One of season's greatest stories is taking shape in the PGA Tour's 'other' event on Sunday

Some of the most thrilling and emotional wins on the PGA Tour come in weeks like these, when there is an alternate event being played while the biggest stars compete in what are now dubbed signature events. In a practice that began with the existence of the World Golf Championships, the tour gives its rank-and-file members—no slouches, we might add—something to play for. More often than not, somebody seizes the chance for a life-changing victory.

(Even if a Masters invite doesn’t come with it. ) It’s an impressive list of those who have scored their first tour victory in the “other” tournaments held in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico and Myrtle Beach and Lake Tahoe and Kentucky. Among them are Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Collin Morikawa and the late Grayson Murray.

Joel Dahmen notched his lone tour victory in the 2021 Corales Puntacana Championship, and Akshay Bhatia prevailed in a playoff over the still-winless Patrick Rodgers in the now-defunct Barracuda Championship. Given the stature of the signature events, some big victories have been buried or lost in the rabble. It doesn’t happen every time, and this week, there are two rookies—Alex Fitzpatrick and Kristoffer Reitan—being chased closely by Cam Young in the $20 million Truist Championship at Quail Hollow.

Certainly, that’s a compelling scenario. And yet with three 20-somethings fighting for that $3. 6 million first-place check, it makes the contrast all the more striking with what’s going down in the Oneflight Myrtle Beach Classic.