– an axiom which describes both the past two weeks of designated PGA TOUR events featuring all of the circuit's best players and this week's Honda Classic, which will include almost none of them as a reportedly lame-duck title sponsor casts uncertainty over the future of these proceedings.
Let's start with the former: Whether by choice or coercion, the PGA TOUR has clearly developed a winning formula for ensuring its elite-level members compete against each other on a more regular basis.
The WM Phoenix Open was a rollicking experience, culminating with one of the game's best in Scottie Scheffler capturing the title once again. The Genesis Invitational was enhanced by four days of Tiger Woods, contested on the top annual non-major venue and offered yet another of the best players, Jon Rahm, as a worthy champion.
It would be impossible to observe these past two weeks and somehow contend that the product was better previously – and not just better for the PGA TOUR itself, but the players, the fans, the sponsors and the TV rights holders, which is a tough quartet to please simultaneously.