SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – In golf, as in life, you never know what the future holds. Saturday at the U.S. Open, Jackson Koivun, 21, and Miles Russell, 17, were billed as the next big things, called “the future of golf” on the television broadcast, despite the commentators knowing golf is as fickle a sport as they come.
For every Tiger Woods there are a thousand Ty Tryons, prodigies billed as the next big thing, only to fail as pros after outstanding amateur careers. We don’t know where Koivun and Russell will ultimately fall on that spectrum, but for one sunny day at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, they proved their talent and perspective put them in a good position to succeed.
