This is a player who shot 60 on the PGA Tour as an amateur in 2011 and went on to spend 55 weeks at the top of the amateur world rankings, a record Rahm would go on to take by a few weeks.

A stress fracture in his back then stopped Cantlay in his tracks, although not before a four-shot breakthrough on the ultra-competitive Web.com Tour. A year on the sidelines became two and a half, as one physical setback led to another, and then things got even worse. His best friend and caddie was struck by a car and fatally injured as the pair were out drinking, Cantlay no more than a few yards away but powerless to stop it.

Imagine all that happening, and then imagine finally making your return to the PGA Tour at Pebble Beach in a star-studded field less than a year later. For almost anyone else, expectations would be set low and results low-key and so they were for four rounds and a share of 48th in California. But then, on his very next start - his second PGA Tour event in over three years, remember - Cantlay finished second, beaten by a shot, in the Valspar Championship.

That's up there with the achievements of 2017 in my opinion, and having added third in the RBC Heritage and two top-10 finishes in the Playoffs it's clear that Cantlay has laid the foundations for the career he was always expected to have.