Every athlete of every skill set and every age has done it.
Closed their eyes, imagined walking to the mound in Game 7, to the foul line with three seconds left, to the line of scrimmage down four with 70 yards to go or to the first tee while hearing their name over the loudspeaker.
It’s at the core of the dream, and that core will show itself again to Steve Johnson on Saturday morning in Ooltewah.
“It’s never not cool to hear them call your name on the first tee,” Johnson said.
He would know. You see, Johnson is better at golf than almost everyone you know, and at 8:50 a.m., he’ll hear his name announced for the eighth time in a United States Golf Association national championship tournament.