Bobby Jones and Jack Nicklaus. Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth.
Add another name with whom Collin Morikawa is now linked by his remarkable run through the majors in a span of 343 days. This one is a little out of left field, but it speaks to how much Morikawa has achieved in his short time on the PGA Tour.
He will be the first player since Andy North in 1985 to make his debut in the Ryder Cup having already won two majors.
It was different back then, of course. Tour players had to serve an apprenticeship before they could even become PGA of America members and be eligible. North won the U.S. Open twice before playing in his first Ryder Cup.
“I think it was three years before you could start getting Ryder Cup points,” North said Tuesday. “And then you had to go through a three-day school. We had to take a rules test. That’s why a lot of players didn’t play in as many Ryder Cups as you would think.”