losing to Rory McIlroy, and was the solo runner-up at the 2017 John Deere Classic, a stroke back of Bryson DeChambeau. But his real near-missed came in 2018 whenhe lost on the second playoff hole to Charles Howell IIIat the RSM Classic and in 2023 at the Bar...
Cole had added five more top 10s by the time he got to the season-ending RSM Classic, his 37th start, where he and Ludvig Åberg separated from the field through 54 holes. The contrast between the two could not have been sharper. Åberg, 24, was the...