I have a new hero. His name is Harold Varner the Third. You may have heard of him, but the bit after his name is normally spelt III. In my house we don’t do that because growing up, III was pronounced ‘ill’. When Davis Love III was in his pomp the question was always posed: ‘How sick is he?’ Well, after what happened to Harold Varner at the Charles Schwab Challenge in May, the answer ought to be, ‘as a parrot’.
I was home alone, watching the SuperSport coverage and admiring, in particular, Harold’s unorthodox stance and swing. He’s also a little fella: 1.75m and 75kg. And yet, he hits a long ball, sticks his chin out and ignores the fact that when Tiger isn’t playing he’s pretty much the…