7 wishes for the culmination of the PGA Championship (Brooks-DJ playoff, anyone?)

Ed. note: Here it is: the seventh of eight installments of Bamberger Briefly, PGA Championship-style. Previously: player-caddie relationships; Tiger’s memoir; Tour grips; Jordan Spieth; a major major; Rory rules.

Seven Sunday Wishes

Wish-Comes-True™ is an exclusive GOLF.com rating system that captures chances on a 65 (likely) to 84 (unlikely) basis. Those numbers represent the lowest and highest scores shot in this PGA Championship through 54 holes. For entertainment purposes only.

1.

Wish: Tiger wears red pants and a black shirt.

Skinny: Enough already.

Wish-Comes-True rating: 84.

2.

Wish: Brooks doesn’t spit on the course.

Skinny: Vile habit, Covid inappropriate.

Wish-Comes-True rating: 81.

3.

Wish: Course flagsticks shake from High Noon to end-of-play.

Skinny: Wind breathes life into Harding Park.

Wish-Comes-True rating: 66.

4.

Wish: Phil announces he won’t be playing the U.S. Open but working in the NBC booth instead.

Skinny: Golf needs its own Tony Romo.

Wish-Comes-True rating: 69.

5.

Wish: Le golfeur Français Michel Lorenzo-Vera shoots 64 and spends an hour chatting up Jim-‘n-Nick, proving that Continental charm in professional golf is not dead.

Skinny: Jean van de Velde meets Victor Dubuisson and golf is better for it.

Wish-Comes-True rating: 70.

6.

Wish: Jordan Spieth becomes first player to shoot 61 in a major.

Skinny: He needs the thing that will jump-start the rest of his Hall-of-Fame career.

Wish-Comes-True rating: 76.

7.

Wish: Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson finish the 72 holes as co-leaders.

Skinny: The heavyweights go at it in a playoff, gloves off.

Wish-Comes-True rating: 73.

Michael Bamberger may be reached at Michael_Bamberger@Golf.com.

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