The Next Great Thing? II

Hello. Congrats to Sergio Garcia for winning The Players Championship Sunday under very trying circumstances. Garcia managed a 71 in difficult winds to catch Paul Goydos, then won on the first playoff hole, the infamous 17th, when Goydos found the water.
Sergio has been proclaimed the Next Great Thing since he was a teenager. Now at 28 he's come through with his biggest victory. Of course he has won before in Europe and on the PGA, and come close in majors. He's been legendary in Ryder Cups. Still, significant individual wins have not come prior to last week.
Will this open the floodgates? Maybe. Garcia putted well, which has been his downfall recently. However, it's been 3 years since he won on the PGA Tour. While I did see a new maturity in Sergio this week, the jury's out on whether he's permanently at a new level.
And now to address the 'controversy' of starting the playoff on the 17th. Why NOT start it there? It's only the most controversial hole in golf, and one of the most famous. It almost guarantees the playoff will end quickly. Why not start it there, and end it quickly? Of course, many playoffs start on the 18th so the crowd doesn't have to move. Who cares? No big deal either way.
Congrats again Sergio!

Regards,
Steve