You stare at the leaderboard in disbelief. Don't. You've fallen victim to the fiction orchestrated by golf's crooked media—fake news, as our modern parlance would have it. Thursday's revelations at Quail Hollow weren't anomalies but rather confirmations of an established pattern: Contrary to some of the things you’ve heard,

It’s difficult to believe we’ll have to look too far down this board to find a champion this weekend.

A par five for Rory McIlroy is a really good opportunity. Beautiful putt, in all the way, he's dialled in.