It should not surprise us that they won majors, just as it should not surprise us that the primary remaining prodigy, Phil Mickelson, will win a major soon. Not because he's 25, but because he has never been married. For the first time in modern golf history, the winners of the first three majors have no wives or ex-wives. Perhaps this is a trend. The bachelor hypotheses has some merit.
Golf is a game that takes an enormous amount of time for play and practice.
It requires a single-mindedness that is often an impediment to a normal married life. In the battle between golf and family, golf is generally the loser. As it should be. There are rewards in life far more substantial than good golf. While I celebrate Hogan and remember him fondly, his death raised thoughts that I immediately banished to the back of my mind.