RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – When Ariya Jutanugarn first pulled 2-iron from her bag, sparks should have flown.
A choir of angels should have broken into song.
It was like King Arthur drawing Excalibur from the stone.
Something wondrous began happening when Jutanugarn discovered the enchanting qualities this relic from a bygone era possessed.
All those demon doubts haunting her on tee boxes, Jutanugarn started slaying them with this new weapon.
She used it to fight her way out of golfing hell.
The 2-iron made its way into Jutanugarn’s bag two summers ago, when she was mired in a slump that would see her miss 10 consecutive cuts.