GREENSBORO, N.C. — There was very little weeping in Greensboro for the departed mercenaries who took the LIV Tour’s blood money, few of whom had ever contributed much to the Wyndham Championship. Phil Mickelson would rather fold pocket kings than show up at Sedgefield Country Club in August. Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau might as well not exist during the final week of regular PGA Tour play before the FedEx Cup playoffs begin.
As for the few who do have connections, Sergio Garcia, who won in 2012 and made three semi-happy returns, will be missed. Patrick Reed is another past champion, but no one’s ever been sad to see the back of him. Henrik Stenson won in 2017, came back to defend and then never again.
For the most part, the sets that contain the LIV Tour’s has-been retreads and the kind of players who make the Wyndham a priority do not overlap, with the exception of the occasional struggling veteran who has tried to straggle his way into the playoffs at the last minute and shown up looking vaguely lost in an unfamiliar place.
