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- Frankly, this win was a miracle, TheSun.co.uk, April 19, 2017.

3. In normal times, you don’t turn to a U.S. Open, the ultimate grindfest, for relief. But these are not normal times, and Merion is not a normal Open venue. Merion is as beautiful as, and more charming than, any other course that has staged the national championship since the advent of the steel shaft. (Remember steel shafts?) There’s a plaque for Hogan and a boulder for Jones and a 1st tee hard by a porch where the ladies lunch and the men revisit their $2 Nassaus and the view has not changed in forever. Hallelujah.

This has been the least civilized year American golf has ever known. Horrid, really. Vijay’s suing the PGA Tour over deer-antler spray, and the anchor folk, some of them, are lawyering up. It’s been Tiger this (his drop at the Masters) and Tiger that (his spat with Sergio). He’s had a career since January -- four wins -- but who’s talking about that? Instead we're getting Ted Bishop of the PGA of America versus Mike Davis of the USGA in a protracted sudden-death playoff that cannot end well.

Merion, take us away! When Lee Trevino won his second Open there, in an 18-hole playoff over Jack Nicklaus in 1971, he said, “I love Merion, and I don’t even know her last name.” At the 2005 U.S. Amateur at Merion, Edoardo Molinari, a Continental if ever there was one, had a lovefest with the members, who had never seen so many birdies, and such European style, on their links. Bobby Jones showed his skill at Merion and Ben Hogan his will and David Graham, at the ’81 Open, his formidable Aussie golfing brain. Shotmakers, the whole damn bunch of them. Good drivers too.