Who Is Mark Wilson?

Until he won last week’s Honda Classic in a four-way playoff, Mark Wilson was the proverbial journeyman on the PGA Tour. He was virtually unknown and barely making a living as evidenced by 10 consecutive trips to Q-School. Overlooked in his first tour win was a little story that underscores why golfers have the highest integrity in pro sports. During an earlier round in the tournament, Wilson assessed himself a 2-stroke penalty after his caddie told fellow competitor Camilo Villegas (ultimately a playoff loser) that Wilson had hit his 18-degree hybrid on a par three hole. He knew it was rules violation and he called it on himself. But you should also know two other tidbits about Wilson. First, he lost the USGA Junior Amateur in 1992 to Tiger Woods. He had been 2-up on the 13th hole only to see Tiger draw even. On the 18th hole, with both players bunkered, Wilson skulled his sand shot and make double bogey. Woods bogeyed and won the title. Wilson, who grew up in a Milwaukee suburb, recently donated $30,000 to his wife’s favorite charity, the Midwest Athletes Against Children With Cancer Fund. It was the largest donation the organization had ever received.

Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Keith Clearwater.