Stanley, like Garrigus, was going for his first PGA Tour victory. Both grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Both are in the top class of power players in Titleist 910 D2 Driver. The similarities end there.
Stanley, who grew up in the Seattle area, was an All-American at Clemson who played in the Walker Cup. He is in his second full season on the PGA Tour, so naturally skilled and polished that his long-term outlook is better than some of the rookies who won last year.
Garrigus, from Oregon, didn't have the grades to get a serious scholarship offer. He spent two years at junior college before hitting the mini-tours. Then his career was nearly derailed with drug and alcohol addiction that put him in a 30-day clinic. He remains an open book, which reads like a comedy given his self-deprecating sense of humor.( Titleist 910 D2 Driver)
``It was a lot easier for me,'' Garrigus said. ``I think the personality I had made it easier to deal with. It's just golf. I don't know if he thinks of it that way. I want to reach out and talk to him. I don't know if he wants to hear what I have to say, and I don't care. He's a good kid, and I don't want him to get shook up over it.''
Stanley appears to be well on his way.
His family was with him Sunday night, along with a close friend and his agent. He managed to eat. The sun came up the next day. He just signed up for Twitter a few months ago and picked up about 4,000 followers in 24 hours, those who felt badly for him or were impressed how he handled him Titleist 910 D2 Driver in defeat.
He received text messages from Steve Stricker, who beat Stanley with a birdie-birdie finish at the John Deere Classic last summer, and from Gonzaga basketball coach Mark Few, whom he doesn't even know personally.
``That's why I thought that was so cool,'' Stanley said. ``I've been watching Gonzaga play basketball since I was 3 feet tall. I live and die with every game they play Titleist 910 D2 Driver. I try not to miss any of them. So that was real special to hear from him.''
The other messages, including a phone conversation with Zach Johnson, were equally meaningful.
Eventually, anyway.
``I know I may not have believed it on Sunday night, or even Monday morning, but everybody just kept telling me I'll be a lot stronger for it, and I agree with that. I will.''
Garrigus bounced back from that Memphis meltdown by winning the final PGA Tour event of the year at Disney. Stanley recalls watching Rory McIlroy's collapse at the Masters last year - and how graciously he faced the press after an 80 - and quickly pointed out that McIlroy was a U.S. Open champion two months later.( Titleist 910 D2 Driver)
He believes something good is coming his way, and although the support has been overwhelming at times, Stanley is not interested in dwelling on Sunday at Torrey Pines.
After taking the 36-hole lead at Torrey Pines, Stanley was asked what appealed to him about Titleist 910 D2 Driver when he first got hooked. It was the independence of the game, that he alone determined his success, and he alone had to cope with his failures.
That figures to serve him well.
``There's not much anyone can say at the time to make you feel better,'' he said. ``It's just kind of a gut check. I've got to dig deep. And out of this whole process, I'm going to figure out a lot about myself.''
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