It seems like a movie script, like it's not real,” Novak said. “But it's just perfect how it all came together.” The Zurich Classic is a 72-hole stroke play format featuring four-ball (best ball) during the first and third rounds and foursomes (alternate shot) during the second and fourth rounds.

The Zurich Classic had a leaderboard lacking in PGA Tour victories. Winners Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin are credited with their first career titles after shooting 28-under-par 260. Runners-up Nicolas and Rasmus Højgaard have yet to win on the PGA Tour.

Andrew Novak couldn’t get it in San Diego. He couldn’t get it in San Antonio. He couldn’t even get it last week in a playoff with Justin Thomas in Hilton Head. No, the hottest golfer you didn’t know kept coming up so close and so short.