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Dustin Johnson Becomes New No. 1 With Big Win At Riviera

... address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs. Dustin Johnson becomes new No. 1 with big win at Riviera. AP Published 3:15 p.m. ET Feb. 19, 2017 | Updated 9:03 p.m. ET Feb. 19, 2017. Dustin Johnson reacts after he putts on the second hole green during the final round of the Genesis Open golf tournament at Riviera Country Club. (Photo: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports). CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 4 COMMENTEMAILMORE. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dustin Johnson went to No. 1 in the world with a world-class performance at Riviera. Johnson turned a marathon finish into a Sunday stroll in the Genesis Open. He finished the third round in the morning with a 7-under 64 to build a five-shot lead, stretched it to nine shots at one point in the final round and coasted home to a 71 and a five-shot victory. "It sounds good," Johnson said when asked about being the top player in the world. "I played really great all day. I couldn't have driven it any better. That was a big key.". Johnson became the 20 th player to reach No. 1 ...

Dustin Johnson Wins Wgc-mexico And Remains World No 1

... game's newest force, John Rahm. For most of the last two hours of play it appeared the 22 year old Spaniard would chase down Johnson, who was four shots clear after playing the front nine in a terrific 31 shots. But successive bogeys on the back nine, combined with some gutsy strokes from Rahm, meant he was actually trailing by a stroke at one point. England's Tommy Fleetwood finished in second place after an impressive performance. Mc Ilroy couldn't raise his game on a day when Johnson played some brilliant golf. It was at that stage we saw the class of Johnson – alongside two costly three putts from Rahm - as he kept his cool to win his fourth WGC event. 'There was a lot of pressure being number one for the first time but I played well all week and I'm thrilled to close out the win,' he said. If someone had said to Rory Mc Ilroy at the start of the event he'd go into the final round with not only a chance to win but to reclaim the world number one spot for the first time in 18 months, he'd surely have been overjoyed. This, after all, ...

Dustin Johnson Goes After Elusive Win At Riviera

... in Florida. Europe and the LPGA Tour are in Australia, a pair of PGA Tour smaller circuits are in South America and the Sunshine Tour is at Fancourt, site of the 2003 Presidents Cup. PGA TOUR. The Genesis Open has a new title sponsor (Hyundai Motor America), a new host organization (Tiger Woods Foundation) but still no Tiger Woods. He withdrew with recurring back spasms, and while that was predictable, the more curious announcement was when he withdrew from a press conference. The stars are out in force, however. Watson is going for his third victory, though it will take more than that for Riviera to be referred to as "Bubba's Alley.". One of the benefits of a new sponsor is that anyone making a hole-in-one on the 14 th or 16 th holes will get a Genesis car. That brings back memories of when Rich Beem made a hole-in-one at the old Nissan Open and fell in love with his new car on the spot. Another memory no one wants to see: Rain is in the forecast for Friday and lingering into the weekend. Adam Scott won on a Monday in 2005 in a playoff over Chad Campbell after only 36 holes were completed. He got the cash. He got the trophy. He just never got credit for an official ...

Dustin Johnson Proves There Is More Than One Way To Close Out Tournaments

... way behind late on a Sunday to notch a thrilling 64 or 65 for the win. Some simply hang in the tournament until the end and birdie two of the last five holes for the win. The permutations for winning are innumerable. The way Dustin Johnson closed the WGC-Mexico Championship was different than all of those methods, though. Johnson took a narrow 54-hole deficit on Saturday night, flipped it on its head on the first nine holes on Sunday and cruised home. In fact, Johnson tore up the front nine in his fourth WGC win all weekend. He shot a pair of 31 s on that side on the weekend, and the one on Sunday was a winner. He made four birdies over the first nine holes, and it seemed as if that impossibly powerful swing had once again put away a big boy event. Johnson stumbled over the next few holes with a couple of bogeys as Jon Rahm made a run. But Rahm didn’t have the goods to finish off the win, and that is largely because he had too much work to do coming home. Johnson won the tournament early on Sunday even if he didn’t lift the trophy until late. He won it with a sick ...

Which Major Course Suits Dj Best

... boisterous, but upon seeing Westwood’s ashen visage the place went funeral quiet. He kept walking to a distant corner of the locker room and then lay down on a bench. He started to have trouble breathing, to the point it looked like he was hyperventilating. I had been hoping to ask Westwood a couple of questions, but I stood off to the side of the room, frozen in place. A locker room attendant whispered to me, wondering if we should summon a medic. It was that scary. Eventually Westwood got control of his breathing; I let him be and wandered away. But that’s how it feels to be Lee Westwood on some of these Sundays. “Is J. Day becoming quickly forgotten in the "great young talent" convo because of his softness? No one seemed to miss him last week.” – Ryan (@spartygrad). Day has way too much game to be forgotten, but there’s no doubt the constant illnesses, dings and other maladies have robbed him of a lot of momentum. Even someone in his inner-circle has taken to calling him a “hypochondriac.” It’s time for Day to give his health the same attention he has lavished on his swing: nutritionists, Eastern medicine, ayurvedic practitioners, ...

