Golf news: Dustin Johnson takes the final day lead at Cogs Hill
The third playoff winds up in Chicago with Dustin Johnson in the lead followed by the world number nine Paul Casey. The fourth round of the BMW championship finished at the Cogs Hill and Johnson surged to victory after scoring a 9 under. The margin by which he won was not huge, as it was merely one stroke that got him the winning crown. He made a 69 in the final round along with Paul Casey and KJ Choi.
The second person in lead was the British boy Paul Casey who delivered a consistent score in the four-day session. He was stuck with a 69. However, he was not the only one with a healthy 69, as Choi duplicated the same score.
The story of the last day trails back to a tied up scenario with three players’ in the lead. Two Brits and one American. However the turning part of the final round was the playoff session, particularly the seventeenth hole of 427-yard par-4. Dustin Johnson, Paul Casey and KJ Choi were left with only one opportunity and that was to birdie the final hole. However, out of the three players it was only Johnson who managed to follow the plan. Being good at a wedge game Johnson clutched the Taylor, made T in his hands, and took the shot with perfect speed, length and force of swing. The result was a birdie and a lead of one stroke, leading him to the winner prize amount of $1,350,000.
According to the experts, Johnson is really good at the wedge game. Although he is not ranked in the first twenty players but the statistics are at times deceiving. This is apparent from Sunday’s results, which were a mirror effect of the type of short distance game pursued by the player. The main features which are essential for the game are the swing-length, force of the swing and the speed of the turn. These three things need lot of technicalities.
Johnson has successfully moved to the second spot of the FedEx Cup standings, which signifies that he is one of the 30 players who have been invited to the Tour Championship. This will be the last leg of the playoff series after which the Ryder cup team will proceed to Celtic Manor, where the battle of Titans will take place. The winner of the FedEx Cup will win the prize money of $10 million.
Moving forward to the other players, a name which the bettors were expecting to shine at Cogs Hill did not play well. Tiger Woods started the four-day session with 73 and 72 in the first two rounds and wrapped the final round with a 70. He failed to make a cut in the next tournament after finishing at the 15th spot of the leader board. As for his FedEx Standings are concerned, he stands 42nd on the charts, which means he is still going in the Ryder cup team. However, his play does not matter much, since he has already been awarded a wild card from the team captain.
According to the media reports, a lot of criticism is being observed against Wood's performance. Critics are using words like “stubborn” and “mean” for the player, as he only worked on his game until he got a wild card from the captain. Now that he is confident, Tiger is back to his old self.
The third playoff series ended with Dustin Johnson in the lead, and now it is time to focus on the last tournament of the year, which is going to start next week with the top thirty players of the world.
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