It was about 15 minutes after he finished his round on Friday — 15 minutes after drilling a tough putt on 18, no less — when Akshay Bhatia wasn’t sure what to say.
So he smiled instead.
Why? Because the longtime Wake Forest, North Carolina, resident was informed that N.C. Gov. Josh Stein said before the round that he was openly rooting for Bhatia — the tremendous 24-year-old lefty and ascending fan favorite on the PGA Tour…