Dustin Johnson Surprises Young Golfers At World Junior Golf Championships

... Tuesday, February 28, 2017 | 12:13 p.m. Coastal Carolina alumnus Dustin Johnson, who took over the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Rankings following his win in the Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club on Feb. 19, surprised players with his appearance prior to the Dustin Johnson World Junior Golf Championship. Four days after his win in Los Angeles, Johnson attended the pre-tournament banquet at Wicked Tuna in Murrells Inlet with the 2016 U. S. Open championship trophy in tow. Johnson posed for individual photos with the more than 100 juniors in the tournament and the trophy, then signed photocopies for each player and was at the start of the tournament Friday at the TPC Myrtle Beach. — DJWorld Junior (@DJWorld Junior) February 24, 2017. Johnson was interviewed by Charlie Rymer and Chantel Mc Cabe of the Golf Channel for its Morning Drive program Friday morning. Rymer and Mc Cabe were present for all three rounds through Sunday and did three segments each day live on Morning Drive. A ...

Dustin Johnson Makes Stellar Bogey After Really Unlucky Break

... the fairway). In shorter terms, that would be a stroke-and-distance penalty. He proceeded to knock that shot from the fairway (now his fourth) on the par 4 to 13 feet. OK, bad luck, and we move on. Only problem? After Johnson knocked his shot on the green his original ball fell from the tree! But that only makes things worse because … Johnson couldn’t take advantage of this stroke of fortune. The original ball is deemed “lost” (as in, it can no longer be played) once another ball is put into play under a stroke-and-distance penalty, as Johnson did here with his fourth-shot approach to 13 feet. A ball is also considered lost after five minutes of searching proves fruitless, but it’s unclear if the five-minute rule applied in this case. Regardless, if Johnson’s original ball had fallen from the tree in under five minutes and before Johnson hit his next shot under a stroke-and-distance penalty, he could have played the ball from where it dropped from the tree with no penalty. Got all that. In essence, ...

Dustin Johnson Welcomes Change To Infamous Rule

... player will be determined to be the cause only when it is known or virtually known to be the case.". Johnson did not touch the ball with his club. He grounded it to the side of, not behind, the ball. And yet when the ball moved backward, the USGA's take was that the evidence suggested "it was more likely than not" it was Johnson's fault. "Some of the rules changes I think are really good, especially the ball on the putting green when you don't feel like you caused it to move and you're still getting a penalty. that makes no sense," Johnson said Wednesday at the WGC-Mexico Championship, which begins Thursday. "Obviously they're trying to simplify the rules a little bit just so there's not so much confusion.". In theory, Johnson simply would have moved the ball back to its original location - a miniscule distance - and proceeded without penalty. "I still don't understand it," Johnson said. "I know now, though, that I wouldn't get a penalty if my ball rolls. So that's nice. But other than that, I've got no idea exactly what they were thinking.". Johnson was involved in another high-profile rules issues at ...

Dustin Johnson Wins Wgc-mexico Championship For Second Straight Victory

... off an eagle and two birdies at Chapultepec Golf Club. Johnson caught him with a birdie on the par-5 15 th, and closed with three solid pars for a 3-under 68. Rahm had gone 59 holes without a three-putt until taking two in a row at the worst time to fall back. Johnson was steady right to the end to capture his 14 th career victory on the PGA Tour, and his second straight. He reached No. 1 in the world two weeks ago with a five-shot victory at Riviera. Johnson's last test was from a fairway bunker on the 18 th, and he blasted that out to the middle of the green for a two-putt par and a one-shot victory over Tommy Fleetwood of England. Johnson became the fifth player to win in his first tournament as No. 1 in the world. His fourth World Golf Championship title is second on the career list behind Tiger Woods at 18. It was quite the consolation prize for the 26-year-old Fleetwood. His 40-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 66 put him alone in second and secured a spot in ...

World No. 1 Takes Wgc Mexico Championship Title

... him a four-shot lead that would be reduced but not relinquished. European consolation. There was plenty for Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn to think about, looking ahead to Team Europe’s challenge at the 2018 Ryder Cup. While Johnson held his nerve, taking home $1.6 million for his troubles, the rest of the top five was populated by Europeans. Halfway leader Rory Mc Ilroy was not among them, carding a final-round 71 to finish four shots back. But both Fleetwood and promising young Spaniard Jon Rahm Rodríguez will be content with their showings, picking up the biggest paydays of their respective careers. Fleetwood in particular could barely conceal his delight, even if he did botch his celebrations after sinking a monster 40-foot putt on the eighteenth. “That last putt was a big one wasn’t it?!” said the 26-year-old. “It was just nice to have a chance going down the stretch and it just shows you’re never quite ...

National Club Golfer

... the back of his left hand to point skywards. This results in the face looking up to the sky which is a very closed position. This bowing also causes the shaft to be laid off pointing well left of parallel to the target line. His body is in great shape, posture retained, lovely weight transfer, but look at the hands – the back of his left hand is almost directly facing the camera. By golly this puts the clubface into such a closed position he is going to have to work hard to square up. Here comes the saving action. He is really pulling his left forearm down whilst desperately retaining the angle in the right wrist, this is to try to ensure that his wrists don’t start to rotate too much before impact is reached. While we do not have the face on view, it is possible to discern that his wrists have not flipped over. The huge divot (obviously a sand iron normally results in a fair sized divot) is evidence that Dustin has really pulled the clubhead down on a steep angle of approach into the hit. These next two show how ...