The 2023 Players Championship saw impressive performances from new, break-out stars at TPC Sawgrass. Under the PGA TOUR’s updated eligibility requirements for designated events, however, next year’s tournament might look different.

The Players used new emerging mixed reality technology to introduce Gold Man to the world. So I decided to take it upon myself to use another form of new and exciting technology to unveil Gold Man’s origin story. I asked chatGPT to write a fictional story about a figurine on a golf trophy who comes to life and gets to compete in the golf tournament for which he is the very trophy they win. This is that story.