What in the name of the 1986 Masters is going on here? Since when does it make any sense at all that golfers on the downside of their careers can turn the clock back and become awesome again - en masse?

First, it’s Karrie Webb, dunking a wedge shot on the 72nd hole of the Kraft Nabisco - an LPGA major championship no less - to get into a playoff, win and play like her old self hence, this after spending the previous few years in a funk.

Next, it’s Se Ri Pak looking like the young(er) Se Ri, winning the LPGA Championship - another major - in a heated struggle, and this after spending the previous few years in a funk.

Today, Colin Montgomerie (for God’s sake) has stepped up to the plate and shot a sensational 1 under par round in the first round of the US Open to take the lead. This happens to be Monty’s favorite major and the one for which his game is most suited. Who knows what wind will blow through Winged Foot. Perhaps the wind of years gone by.

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