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Tourney Favorite Dustin Johnson’s Implosion a Shocking End to Day 1 at Baltusrol
- Updated: July 29, 2016
If ever a golf course seemed destined to showcase the explosive talents of Dustin Johnson, Baltusrol is it. The home of this year’s PGA Championship is long and uncomplicated, almost as if the folks at the New Jersey golf club had put out a welcome mat for the man whose swing is pure dynamite.
Yet as Thursday’s first round came to a close, Johnson easily ranked as the day’s biggest disappointment. His seven-over round of 77 dumped him as deeply into the rear guard as he’s ever been this early at a major—tied for 143rd, with only five players carding a worse score.
It was a remarkable failure for a golfer who so thoroughly meets Baltusrol’s two basic requirements: Hit it long, and hit it straight.
Equally baffling is that Johnson’s game unraveled just as it was all coming together so perfectly.
Johnson arrived at Baltusrol working on a string of six consecutive finishes in the top 10 on the PGA Tour, including two victories and a tie for second at last week’s Canadian Open. He was playing free and loose, which made perfect sense after he finally broke through for his first major, at the U.S. Open last month.
It was no surprise to see him ranked No. 1 for driving distance entering the tournament, but he also was in that vaunted spot in three other prestigious categories: FedEx Cup points, scoring average and money won on the tour this year.
Johnson also had ascended to a No. 2 world ranking with a chance to overtake Jason Day for the top spot this week. But now that 77 has him 12 shots off the lead and in stark danger of missing a cut for the first time in 2016.
#PGAChampionship #PGA #DustinJohnson #Baltusrol #GolfRegrow the beard Dustin. It’s your Sampson Locks pic.twitter.com/GICwnSE2fV
— JimmyToons (@JimmySportToons) July 28, 2016
Statistically speaking, it was double bogeys at Nos. 3 and 11 that punished the reigning U.S. …
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