NORTON, Mass. – The scene is almost as old as the Royal & Ancient game. Two friends meet at the club on a summer morning for a quiet round of golf.
They play well at times, poorly at times and both think their scores should have been better.And then they order a few hamburgers and sit down at a picnic table to eat lunch and share a few laughs.On Saturday, this was Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.They are two of the biggest names in golf.
No one has been No. 1 in the world longer than them over the last 20 years. They draw the largest galleries wherever they play.
That's what made this occasion at The Northern Trust so eerie, even if it's now common. There was no one there to watch except for those in a working capacity — camera crew, a.