ERIN, Wis. — Trey Jones had replied to dozens of texts and emails and spoken by phone with several well-wishers Sunday night after Brooks Koepka, whom Jones coached at Florida State, became the fourth Seminole, after Hubert Green, Paul Azinger and Jeff Sluman, to win a men’s golf major championship.
The hour was late, and Jones, who was in Omaha to support the Florida State baseball team in the College World Series, was exhausted. He fell asleep quickly, only to be awakened after midnight by his phone’s ringtone. Dreading what news such a late-night call might bring, Jones groggily answered.