“What stays with me after talking with John Cuneo, and seeing his drawings, is the mix of humility, mischief, and observational acuity he brought to this event. He arrived as an outsider, self‑described as an unsure, unapologetic non-golfer. Yet it’s that distance that sharpened his eye. While the cameras chased leaders, he drifted toward the margins, finding the human, the odd, and the unguarded moments that give his witty reportage real texture.”