Michael Brennan’s win at the Bank of Utah Championship last weekend was nothing short of a coming-out party on the PGA Tour. Sure, it was one for the history books, but no one saw the struggles behind reaching that place. What’s incredible is how Brennan rose from the third-tier PGA Tour Americas circuit, where he dominated to earn three wins this year and a spot on the Korn Ferry Tour, only to skip that step with this massive breakthrough.

The victory came with a staggering $1.08 million prize from a $6 million purse. That financial boost quadrupled his career earnings overnight. Great right? But the amount of turbulence the 23-year-old Wake Forest grad faced before reaching this stage is absolutely commendable. “I was nine going into the national championship, my senior year,” Brenna

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