The tournament that once gave us champions such as Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson is back.

“We’ll get the players now,” Long said. “This changes everything.”

He saved this tournament once before, and between him and Holmes and Brazil, they’ve done it again. When we meet again next August, the feel of the old GGO will be real. The crowds from the old days will be back. And the eyes of golf will be on Greensboro once again.

It was indeed a remarkable day.

Monahan shocked everyone this morning when he announced a series of changes for 2019, particularly the playoff structure and a sure-to-be controversial new scoring format for the Tour Championship. The handicapped system will award the FedEx points leader a head start in strokes under par, and the Tour will throw copious amounts of money – a playoff purse rising from $35 million to $60 million and a champion's prize that goes from $10 million to $15 million – at the golfers.