
KAPALUA, Hawaii — ESPN’s Chris Berman had been trading texts with Xander Schauffele for weeks, discussing how they were going to repeat as champions of the Wednesday pro-am at the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
But on Tuesday evening at the pro-am draw party, NBC/Golf Channel announcer and Mr. Hawaii Golf Mark Rolfing broke the news that Schauffele had withdrawn from the pro-am with an injury. Berman was heartbroken, but ended up playing with Tony Finau instead.