“I must have got 500 text messages, I didn’t even win the golf tournament,” Villegas said. That was a spirited charge that drew the love and support of the rest of the golfing world. His renewed play began at last week’s World Wide Technology Championship, where he finished T2. But it didn’t render golf meaningless Villegas felt the urge to live. That life-or-death battle changed the way Camilo saw everything else. In 2020 he and his wife had suffered the loss of their daughter, Mia, just before her second birthday. Villegas had faced a far more consequential battle, after all. He began working with a mental coach, too, preparing his mind so he’d be ready when he played his way back into the fire. He signed on with a new swing coach, Jose Campra, suffering through a string of missed cuts in the hopes that something would click in the long term. Villegas had signed up for the second stage of Q-school, a declaration that he wasn’t too proud to fight for his dreams. His game had already slipped.īut there were signs that he was resisting that slippage, too. There was his appearance at this year’s Wyndham Championship - not as a player but as a member of the broadcast team. There was his appointment to last year’s Presidents Cup team - not as a player but as an assistant captain. There were certain signs that the next stage of Camilo Villegas‘ career was looming. Welcome back to the Monday Finish, where every column is tech-infused. Shane Lowry shed more light on his relationship with Rory McIlroy - plus the pair recapped the 2023 Ryder Cup.

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