There are a million reasons why those who love golf feel such passion, and that sentiment can easily extend to those who love following the game at its highest professional level.
If not foremost among these reasons, then at least near the top of this list is the fact that every event is innately unique, from the host venues to the playing conditions to the cast of characters themselves. There are no reruns on the schedule.
We can cite examples of this every week, but never is the dichotomy greater than the current transition, from the golf porn that is the Monterey Peninsula, where the amateur competitors were more well-heeled than the pros, to the chaos that is TPC Scottsdale, the closest thing we have in this game to ancient feral battles at the Colosseum.