The PGA Tour heads to the southern tip of Baja California in Mexico, the start of a closing stretch for several players trying to keep their jobs another year.

Johnny Keefer can only hope this is just the beginning.

The World Wide Technology Championship will be only his fifth start on the PGA Tour — two of them were majors — since Keefer turned pro last summer. That he is No. 53 in the world ranking and has one eye on a Masters invitation speaks to what he has done.

Even more telling for the 24-year-old with endless energy and an easy smile is how he looks at the game. Keefer doesn't talk about winning. He talks about the joy of competing, the same credo Scottie Scheffler has leaned on during his rise to No. 1 in the world.

Does he have goals? Yes and no.

“The ‘no’ part is I don't li

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