“ I never went into a tournament or round of golf thinking I had to beat a certain player. I had to beat the golf course. If I prepared myself for a major, went in focused, and then beat the golf course, the rest took care of itself ,” Jack Nicklaus once said, and he wasn’t wrong. More often than not, courses, not rivals, have dictated who rises and who crumbles. And every so often, a venue comes along that pushes players to their breaking point. For Andrew Novak , that breaking point came at Caves Valley.

Throughout his season, Novak gave a pretty impressive performance. A runner-up at the RBC Heritage and third-place finishes at both the Farmers Insurance Open and the Valero Texas Open hinted at his momentous stride on the PGA Tour. But when he landed on the Caves Valley Golf Club

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