ATLANTA -- Late Sunday afternoon, as Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler prepared to play the final hole of the Tour Championship, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan stood on a balcony of the East Lake Golf Club clubhouse, overlooking the 18th green.
Monahan, who has had a difficult summer if you haven't heard, had a big smile on his face.
Monahan knows that no matter which players LIV Golf takes from the PGA Tour on Monday, or in the coming days, weeks, months and years, it seems certain they'll never get McIlroy and Scheffler, two of the biggest stars in the game not named Tiger Woods.