Johnson finished with a 21-under-par total at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta three shots clear of Americans Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas.
Golfer Dustin Johnson with the US PGA Championship trophy in Atlanta on Monday. Pic/AFP
World No.1 Dustin Johnson capped a two-under-par 68 with a birdie at the last to seal a three-stroke victory in the US PGA Tour Championship and earn the $15 million (Rs 110cr) FedEx Cup playoff title on Monday. Johnson finished with a 21-under-par total at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta—three shots clear of Americans Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. "I hit the fairways when I needed to coming down the stretch," said Johnson, who started the day with a five-shot lead.
Bogey trouble
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He rolled in an 18-foot birdie putt at the third, a 10-footer at the fifth and a three-footer at the sixth. But bogeys at the seventh and eighth—where he was in a fairway bunker—opened the door just a crack for Thomas and Schauffele. Neither could do enough, never getting the deficit below two strokes as Johnson parred nine straight.
Putting it right
That run included a 21-foot par-saving putt at the 13th to push his lead back to three over Schauffele. "He made that putt, which I didn't," said Schauffele. "That was a pinnacle moment, Obviously it's a very tough trophy to win."
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