Right or wrong, the real reason many golf fans feel uninterested in an Aaron Rai major is that it lacks a narrative arc.
It’s like seeing a stranger’s marriage proposal in the park. I’m happy for them, but beyond the possibility of it going terribly wrong, I’m not really interested.
Like watching the last 10 minutes of a movie without having seen the first hour and a half.
Alright, I’m not a fan of Rai’s aesthetic either. But what is up with golf being the sport where performance doesn’t matter, only names do.
No other fanbase in sports hates underdogs more than this current crop of golf “fans.” No other fanbase is as quick to wrongly jump on the “This does nothing for x sport” train either.
If that back 9 didn’t get you interested, I highly recommend you stop wasting your time trying to be a golf fan, because you’re not a golf fan.
Rai played an amazing tournament, and closed it off with a flawless back 9. No one else came close to doing that. If you were a golf fan you’d realize watching an underdog close it out without breaking a sweat on the back 9 is awesome, aesthetics be damned.