DUBLIN, Ohio – Just right of the second fairway at Muirfield Village a man played fetch with his dog early Sunday. Down the right side of the third hole a few residents noticed the comings and goings of the PGA Tour’s makeshift stop but were largely indifferent.
Birds chirped and lawn mowers buzzed in the distance – it was a picture of serenity that belied the action at Jack’s Place, which was nothing short of breakneck.
The final-round battle between Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa at the Workday Charity Open was quite the spectacle in and of itself, filled with clutch shots and putts and capped by a three-hole playoff in which Morikawa finally won the action-packed race to the finish.