event in a top-five media market a week ahead of the PGA Championship?

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