It was a week with two major titles on the line, along with an opportunity for redemption for golfers in dire need of a career revival. A mass of humanity was within two swings of the lead on one tour, and drama echoed across every Sunday fairway on the world’s major professional golf tours. With no more delay, let’s mash it up.

Quicken Loans National to Stanley in playoff

It was a week of “Remember Him?” at the Quicken Loans National near the nation’s capital. Keegan Bradley finished in a tie for fifth, Charles Howell III tied for first and lost in a playoff. No return from the forgotten was greater, though, than Kyle Stanley’s. The 2012 Phoenix Open winner had not challenged for much of anything in the intervening five years, but he caught lightning in a bottle and used it to secure his second career PGA Tour victory.

After opening 65-65, David Lingmerth finished 73-73 and dropped from first after 3 rounds to a tie for 5th. His miscues offered hope to a number of golfers. First there was Rickie Fowler, who made nine birdies on the day, but had two bogeys and one double-bogey to finish two shots out of the playoff. Sung Kang stood on the 15th tee at 7-under par, but made a bogey and a double over the closing stretch to drop back to 4-under.

For the second consecutive week, nerves showed off the tee and into the green in the playoff. Last week, it was Daniel Berger and Jordan Spieth; this week, both Stanley and Howell missed fairway and green. After Howell missed from 11 feet for par, Stanley drained his five-foot effort for 4 and the win.

A win in a playoff! ????@KyleStanleyGolf claims the @QLNational as his 2nd career PGA TOUR victory!#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/CA8DWw7LPL

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 2, 2017

Women’s PGA trophy belongs to Danielle Kang

Danielle Kang might have expected an inaugural LPGA triumph to come before 2017. When she turned professional, half a decade ago, Kang had won the U.S. Amateur twice. On Sunday, she made the Women’s PGA championship her maiden victory, which probably worked out well. Kang used a four-birdie run on her second nine to separate herself from playing partner Chella Choi, and might have been forgiven for thinking that a win was in the books.

That’s when Brooke Henderson, perhaps feeling the civic pride from Canada’s 150th anniversary celebration on Saturday, began to make a move. Henderson signed for a bogey-free, five-birdie 66, two better than Kang. Trouble was, she started three shots back of the eventual champion. The finish was Henderson’s 2nd superlative finish in three weeks, and moved her from seventh to fourth in the Race for the CME Globe. As for Kang, this major triumph vaulted her all the way from 28th to a tie for tenth in the season-long series.

Lights out. ????
Watch highlights from @daniellekang's incredible final round at the @KPMGWomensPGA! pic.twitter.com/WylvMVnTfi

— #CMEFinalStretch ???? (@LPGA) July 2, 2017

U.S. Senior Open title is Perry’s latest triumph

One golfer in the 2017 US Senior Open field played both weekend rounds under par at Salem (MA) country club. He was also the only golfer to play four rounds in the 60s, and that was enough to give James Kenneth Perry his ninth Champions Tour win, his 4th senior major and 2nd Senior Open title. Perry rode rounds of 65-64-67-68 to a two-stroke win over Kirk Triplett, who fell agonizingly shy of his first senior major triumph.

Perry was more consistent than anyone else. He might have lacked the firepower of the 62s posted by Triplett (Thursday) and Brandt Jobe (Saturday) but his engine revved the highest when the tally came in. Jobe finished a distant third at 9-under par, five behind Triplett and seven behind the champion.

The Salem country club continued the tradition of classic golf rebirth. The Donald Ross-design, just outside of Boston, utilized slower green speeds in order to counteract greater-than-normal slope. Bombers weren’t the order of the day, and the spoils went to the man who thought his way better than the rest over the course of 72 holes.

Kenny Perry: Clutch

This par save keep his lead at 3 in the #USSeniorOpen. https://t.co/P5VjlIduYX

— USGA (@USGA) July 2, 2017

Flawless Fleetwood wins Open de France

Tommy Fleetwood played in the final pairing in last month’s US Open. Although he ultimately finished fourth, that experience proved invaluable as his Sunday golf was flawless near Paris, and he stormed from behind to earn his third European Tour win. American Peter Uihlein, still in search of a second Euro Tour victory, nearly caught Fleetwood, finishing one stroke back.

Fleetwood began the day four back of leader Alexander Bjork, who was paired with Uihlein in the final twosome. As the leaders struggle at the start (Bjork 1-over through four, Uihlein 2-over through five) Fleetwood was on the march. He made five birdies against zero bogeys on the day, finishing 12-under for the tournament. A number of players made runs, but it was Uihein and his inward 31 (4-under) that nearly caught the Englishman. Bjork ultimately finished tied for 3rd with Thorbjorn Olesen and Mike Lorenzo-Vera, undone by far too many bogeys and too few birdies.

Le Golf Nationale will be the host site for the 2018 Ryder Cup, and captains Thomas Bjorn (Europe) and Jim Furyk (USA) were certainly paying attention to the performances of candidates for their respective teams. The 2018 playing of this tournament will certainly attract more American players, looking to convince Furyk of their worth as captain’s picks.

250. Uphill. Into a breeze.

No problem. pic.twitter.com/dS1NK6aFK7

— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) July 2, 2017

Web.Com stalled by lightning, ends in playoff

The bad news was the two rain delays, followed by the playoff, that drove the conclusion of the Nashville Golf Open Sunday’s gloaming. The good news was that, as the second rain delay ended, 22 golfers were within two strokes of the lead. No, not a typo. Four golfers (Guillermo Pereira, Taylor Moore, Abraham Ancer and Adam Schenk) sat atop the board at 13-under. Another five golfers were one shot back, with 13 more at 11-under. No other tour had the potential for this much drama and the Web.Com golfers didn’t disappoint.

In the end, Lanto Griffin was able to follow his sublime 62 on Saturday with a 4-in-5 birdie stretch on the back nine, to reach -16. Joining him at that number was Abraham Ancer, already a winner on the Web.Com tour. Ancer had eight birdies in his closing 67, none of which came on par-5 holes! One stroke out of the playoff were Pereira and Moore. Both birdied the closing hole, but came up just shy of a shot at glory.

On the first playoff hole, Griffin made birdie from 20 feet on the par-three 10th hole. Ancer had missed the putting surface with his tee ball, and could not hole out from off the green.

What dreams are made of. ??@VCU_Golf alum Lanto Griffin (@thelanto61) has moved into a four-way tie for the lead @NashGolfOpen. pic.twitter.com/VBCKI017J2

— Web.com Tour (@WebDotComTour) July 2, 2017