Dustin Johnson posted a winning score of 30-under par 254 strokes to win the Northern Trust tournament, the second leg of the Fedex Cup playoffs, at TPC Boston last week. After recording an opening round of 4-under 67, Golf.com reported that Johnson went 26-under in the final three rounds, shoot an 11-under 60 in the second round, 7-under 64 in the third round and a 8-under 63 in the final round for a 30-under total, an 11-shot victory and his 22nd career win.
Johnson’s total tied for the second-best score over 72 holes in relation to par since 1950, when records began. In 2003, Ernie Els finished 31-under at the Mercedes Championships, and in 2016, Jordan Spieth finished 30-under at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.
Look, Johnson is a very good golfer. He has now won 22 PGA tour events. He’s been the Official World Golf Ranking’s number 1-ranked golfer 5 times previously for a total of 92 weeks, and has returned to the top of the rankings for the 6th time as a result of his victory at the Northern Trust. But he has only won one major. And the TPC Boston course was a joke. Scott Scheffler shot a 59 in the first round, and Johnson was on his way to a score of 59 or perhaps lower in the second round before easing off the proverbial gas pedal. (Johnson was 11-under par after 11 holes!!). In a word, the scoring for a supposedly important tournament was a joke.
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R.E.Kelly 2012 -2020
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