THAT CAME AT THE 2020 PNC Championship—the Father-Son, to use its street name—played just before Christmas at a no-rough resort course in Orlando, beside a Ritz-Carlton, the players off in foursomes. So, no: not a major. But some event.
The days were chilly, but Tiger radiated something like warmth. Within his group, over the course of two rounds, everybody was rooting for everybody, and the caddies were right there too.
Through the needling, there was… love. (You know. Fellas. We speak in tongues: Aw, you hit that too good.) Tiger was playing with his son, Charlie, alongside Mike Thomas, a club pro and golf teacher, and his son, Justin. Caddying for Tiger and Charlie were the Joe LaCavas, père et fils. Mike’s caddie was his wife, Jani.
“The Thomases and…